Stock Manager - London Flagship

Polène Paris; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury retail brand in Westminster seeks an experienced Stock Manager to oversee stock activities and manage a team. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of management experience in retail and demonstrate strong adaptability and a passion for leather goods craftsmanship, ensuring smooth operations in a high-footfall environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of management experience in retail.
• Strong sensitivity towards products and leather goods craftsmanship.
• Proven ability to handle urgent situations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all activities of the stock team.
• Manage and organize stock activities like deliveries.
• Conduct inventories in compliance with procedures.
• Suggest improvements to optimize operational processes.

Skills

Management experience

Autonomy

Adaptability

Collaborative spirit

Problem-solving under pressure

Job description

YOUR MISSIONS

1. Managing a team

• As the right hand of the Store Manager, you coordinate all the activities of the stock team and foster collaboration by ensuring information is shared.

• You make sure the team understands and implements the Maison’s strategy.

• You manage the stock staff, supporting them in achieving their objectives.

• You animate the boutique’s stock community by putting in place regular meetings, ensuring the team masters internal procedures, and training new hires.

• You contribute to planning the boutique’s activities and resources (relay planning, monitoring schedules, lunch breaks) and to creating and leading morning briefs.

2. Contributing to Polene’s performance

• You manage and organize stock activities: receipt and inspection of deliveries, handling client reservations, obsolete items, invoice tracking, packaging, re-labelling of products…

• You ensure smooth execution and results of inventories in compliance with procedures: rotating inventories by product category and the annual inventory.

• You proactively suggest improvements to the management team to optimize operational processes, bring enhancements related to the supply system and logistical organization.

• You regularly perform stock analyses to feed into optimization plans.

• In a changing environment, you act as the reference for arranging and optimizing new storage spaces.

OUR EXPECTATIONS

• You have at least 7 years of management experience in a similar position in the retail sector.

• You demonstrate strong autonomy and great adaptability, as well as tireless energy to handle high footfall in the boutique.

• You have a strong sensitivity towards our products, skills, and leather goods craftsmanship, which you can speak about passionately with our customers.

• You possess a true collaborative spirit and willingness to help others.

• You are able to respond in urgent situations and find quick solutions: constant versatility is required.

Maison Polène is committed to ensuring inclusive recruitment processes and to selecting and promoting each candidate in an ethical and fair manner.