Career Opportunities: Department Manager

The Armani Group is a leading company in the fashion and luxury sector, with more than 8,000 employees. Its three core brands – Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and A|X Armani Exchange – are active in all the world’s major countries, across many continents. With origins firmly rooted in Italy, but also with a cosmopolitan vision and culture, the company has grown since it was founded in 1975, expanding its offer from clothes and accessories to cosmetics, fragrances, eyewear, watches, jewellery, and furniture and furnishing accessories. Today, therefore, as well as being well known in the area of fashion, the Armani Group is also renowned in the sectors of interior design, food and beverage, and hotels and resorts.Giorgio Armani has created a style that has, with remarkable consistency, continued to explore countless variations and possibilities over the years. The Armani style, in expressing a precise vision – down to the most minute detail, is a style in the truest sense of the word: a way of being and presenting oneself, certainly incorporating clothing and accessories, but also including gestures, ways, behaviours and attitudes; a style that goes beyond the sum of its parts, and well beyond what one wears.Convinced that ethics and aesthetics must coincide, Giorgio Armani expresses fundamental and enduring values through style. He does so by creating timeless pieces that, enhanced by precious materials and artisanal craftwork, resist the whim of fleeting trends with their pure and essential design.Context and purpose of the jobWithin the Emporio Armani Flagship Store in Milan Manzoni, you will join the team as Department Manager. You will work with the Store Manager in managing the assigned department and the team, taking care of operations and performance maximization (sales volume, profitability, customer portfolio, etc.). You will work in close contact with the Client Advisors by infusing energy into the team through your commitment and lead with passion to stimulate achievement of the best possible results. All these efforts aim to offer excellence in customer service. You will oversee the development of each Client Advisor, identifying the strengths and areas for improvement, training and coaching them daily.ResponsibilitiesDrive sales by analysing performance data and implementing improvement strategies for your Department and for the whole storeAnalyse objectives provided by the Store Manager to the Client Advisors and drive their achievementFoster client‑centric culture within the team, supporting them on client discovery, increasing loyalty of existing ones and sharing best practice on clienteling activities and salesOrganize and conduct staff induction programs, trainings, morning briefings, one to one in order to support team’s growth and engagementIdentify and develop talents within your team to propose for internal development opportunities in agreement with the Store Manager and the HR TeamSupport the Store Manager on staffing roster and annual leave, always ensuring proper coverage of the selling floor and smooth store operationsEnsure impeccable aesthetics in the store taking care of internal visual and windows display following VM guidelinesObserve and apply Company policies and procedures, ensuring that all directives are observed in the storeOversee management of warehouse space and ensure availability of the full range of items in the collection. Monitor warehouse spaces dedicated for example to repairs, packaging, VM toolsSupervise goods receiving and stock management are always efficient and timelyHelp the Store Manager maintaining organization of administrative responsibilities and supervise cash procedures and regulationsTake an active role in inventoryRequirementsMust have skills3+ years of experience in the same role, possibly within the Fashion & Luxury industryAnalytical skills and KPI knowledgeFluent knowledge of English and ItalianManagerial skills and customer service skillsOutstanding communication and interpersonal skillsExcellent team leadership skillsResponsibility and reliabilityWe promote diversity and inclusion in all forms, within a collaborative environment where your talent can flourish in the pursuit of a common goal: yours and our growth.#J-18808-Ljbffr