Bridal Shop Leader: People-First, Sales-Driven Ops

Lovely Bride LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lovely Bride LLC is seeking a Bridal Shop Manager to lead a high-performing team and deliver a white-glove bride experience on the shop floor and behind the scenes.

The role combines people leadership with sales coaching, operations oversight, and partner relations to ensure orders move smoothly from appointment to gown delivery. Weekend availability is required, and bridal fashion passion is a plus.

Qualifications

• Retail experience is required.
• Previous management or team leadership experience is strongly preferred.
• Bridal experience is ideal, but not required.
• Experience in luxury retail, fashion, styling, hospitality, or another high-touch sales environment can translate well to this role.
• Most importantly, we're looking for someone who is focused, organized, people-minded, sales-driven, creative, and ready to take real ownership of their team and their shop.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, train, and develop a team of bridal stylists. Set clear expectations, provide consistent feedback, celebrate wins, and create accountability when expectations aren't being met.
• Lead your team toward its overall shop sales goal while coaching individual performance in a commission-based environment. Understand your business, review sales performance and KPIs, identify opportunities, and turn what you're seeing into actionable coaching for your team.
• Oversee bride orders and ensure important details, communication, documentation, timelines, and follow-up are handled accurately and on time. Manage the day-to-day operations of the shop, including appointment flow, scheduling, inventory, gown maintenance, merchandising, and overall shop presentation.
• Own ongoing team training—from designers, gowns, fabrics and fit to sales skills, client experience, shop processes, and operational standards.

Skills

People-first leader

Sales-driven

Retail experience

Team leadership

Communication

Job description

Lovely Bride LLC is seeking a Bridal Shop Manager to lead a high-performing team and deliver a white-glove bride experience on the shop floor and behind the scenes.

The role combines people leadership with sales coaching, operations oversight, and partner relations to ensure orders move smoothly from appointment to gown delivery. Weekend availability is required, and bridal fashion passion is a plus.