At Movado Group, we are committed to building the strongest brands in the industry - and we are passionate about what we do. Our people are fueled by a creative spirit and a drive for excellence that is reflected in every aspect of our business. We offer the watch industry a compelling strategic vision and track record of sustained growth - and we offer our employees unparalleled opportunities for career advancement. We invite you to come to share in our success.
We are currently seeking an inspiring, confident, and ambitious individual to join the Movado Company Store team as a District Manager who will oversee 10-12 store locations throughout Chicago, New England, and Ontario, Canada. The candidate must reside in either the Metropolitan area of Chicago, IL or Boston, MA.
Essential Functions:
- Focus on the objective of achieving and exceeding financial sales plans and 4-wall contribution while controlling store and district expenses.
- Ensure a high sense of urgency is given to meeting and exceeding established sales goals and key performance indicators.
- Review sales, productivity, and other key statistical reports on a daily/weekly/monthly basis and take aggressive action to capitalize on opportunities.
- Ensure a consistently positive customer experience through the leadership of store managers that maintain a customer-focused selling culture within the store environment
- Monitor and approve all hiring plans for your stores and stay within the designated payroll budget.
- Ensure that stores achieve optimal staffing levels and provide a quality onboarding experience for all employees.
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve performance through regular business analysis and feedback from store team members and customers.
- Conduct regular store visits to ensure compliance and adherence to policies and procedures, standards and practice, and company directives.
- Ensure the district is maintaining high standards of merchandise placement, store signage, inventory, and proper display techniques to create an inviting place to shop
- Communicate in a clear, positive, and professional manner designed to educate, inspire, motivate, and direct behavior of all store level employees
- Interact regularly with all levels of store staff to gain insight on store morale and to gain suggestions from the store level on operational efficiencies and customer experience
- Ensure compliance with State and Local Laws through (a) Store Management that is trained in established human resources practices. (b) Recruitment, placement, and performance management programs that are administrated with fairness and consistency and are free of unlawful discrimination.
- Resolve escalated employee relations, performance, and service issues in partnership with the Regional Manager and Human Resources.
- Ensure a high level of participation at the store-level in company contests, promotional activities, mall, community events, etc.
- Validate performance of the district, stores, and individuals by conducting monthly business reviews and establishing clear specific strategies to improve performance.
- Control store payroll expenses by complying with budgets.
- Take appropriate action to achieve established shortage goals and reduce overall shortage in partnership with Loss Prevention.
Job Requirements:
- 5+ years of multi-store experience in a retail environment, preferably in watch, jewelry, fashion, accessories, specialty, and luxury retail
- Demonstrate proven success in meeting sales goals and achieving KPIs.
- Proven ability to network, recruit, train, develop and foster trust and collaboration
- Must have strong business acumen by demonstrating the ability to understand and articulate margin development, and budgets and sales forecast
- Strong sense of integrity and an ability to lead by example.
- Proven ability to drive, motivate and inspire performance through effective coaching
- Excellent written and verbal interpersonal communication and relationship management skills
- Good computer skills using Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
- Must have the ability to work a full-time schedule including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays to meet the demands of the business
- Ability to travel frequently within a specific geographic area including between the US and Canada with overnight stays.
Benefits:
Our employees enjoy competitive compensation, employee discounts, 401K, and much more!
Including a target base salary range of $90,000-$110,000.
Application Process:
All considered applicants will need to apply directly on our career website. If you are not applying directly on our career website, responding to this post and/or providing a resume for this job does not constitute submission of an application. Due to the volume of interest and resumes received, we may not reply to all submissions. The application process is defined by Movado Group, requires submission of an application through our career website, and may involve an interview, job related testing, or other steps.
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Family of Brands:
Movado Group, Inc. designs, sources, and distributes MOVADO®, MVMT®, OLIVIA BURTON®, EBEL®, CONCORD®, CALVIN KLEIN®, COACH®, HUGO BOSS®, LACOSTE®, and TOMMY HILFIGER® watches worldwide, and operates Movado company stores in the United States.
Movado Group, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. It prohibits discrimination based on color, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
Movado Group, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It prohibits discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
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