National Brand Manager, Durban (candidates with 5* Hospitality GM Experience will take priority)

Package R 480 000 to R 600 000 per annum plus incentives.

Highly successful luxury fashion lifestyle brand is looking for a young, driven, exceptional leader that will find and develop retail talent. This talent will deliver on their retail experience and achieve their sales targets. The incumbent will report to the CEO. This is a great opportunity to grow. If you have hospitality background at a 5* GM level, this is an added bonus).


Requirements:

? Proven track record in achieving results.
? Love people and developing them.
? Exceptional selling skills.
? Accountable and Responsible.
? A do whatever it takes, action orientated individual that leads by example.
? Tertiary qualification in commerce field.
? At least 3 years in a senior retail or general management role.
? Systemic thinking and process driven.


Responsibilities include

Ensure sales targets are exceeded.
Travel to stores in South Africa to lead, hire and train talent (store staff) in stores that achieve 90% on the operations check list, 75% on merchandising score sheet, and average Secret shopper scores of 70% per store;
Manage store routines on time in full on merchandising, stock movements, daily banking, discount approvals etc; all day to day operation issues involved with stores
Manage store costs to budget with optimal rosters and day to day controls and issues that store staff may have. Ensure stock loss per store is less than 0.2%.
Provide the CEO with input to drive the development of the brand and product.