Quest Search & Selection are partnering with this consumer business comprising of over 100 units, including High Street & Destination sites.

This is a key leadership role where you will be responsible for developing the strategic retail plan as executed by the Head of Retail. Your role will be to drive sales performance in crica 20-30 stores and concessions across the region and embedding customer service excellence to deliver on your area NPS store.

Key responsibilities of the Area Manager - South Coast role include -

• The role will be responsible to manage and support stores in an assigned area to achieve their KPI's and company objectives.
• Promoting a customer focus culture to all colleagues which will assist to maximise sales and profit performance.
• Plan, monitor and regulate the financial performance of stores, identifying opportunities, remedying issues, and maximising the return from existing resources
• Plan store strategies & vm layouts in line with divisional VM strategies and ensure the stores implement the agreed seasonal and promotional plans.
• Ensure Store Managers recruit, induct and train their store teams in line with company procedures and
• Company procedures, and carry out Risk Assessment of new stores
• Taking effective action to combat shrinkage and controllable expenses.
• Leading clear KPIs and assisting Store Managers with the achievement of performance targets whether these are financial or non-financial
• Lead the implementation of the omni-channel retail strategy
• To ensure that there is good customer satisfaction, including styling and clienteling by covering trends, shopping experience & competitors analysis

To be successful in your application for this Area Manager - South Coast position -

• Area or Regional management experience within another highstreet retailer
• You must work within fashion, high-street background
• Worked on strategy and direction whilst still being focused on the day to day operations and team support
• Able to build strong relationships with a broad range of stakeholders across the UK, head office and internationally
• Coaching focused leadership about developing your management team
• Happy to drive and manage a large patch si will entail a large amount of overnight stays and travel
• Ideal candidate will be placed in the Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire area
• You must be a strategic thinker that can work to pace and deliver results through your people

Benefits included in this Area Manager - South Coast position -

• Car
• Pension
• Exceptional staff discount
• Long-service incentives

This is an exciting period for the company who are growing their store portfolio and are part of a bigger group with massive financial banking. If you have the right experience for this opportunity, please do not hesitate to apply with your CV with reference no JO-#removed#.

We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.

Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.

Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.