Senior Store Manager - Maison Margiela, UAE

On behalf of Maison Margiela - OTB, we are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Retail Leaders to join our growing stores! Maison Margiela is a Paris-based fashion house founded in 1988 by Belgian designer Martin Margiela. Celebrating unconventional aesthetics and embracing the philosophy that fashion is an art of expression rather than a cult of personality, Maison Margiela offers haute couture, ready-to-wear for women and men, contemporary line MM6, footwear, interior design, and accessories, including leather goods, fine jewelry and fragrance. In 2002, the French house became part of OTB. Along with sister brands of the group, Maison Margiela continues pushing the boundaries of modern fashion while preserving its distinctive identity and heritage. What you'll be doing The Senior Store Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the location, ensuring high standards of customer service. The store manager will also manage staff members, drive sales performance, and implement strategies to meet revenue targets while providing an exceptional shopping experience. Additionally, they will assist with monitoring store performance, managing inventory and ensuring that all visual merchandising aligns with Margiela standards. Key Responsibilities Sales - Meet store sales and target goals - Maximize profitability through optimization and controlling of expenses - Reach the achievement of Key Performance Indicators Customer Service - Strong customer service skills to provide courteous and precise customer satisfaction - Strong organizational skills, multi-tasking and prioritizing capabilities - Follow-up with clients through telephone calls, letters, cards and special announcements keep book of clients including sales records, records of all client preferences, colors, sizes and styles as well as records of clients' life events (birthdates, etc.) - Align with style and qualitative standards of the Brand throughout Sales and post-sale process - Take full advantage of all contacts with customers in the Store and promote both the Brand and Product - Collaborate with other colleagues to achieve business objectives - Constantly keep up-to-date regarding fashion trends; know and monitor competition - Know customers' needs, both expressed and less obvious - Demonstrate, recommend and style the products available; promote wardrobing - Schedule client appointments and pull merchandise for clients in advance of appointments - Ensure customer loyalty by collecting customer information and entering it into the database, thus building an extremely valuable clientele base that consists of high profile, international, professional and consistent customers Training - Train store employees on accurate use of store training programs, specifically the Customer Service program along with with maintaining high-training standards Development & Performance - Report to management team the strengths and areas of development for store personnel - Suggest to the management team appropriate action to promote and encourage the Supervisor's own professional development by using tools and best practices Supervision and Organization - Promote a positive, professional and sales-oriented environment and promoting a culture open to internal feedback - Assign work load appropriately and effectively among store employees - Organize and lead store meetings as directed by the management team to communicate store targets, priorities, and other relevant subjects - Provide team with insight and updates via regular store meetings Merchandising - Assist with monitoring store merchandise standards and needs through appropriate reports and store team feedback - Assist with ensuring that visual merchandising guidelines (criteria and quantities) align with Margiela standards - implemented effectively and all product presentation is maintained according to brand standards and guidelines - Ensure constant updates are executed - Assist with providing daily training to store employees. - Assist with slow-seller management by identifying commercial store needs and communicating it to the management team - Provide appropriate feedback to management team Loss Prevention - Minimize stock loss by implementing and executing all control Policies and Procedures - Keep store personnel accountable and responsible for all inventory control and Loss Prevention Policies and Procedures - Assist with organizing and carrying out an accurate stock inventory by implementing the Stock Take Procedure What you’ll need to succeed - Currently based in the UAE or experience within Retail in the UAE - Experience in leadership role within luxury or high-end retail - Communication Proficiency - Extensive experience in a client-driven environment, within a store leadership role. - Leadership skills. - Excellent customer services skills - Highly organized with exceptional time-management skills. What we can offer you With us, you wil

Sales: Meet store sales and target goals; Maximize profitability through optimization and controlling of expenses; Reach the achievement of Key Performance Indicators.\n\nCustomer Service: Provide courteous and precise customer satisfaction; Strong organizational, multi-tasking and prioritization capabilities; Maintain client records including preferences, contacts, and lifecycle events; Align with brand standards in sales and post-sale process; Leverage all customer contacts to promote brand and product; Collaborate with colleagues to achieve business objectives; Stay updated on fashion trends; Understand customer needs; Demonstrate, recommend and style products; Schedule client appointments and prepare merchandise for appointments; Build a valuable clientele database of high-profile, international customers.\n\nTraining: Train store employees on customer service programs and maintain high training standards.\n\nDevelopment & Performance: Report strengths and development areas for store personnel; Recommend actions to promote managers’ professional development.\n\nSupervision and Organization: Foster a positive, professional, sales-oriented environment; Assign workload; Organize and lead store meetings to communicate targets and priorities; Provide team with updates.\n\nMerchandising: Monitor merchandise standards and needs; Ensure visual merchandising aligns with brand guidelines; Ensure product presentation meets brand standards; Provide daily training; Address slow-seller issues.\n\nLoss Prevention: Minimize stock loss by enforcing policies; Ensure inventory control; Conduct accurate stock takes.