APASS

Sales Manager/ Retail Manager

2016-11-15
Job Title Sales Manager/ Retail Manager
Reference Number N/A
Place Quarry Bay
Client Information Our client is a well-known and international luxury beauty brand with proven track record, who is looking for a Sales Manager/ Retail Manager to join their team for Asia Pacific markets. 
Responsibilities
  • Maximize brand retail and net sales in HK & Macau to grow market share, ranking and productivity
  • Manage and build up an effective retail team organization (both office and frontline level) and maximize team productivity and performance
  • Maximize and enhance POS productivity in all levels, including but not limited to promotion and events, stock, visual merchandising, people and operation management etc.
  • Deploy all retail projects to enhance retail efficiency
  • Be the market intelligence on key competitors’ activities

Business Analysis & Actions

  • Deliver and construct retail, net sales and selling expense budget (both monthly and yearly)
  • Develop and explore business strategy by retailers
  • Develop sales target and manage sales performance by door to reach the target
  • Manage P&L (mainly on staff cost and POS selling expense) and staffing levels by door based on productivity
  • Analyze weekly / monthly business and define key priorities / KPI to direct reports and field team
  • Work closely with Marketing team to understand strategic product launches and ensure marketing calendar will grow sales
  • Analyze and communicate competition’s marketing activities to management
  • Compile monthly sales reports / competitors’ reports to management
  • Communicate with Marketing and Supply and Demand Planning team to ensure optimum inventory at POS to support business
  • Propose and manage the appropriate product assortment based on the customer profile and business strategy of the POS and the brand
  • Work with BGM on the business expansion and sales strategy of the brand

Management of retail team

  • Guide Retail Manager / Retail Supervisor to get their frontline team to reach sales goals and to deliver the best in class customer service, selling and make up service
  • Monthly review KPI performance of frontline team together with both Retail and Training team
  • Coach, retain and develop talents with the best-qualified skillsets required to perform and to grow the brand
  • Communicate and work closely with Education team to define the training needs and approaches to enhance team productivity
  • Regular review, formulate and implement effective and competitive local incentive programs
  • Ensure that all counters are appropriately staffed with the right people in a timely manner, manage the recruitment procedure and staff discipline with corrective actions
  • Build up a retail team with strong TRIBE spirit and be in a goal driven mode

Operation, Promotion and Animation Management

  • Ensure POS follow company and store policies on operation, VM, MUE grooming and HR procedures
  • Handle customer complaints after Retail Manager / Retail Supervisor
  • Propose and to work with VM to enforce strict and regular control of POS Merchandising, decoration and operation conditions so as to maximize the VM impact at POS
  • Maximize POS ROI / KPI performance (both qualitative and quantitative) of promotional activities jointly aligned with Trade Marketing

Requirements
  • At least 8 years’ sales or retail management experience in cosmetics or higher segments consumer goods with 5 years in a managerial role
  • University graduate in business is an asset
  • Good spoken and written English and Chinese
  • An experience with an alternative (makeup) brand is considered an asset
  • Strategic
  • Excellent negotiation skills
  • Strong interpersonal, coaching  and diplomatic people-oriented management skills
  • Able to multi-task and strong analytical skills
  • Excellent time management
  • High sense to details and numbers
  • Brand and commercial sensitivity
  • Team player with strong leadership. “We don’t succeed as individuals, we succeed as a team”
  • Enthusiastic and dynamic, able to convey a team spirit
  • Assertive, responsible, loyal, humble
  • Flexible, presentable and mature
  • Proactive and willing to learn and take on new challenges
  • Open-minded
  • Result-driven achiever

Salary Range N/A
Our client offers a comprehensive package with fringe benefits.  If you are interested, please send your resume together with your current salary, expected salary, and date of availability to our email professional@apass.com.hk or via “Apply Now”. Only short-listed candidates will be notified. Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purpose only.
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