Area Retail Manager

Reporting to the Head of Retail you will be responsible for covering the retail portfolio across many different formats. The Area Retail Manager will be responsible for managing and coaching their direct reports and front line sales consultants to achieve revenue and profitability targets. The role will drive sales, customer service and manage a stand-alone P+L, including all revenues from retail stores, partner & white label stores, all direct retail costs, direct support costs, and allocated shared costs.

Qualifications

A minimum of 10 years retail operations experience

Track record in managing a team and multi-site (at least 10 stores)

UAE work experience a must

The ability to build and manage relationships, developing trust and credibility with customers, partners, peers, teams, internal and external stakeholders

Proactive sharing of best practice to peers and teams for continuous improvement of performance in their area of expertise

A strong record of performance delivery in their area of expertise, through increased sales, cost management , performance against KPIs and good P&L management

The ability to analyse issues, develop solutions and influence key decisions, balancing risk with results

Drive customer focus in everything we do to gain and retain high quality customers for the long term success