Manager, Customer Experience

Exemplar Luxury Group; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 82,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Employee discount

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Saks Fifth Avenue is seeking a creative and commercial events leader to design engaging brand experiences that deliver on selling KPIs while elevating the customer journey.

You will manage detailed event plans, budgets, vendor and partner coordination, and cross-functional communications to ensure timely execution across stores and markets. This role requires 4+ years in luxury events, strong leadership, data-driven decision making, and excellent relationship-building with clients and partners.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant experience.
• History of building, leading, motivating, and coaching teams.
• Ability to synthesize data to determine relevant actions.
• Experience presenting at the executive level.
• Proficiency with tools including social media, Google Suite, Tableau, and CONNECT.
• Experience with InDesign.
• Willingness to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed action plans for events and manage execution with stakeholders.
• Manage scheduling, budgeting, communications, planning, production and reporting.
• Plan seasonal events calendar across markets with brand partners.
• Partner with Regional Director to create seasonal strategies.
• Develop community relationships with philanthropic organizations and corporate partners.
• Generate brand excitement while achieving selling goals and ROI.
• Cultivate relationships with client segments and support client development efforts.
• Monitor client relationship KPIs and drive initiative results.
• Collaborate to achieve MVC health targets and anniversary large-ticket sales.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision making

Client relationship management

Event planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Tableau

InDesign

Google Suite

CONNECT

Job description

Job Description

WHO WE ARE:

Saks Fifth Avenue is a leading destination for luxury fashion, driven by a mission to help customers express themselves through relevant and inspiring style. Since its inception in 1924, the company has delivered one-of-a-kind shopping experiences, featuring an expertly curated assortment of fashion and highly personalized customer service. Its unique approach combines an emphasis on the digital customer experience with a strong connection to a network of 33 extraordinary locations across North America for seamless, all-channel shopping. Saks Fifth Avenue is part of Saks Global’s portfolio of economic luxury retail brands and real estate assets.

You Will Be

• A Creative & Commercial Thinker: You possess the unique ability to design beautiful, engaging brand experiences while maintaining a laser focus on selling KPIs and financial returns.
• An Operational Maestro: You thrive in fast-paced environments, managing multiple overlapping project timelines, budgets, and cross-functional communications with exceptional attention to detail.
• A Natural Connector: You excel at building long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with local philanthropic organizations, corporate partners, media, and internal stakeholders.
• A Collaborative Leader: You are a dedicated team player who believes in a "win together" philosophy, guiding and developing direct reports to reach theIr full potential.

What You Will Do

• Develop detailed action plans for events applicable to stores and manage execution in partnership with Selling Managers, Group Managers, Corporate Special Events, Client Development, and Senior Store Leadership
• Manage the scheduling, budgeting, internal and external communications, planning, production, breakdown, wrap up, and reporting of each event
• Plan seasonal events calendar across Market / Metroplex in collaboration with Corporate Brand Experience, Merchants, Communications, Marketing, Creative, and brand partners
• Partner with Regional Director to create seasonal strategies to support business
• Develop community relationships with philanthropic organizations, social groups, and corporate partnerships
• Generate excitement around the Brand by creating inviting and compelling activations and events; balance this with a commercial mindset to help events generate both short- and long-term ROIs with clear selling goals and appropriate Associate follow up
• Cultivates relationships with all client segments within the store/market
• Engage directly with clients, as appropriate, in support of client development efforts
• Monitors Client Relationship KPIs (e.g., trips frequency, spending tier migration, engagement/building relationships) for new and existing MVC customers
• Drives all Client Relationship-specific initiatives in Store or Market in partnership with GM and Store Leadership team
• Identify opportunities to deepen relationships with top clients for Private Client Relations (PCR) programs and experiences
• Serve as a strategic business partner to the General Manager and DSEs owning overall store MVC health, working
• collaboratively to achieve and exceed MVC & store targets.
• Surfaces Top Client Liabilities to GM and develops strategy to anniversary large ticket sales from LY in partnership with key associates and store leaders.
• Monitor and analyze weekly store and divisional customer performance (sales, count, trips, $/Customer) and inform real-time strategy adjustments.
• Oversight and ownership of client relationship initiative results and execution

What You Will Bring

• 4+ years of relevant experience
• History of building, leading, motivating, and coaching teams
• Ability to synthesize data to determine relevant actions
• Experience presenting at the executive level
• Proficiency with necessary tools including but not limited to social media, google suite, Tableau, and CONNECT
• Experience with InDesign
• Certain roles may require standing, bending, climbing stairs, and lifting and carrying up to 10 pounds
• Associates will work a flexible schedule based on business need, which will include evenings, weekends, and holidays
• Travel may be required

Your Life And Career At Saks Fifth Avenue

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic fast paced environment at a company experiencing growth and transformation
• Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities across the largest multi-brand luxury retailer from retail to distribution, to digital or corporate
• Comprehensive benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision and dental)
• An amazing employee discount.

Benefits

We offer the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, disability insurance, and a variety of additional voluntary benefits (such as critical illness, hospital and accident insurance).

Thank you for your interest with Saks Global. We look forward to reviewing your application.

Saks Global is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with Saks Global and would like to request special assistance or an accommodation, please contact [e-mail].

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Exemplar Luxury Group is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with Exemplar Luxury Group and would like to request special assistance or an accommodation, please contact [e-mail].

Salary Range $82,077 - $102,596*

Compensation for this role varies by geographic location. The listed range reflects multiple markets, including higher-cost areas. Actual starting