Assistant Store Manager, Calvin Klein Jeans - Lelystad

PVH Corp.; Lelystad; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits program

Job summary

PVH Corp. is seeking an Assistant Store Manager for Calvin Klein Jeans at the Lelystad Outlet. You will lead store teams to deliver superior customer service, drive sales, and uphold brand standards in a fast-paced premium environment.

You will mentor staff, manage performance, and collaborate with VM to maintain a visually compelling store. The role emphasizes inclusivity, accountability, and a proactive, can‑do mindset on the shop floor.

Qualifications

• Experience in supervisory roles within premium or luxury brands.
• Proven people management experience and conflict resolution.
• Effective communicator who cultivates belonging.
• Collaborates to win and recognizes contributions.
• Brave in giving feedback to promote positive change.
• Able to adapt quickly and work with pace.
• Energetic, inspires trust on the shop floor.
• Proactive in solving in-store issues with a can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Lead store teams to generate sales, profit, and best customer experience.
• Identify opportunities to grow business and improve performance.
• Maintain visual merchandising directives and standards.
• Coordinate with VM team for clear communication.
• Partner with Store Manager to build on opportunities.
• Focus staff on quality relationships with customers; build repeat business.
• Conduct daily/weekly store walkthroughs; review performance and inventory.
• Communicate sales drivers to Store Manager and develop action plans.
• Analyze store reports and create improvement plans.
• Assist manpower planning, recruitment, interviewing and hiring.
• Work with Store Manager to develop bench strength for key positions.
• Participate in weekly management meetings.
• Communicate store and individual goals; provide guidance to improve performance.
• Deliver great customer journey and exemplary mystery shop results.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Communication

Belonging cultivation

Adaptability

Job description

Be part of an iconic story. At Calvin Klein, we believe in fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture by celebrating different perspectives, backgrounds and beliefs to truly connect with our associates and consumers. Join us and have a meaningful impact on the world – and – endless opportunities to design your future. Immerse yourself in Calvin Klein here! (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok)

About PVH

With a history going back over 130 years, PVH has excelled at growing brands and businesses with rich American heritages, becoming one of the largest global apparel companies. We have over 30,000 associates operating in over 40 countries with over $8 billion in revenues.

Founded in 1968 and acquired by PVH Corp. in 2003, Calvin Klein is a global lifestyle brand that exemplifies bold, progressive ideals and a seductive, and often minimal, aesthetic. We seek to thrill and inspire our audience while using provocative imagery and striking designs to ignite the senses. We strive to make a positive impact on the world. We inspire passion in our people. We embody authenticity and embrace individuality.

Tommy Hilfiger is one of the world’s leading designer lifestyle brands, internationally recognized for celebrating the essence of “classic American cool” style. Founded in 1985, Tommy Hilfiger was acquired by PVH Corp. in 2010. We engage consumers through 360° marketing campaigns, innovative events, exciting collaborations and brand partnerships, and work with some of the biggest names from the world of Fashion, Art, Music and Entertainment.

ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER, CALVIN KLEIN JEANS - LELYSTAD OUTLET

About THE ROLE

Our stores are the life and soul of our business. They act as our main touch points with our ever‑evolving consumer base.

As the world of retail evolves, we, as a business, believe that for all other parts of the chain to work, our stores must set the tone of what our two brands are all about.

Irrespective of where our consumers eventually make a purchase, our stores, are always a window to our great brands. As a result, our locations are paramount, the first class experience must be a given and our in‑store standards should never be questionable.

To deliver this, we strive to hire the individuals who live and breathe the values of our business, who are obsessed with delivering great service to our customers and who truly believe that to remain relevant in today’s world, we must be nimble and adapt to change and evolution.

The Assistant Manager plays a key role in achieving these standards, they lead by example, embrace our entrepreneurial spirit and inspire their teams through their passion and belief in our brands.

• Leading the store teams to generate sales, profit, minimize losses, and create the best possible customer experience whilst ensuring the store is visually distinctive and impeccably maintained.
• Identify opportunities to grow the business and improve performance through collaborating with others.
• Maintain corporate visual merchandising directives and standards for sales floor and back room.
• Work alongside the visual merchandising team to ensure that there is clear communication and understanding between VM and store teams.
• Partner with store management team to build on business opportunities and achieve company standards and objectives.
• Focus staff on the importance of quality relationships with internal and external customers. Ensure accountability of staff in building a repeat customer base by providing all customers with unparalleled spirited service.
• Complete daily/weekly store walkthroughs; evaluate product performance, pricing, staff service levels and inventory levels.
• Communicate to the Store Manager what is driving sales and discuss any issues/priorities, in order to develop strategies to maximize business. Ensure they are weekly visual presentation action plans.
• Analyze store level reports and create action plans to improve results.
• Assist with the manpower planning, identification, recruitment, interviewing and hiring processes; Recruit store personnel with a broad range of perspectives, experiences and backgrounds.
• Work with the Store Manager to build bench strength for key positions, including possible successors.
• Participate in weekly management meetings alongside other staff meetings.
• Clearly communicate to staff: store and individual sales goals and other key performance expectations; sales results and provide guidance on what is needed to improve performance.
• Providing a great customer journey and achieving exemplary mystery shop results.

About YOU

• You connect to consumers and have a previous track record of supervisory or specialist roles within a premium or luxury brand.
• You’ll have previous people management experience and act with purpose to resolve conflict and unproductive disagreements.
• You’ll be an effective communicator with the ability to cultivate belonging
• You collaborate to win and recognize and celebrate the contributions and achievements of others.
• You are courageous in giving feedback that promotes positive behavioral change.
• You adapt fast and work with pace.
• You are energetic and inspire trust showing a clear presence on the shop floor.
• You’ll approach all issues with a ‘can do’ approach and make informed decisions to find in store solutions.

About WHAT WE OFFER

At PVH, we understand that the success of our organization is directly related to our hardworking and dedicated associates who contribute their time and talents to help make our Company the success it is. That is why we are committed to providing a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that offers the protection, peace of mind and flexibility designed to support our associates – both at home and at work.

• competitive and comprehensive benefits program that offers the protection, peace of mind and flexibility designed to support our associates – both at home and at work.

PVH Europe and our brands, TOMMY HILFIGER and CALVIN KLEIN, are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. We believe we are betterd by all forms of diversity and take pride in working with top talent from every walk of life and corner of the world. In the spirit of inclusivity, qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, ability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation.

About PVH

We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best‑performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach, we are driving fashion forward for good, as one team with one vision and one plan. That’s the Power of Us, that’s the Power of PVH+.

One of PVH’s greatest strengths is our people. Our collective desire is to create a workplace environment where every individual is valued, and every voice is heard, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. Learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at PVH here.

PVH Corp. or its subsidiary ("PVH") is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential.