LVMH Hiring For Boutique Manager at Central Singapore Full Time

Reporting to the Brand Director, Zenith S.E.A, the Boutique Manager is fully responsible for the management and performance of the store and is a key contributor in seeking new business opportunities. The Boutique Manager is responsible for meeting sales objectives and building long lasting and loyal relationships with clients by providing them with a unique, luxurious and unforgettable shopping experience.

Key Responsibilities

1. Performance Management and Business Development
• Meet or exceed boutique budgets in accordance with brand retail strategy and procedures
• Analyze the business, propose and implement action plans to improve results, generate sales for each product line / category
• Maximize profit whilst controlling & minimizing costs (discount, general expenses, and third-party commissions)
• Demonstrate sales leadership for staff and set performance targets for team and individual with relevant KPI

2. Store Management
• Ensure excellency within and outside of the boutique
• Ensure maximum client welcoming, handling, and servicing
• Demonstrate brand ambassadorial skills, at any given time, with VIP clients / new customers
• Responsible for overall appearance and maintenance of boutique in accordance to brand guidelines and concept
• Assist in timely boutique implementation and control of any new visual merchandising concepts
• Be responsible for inventory management and visual merchandising per the brand guidelines

3. Store Operation Management
• Actively ensure all measures to avoid stock discrepancies at all times
• Actively ensure accuracy of monthly, quarterly and yearly stocktaking
• Weekly follow up with regional head office for stock replenishments and active order requests
• Ensuring maintenance of all boutique timepieces when necessary

4. Financial Control & Cash Registry
• Compliance with procedures and with legal, fiscal and customs regulations
• Cash registry controls

5. Reporting
• Ensure timely reporting of sales (daily, monthly) to Brand Director
• Identify strengths and weaknesses in existing operations to define action plans for implementation

6. Team Management
• Ensure proactivity of all boutique staff members
• Ensure monthly staff programs are planned and communicated to regional office
• Responsible for integrating and training new and existing team members
• Conduct daily briefing to ensure target achievement and communication
• Be responsible of the planning of monthly roaster for all the staff in the store
• Monitor staff appearances and behavior, in line with company policy and boutique guidelines
• Ensure coaching of team individual and collective objectives, via (but not limited to) team meetings, on the job trainings, appraisals, anticipation of training needs, distribution of tasks, and feedback on expectations
• Distribute tasks to see the sales associates’ ability to over perform
• Organize schedules and solve conflicts, to ensure work equality of staff in terms of working hours and opportunities

7. Customer & CRM Related Activities
• Ensure Service Excellency within the boutique and team
• Ensure relationship building with customers
• Ensure attention to existing and new recruitment of VIP client and prospect database for boutique sales and marketing activities
• Individually handle with care client complaints and immediately report to regional office any boutique, brand or product related issues
• Follow up and coordinate individual repairs and after sales related matters

We are looking for someone who has at least 8 years’ solid experience in luxury retail operations with successful track record of managing high profile clients from different cultures and background. Experience in high end luxury watch industry is a plus. You enjoy working and leading a multicultural team. Fluency in more than 1 language (other than English) will be preferred due to multicultural work environment.

You are agile, adaptable, comfortable to work in high pressure environment, possess strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Impeccable attention to detail with a can-do attitude is crucial. Finally, you should have a creative mind to enable which helps you to be disruptive, pro-active and to act strategically.