Store Director

Store Director - Bluewater

As Store Director of your store youll be the driving force behind one of the most exciting openings in the clients UKs expansion. Reporting to the Regional Retail Manager youll bring the clients bold inclusive and customerobsessed spirit to life from day one - shaping the vision culture and operational excellence of a store designed to set the benchmark for our future boutiques.

Youll own the full commercial operational and customerexperience performance of this flagship location leading and inspiring a highperforming management team to deliver worldclass service exceptional storytelling and outstanding business results. With your strategic mindset passion for people and ability to inspire youll define what the store experience feels like for every customer who walks through the doors.

If you thrive in a fastpaced highgrowth environment and are energised by the opportunity to build create and lead something new this is your moment.

What youll be doing:

Youll lead the store across strategy commercial excellence service and people including:

• Delivering strategic insight to the Regional Retail Manager through market analysis competitor intelligence and customer trends.
• Shaping and executing short and longterm plans to maximise both top and bottomline performance.
• Using local insights to influence product curation stock decisions and instore storytelling.
• Setting the bar for exceptional customer experience through behaviours and onfloor leadership.
• Coaching and supporting the team in real time to uphold service excellence in any situation.
• Leveraging customer satisfaction metrics to drive continuous improvement and resolve issues quickly.
• Leading the management team to exceed sales targets across all categories including exclusive brands and their own brand collection.
• Supporting the Customer Experience Manager Beauty and Services Managers to bring to life immersive educational and engaging customer experiences.
• Overseeing operational excellence across stock management cash handling replenishment and visual merchandising with the Operations Cash and Stock Managers.
• Conducting postevent reviews to measure the impact of promotions and activations.
• Creating a highperforming engaged team culture with regular coaching feedback and recognition.
• Communicating business priorities clearly so every team member understands the strategy and their role within it.
• Managing scheduling and annual leave to ensure strong floor coverage and operational efficiency.
• Partnering with the Recruitment team to attract exceptional talent and build a strong pipeline for the future.
• Managing team scheduling and annual leave effectively to maintain strong floor coverage aligned with store needs.
• Partnering with the Recruitment team to attract and hire exceptional talent for your store.

What youll bring:

Youll be an inspiring strategic and commercially minded leader who thrives in a highenergy retail environment. You will also bring:

• Proven experience leading large highperforming retail teams with strong commercial and operational capabilities.
• A passion for delivering unforgettable customer experiences and empowering others to do the same.
• Strong analytical acumen to interpret sales data and inform strategic decisionmaking.
• The ability to coach and develop leaders driving capability performance and longterm growth.
• A track record of achieving sales targets and driving commercial results across multiple categories.
• Operational excellence across stock cash compliance and visual standards.
• A leadership style aligned with the clients values: inclusive creative empowering and customerobsessed.

Package:
60000 Package Bonus Fantastic Benefits

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