Company Description
FLANNELS is the luxury fashion destination for men and women, home to an edit of over 200 brands from established international designers to contemporary labels.
With an innate attention to detail and a timeless style, FLANNELS offers a luxury lifestyle that is as traditional as it is modern. Be it through our stores or website, we ensure an elegant simplicity, so nothing can detract from the brands we represent.
Job Description
The Opportunity
As a Frasers Group Manager, you will be directing part of luxury’s fasting-growing retailer. Our luxury division is made up of Flannel, Frasers, Cruise, Van Mildert and 18 Montrose. Reporting to the Store Manager, you will oversee a large team of 20+ managers in our newest Luxury Flagship in the heart of Leeds.
We are rethinking retail and with our varied collection of brands, we’ve never been afraid to strive forward and change the way the industry operates, diversifying our portfolio and elevating stores. We are pushing the boundaries of traditional retail environments and future proofing our business. You achieve this by having a strong commercial awareness to coach, support and progress your store managers engagement, providing inspirational leadership on how to surpass the company objectives. You will operate as a business manager for your store, ensuring that business initiatives are met with positivity and pace, whilst controlling and delivering across the board for store operations, customer service, budget control, people and product.
1. Operations:
Oversee store operations and ensure stores deliver to expectation on all KPI’s
Observe store performance and hold managers accountable for under performance, providing support and feedback for improvements
Use business communication tools to oversee completion of tasks and ensure your team understand all key functions
Challenging and communicating improvements to store operations
2. Controls:
Ensure wage controls are met on a weekly basis, ensuring store team resolve any issues quickly and effectively
Oversee compliance with processing of payroll and exceptions, ensuring you resolve issues and problem-solve effectively
Drive excellent performance on wage controls through detailed analysis and floor-based observations
Coach store team to work within time frames set by the business and guide them with realistic expectations
3. Sales
Understand business and customer expectation and ensure this is executed to exceptional standards
Observe service and use knowledge to coach managers on how to improve
Understand product features and benefits and coach the team on how to deliver a broad understanding to teams
Drive KPI targets and motivate team to deliver results
Analyse data and communicate with teams for improvement
Understand the retail industry, business challenges, competitors and customers, with a strong commercial awareness
Coach and guide team on how to interpret merchandising guidelines to the sales floor and strong commerciality and efficiency
4. Development
Identify internal and external talent and use development opportunities and performance management processes to drive exceptional performance
Be self-driven in own personal development
Plan for development and create clear succession plans for each store to encourage next generation and support business growth
Create an environment that encourages and rewards performance fairly and equitably
5. Leadership and Management
Be a brand ambassidor for the Flannels brand both in and out of the workplace
Inspire the workforce and act as a role model to others
Develop, coach and motive your team of Managers to achieve success, holding them accountable where appropriate
Develop strong relationships with store teams, senior managers, brand partners and external stakeholders
Qualifications
The Requirements
Proven experience leading a large team in a fast paced, multi department environment is essential
Minimum 3 years of experience within luxury and premium retail at a senior management level
Vast knowledge and passion of luxury retail including building brand relationships
A background that will not only prove you know how to increase sales and profits, control costs and stock loss, but also that you’ve managed senior managers
Proven track record of internal progression and development
Must be able to work well under pressure and to strict deadlines
Able to work a flexible schedule based on the company needs
Additional Information
The Rewards:
Competitive basic salary
Monthly store commission scheme
Management bonus and incentives
Join a high performance team at one of the UKs largest luxury stores
Fantastic progression opportunities within Frasers Group
Monthly Group Rewards and Recognition
Long Service awards
Join the Fearless1000 Incentive Scheme watch video to find out more
We offer a wide range of Development Courses with National Qualifications
50% Instore Uniform Discount
Discounted Gym membership
Group Wide 20% Discount across all Frasers Group brands