Service Lead

Burberry; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 65,904,000 - 71,635,000; Full time

Job summary

Burberry in Los Angeles, CA is seeking a Daily Floor Supervisor to lead the sales team and ensure exceptional customer experiences while driving sales goals. You will coach the team in real time and model the Burberry Experience on the selling floor.

The role requires 1–2 years in retail supervision, advanced POS knowledge, and comfort with Apple devices and digital tools. You will partner with store operations to maintain service standards and deliver training in Burberry Experience.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of POS system.
• Previous experience with Apple mobile devices and comfortable with the use of digital tools.
• 1-2 years previous supervisory or management experience in retail sales.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and motivate sales associates to deliver high-value experiences on the selling floor and act as a quality control supervisor.
• Partner with associates to improve selling skills and close sales to achieve goals and KPIs.
• Lead a high performing customer-facing team and provide feedback to ensure Burberry Experience is delivered.
• Manage customer flow to ensure best service and unattended clients.
• Drive partnership on the selling floor between sales, specialists, stock, and operations.
• Coach in the moment and after transactions to ensure follow-up actions.
• Develop and retain talent through monthly development plans and annual reviews.
• Lead by example by delivering the Burberry Experience to customers.
• Work with store management to reinforce Burberry Experience training through meetings and role-play.
• Assist with opening/closing and secure procedures.

Skills

POS system

Supervisory experience

Retail sales

Tools

Apple devices

Job description

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Department: RETAIL OFFLINE

Location: Los Angeles, California (US-CA), US

INTRODUCTION

At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.

We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.

JOB PURPOSE

Daily floor supervision of sales team ensuring great customer experiences and thereby driving sales goal attainment and providing real-time performance coaching to drive the overall Burberry Experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervise, assist and motivate sales associates to consistently deliver high-value experiences on the selling floor to every client; act as a “quality control” supervisor ensuring that every interaction with a customer is memorable.
• Partner with associates to improve overall selling skills and close sales in order to achieve sales goals and KPIs
• Lead a high performing customer facing and service orientated team. Coach and provide feedback to the team as necessary to ensure all customers serviced in the store are given the full Burberry Experience in line with brand strategies.
• Manage the customer flow to ensure the best possible service and that no client is left unattended. Set the pace and standard to deliver excellent service to customers
• Drive partnership on the selling floor between sales associates, specialists, stock associates and operations team
• Coach “in the moment” and after every transaction and client interaction, reach out to associates to talk through the successes and opportunities and ensure proper follow-through on follow up actions.
• Develop and retain talented employees, by recognising and rewarding performance through monthly development plans and annual performance reviews.
• Lead by example by delivering the Burberry Experience to customers when necessary.
• Partner with GM, SM and S&P to take ownership of Burberry Experience training within the store. Use morning and weekly meetings to constantly reinforce key elements of the Burberry Experience through role-play, providing tips and talking through difficulties of individual associates.
• Partner with store management to set goal expectations. Deliver formal performance feedback in partnership with store management through monthly Burberry Experience Development Plans.
• Resolve difficult customer issues and escalation to management when necessary.
• In absence of store management, responsible for processing post-void transactions, authorising promotional discounts and employee sales
• Drive the digital experience in store and use digital resources to communicate whenever face-to-face is not possible.
• Hold a good understanding of the business and effectively communicate needs and ideas to bring the business to next level.
• Possess a thorough understanding of company policies and procedures and consistently follow and enforce company guidelines on operations.
• Assist with the opening and closing ofstore which includes securing doors, windows and merchandise, successful alarming of store and POS procedures
• Additional duties as required.

PERSONAL PROFILE

• Advanced knowledge of POS system.
• Previous experience with Apple mobile devices and comfortable with the use of digital tools.
• 1-2 years previous supervisory or management experience in retail sales.

MEASURES OF SUCCESS

• Monthly Burberry Experience evaluation score
• Managing performance improvement and development of associates
• Improvement in every KPI within the retail scorecard

FOOTER

Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.

• Expected base salary for the role will generally be between $23.00 and $25.00 per hour at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
• This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.