Key Holder

KATE SPADE; Gretna; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A global lifestyle brand is seeking a Keyholder in Gretna, UK to achieve individual sales goals and ensure exemplary customer service. The ideal candidate will develop a strong product knowledge and cultivate a personal clientele through effective selling skills. Previous experience in luxury goods is preferred, along with exceptional interpersonal abilities and the capacity to multi-task in a team environment. Join a brand committed to delivering an ultimate customer experience.

Qualifications

• Prior luxury goods experience preferred.
• Proactive ability to multi-task and prioritize.
• Works well in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Achieves individual sales goals.
• Ensures exemplary customer service.
• Develops strong product knowledge.

Skills

Professional selling skills

Exceptional interpersonal skills

Strong product knowledge

Ability to multi-task

Job description

Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always been colorful, bold, and optimistic. Today, it is a global lifestyle brand that designs extraordinary things for the everyday, delivering seasonal collections of handbags, ready‑to‑wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more. Known for its rich heritage and unique brand DNA, Kate Spade New York offers a distinctive point of view and celebrates communities of women around the globe who live their perfectly imperfect lifestyles.
Kate Spade New York is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible.

Competencies for All Employees

• Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value‑added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first‑hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom‑line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high‑tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Req ID: 97150 Primary Purpose

Keyholder Responsibilities

• Achieves individual sales goals;
• Develops strong product knowledge across all categories;
• Ensures exemplary customer service by delivering the ultimate Kate Spade experience;
• Able to develop a personal clientele through effective use of selling skills, proactive client outreach and use of client book.

Building Brand Equity

• Understand and communicate the Kate Spade aesthetic, brand philosophy and lifestyle to the customer;
• Demonstrate interest and ability to work as part of a team.

Operational Excellence

• Execute operational tasks as per company directives;
• Accurately processes all POS transactions;
• Adhere to and apply visual directives, ensure that store standards are executed daily;
• Heightened responsibility as Keyholder for the store.

Skills and Abilities Required

• Professional selling skills and exceptional interpersonal skills;
• Prior luxury goods experience preferred;
• Proactive ability to multi‑task and prioritize;
• Works well in a team environment.

Client & Service Expert

• Achieves individual sales goals;
• Develops strong product knowledge across all categories;
• The sales associate is responsible for ensuring exemplary customer service by delivering the ultimate Kate Spade experience;
• Able to develop a personal clientele through effective use of the selling skills, proactive client outreach and use of client book.

Building Brand Equity

• Understand and communicate the Kate Spade aesthetic, brand philosophy and lifestyle to the customer;
• Demonstrate interest and ability to work as part of a team.

Operational Excellence

• Execute operational tasks as per company directives;
• Accurately processes all POS transactions;
• Adhere to and apply visual directives, ensure that store standards are executed daily;
• Heightened responsibility as Keyholder for the store.

Skills and Abilities Required

• Professional selling skills and exceptional interpersonal skills;
• Prior luxury goods experience preferred;
• Proactive ability to multi‑task and prioritize;
• Works well in a team environment.

KEYHOLDER

• Achieves individual sales goals;
• Develops strong product knowledge across all categories;
• The sales associate is responsible for ensuring exemplary customer service by delivering the ultimate Kate Spade experience;
• Able to develop a personal clientele through effective use of the selling skills, proactive client outreach and use of client book.

Building Brand Equity

• Understand and communicate the Kate Spade aesthetic, brand philosophy and lifestyle to the customer;
• Demonstrate interest and ability to work as part of a team.

Operational Excellence

• Execute operational tasks as per company directives;
• Accurately processes all POS transactions;
• Adhere to and apply visual directives, ensure that store standards are executed daily;
• Heightened responsibility as Keyholder for the store.

Skills and Abilities Required

• Professional selling skills and exceptional interpersonal skills;
• Prior luxury goods experience preferred;​
• Proactive ability to multi‑task and prioritize;​
• Works well in a team environment.