:Our client is a well-established lifestyle brand with retail outlets across prominent Dubai malls.We are recruiting a UAE experienced regional retail manager who will have full accountability for each stores revenue and profitability and provide people management leadership.Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years in UAE lifestyle retail management with P&L responsibility and in-depth knowledge of retail mall trends and best practices.Role Summary
Establish a comprehensive retail operations framework for all stores to ultimately improve customer footfall, maximize sales, control costs and enhance the brand presence to ultimately increase customer spend and profitability.
Strategic product buying and pricing, product line development and inventory management.
Establish visual merchandising standards and ensure adherence across all stores.
Collaborate with the marketing team to conceptualize campaigns and activities to increase brand awareness, customer engagement, footfall and retention.
Team leadership and development recruit, onboard, lead and mentor retail store teams, fostering a high-performance culture; identify talent gaps, develop training programs, and build retail talent pipelines.
Develop and implement retail strategies that drive store productivity and business growth through process improvement, brand development, exceptional customer experience and the right product mix and availability.
Establish profitable partnerships with mall management.
Mandatory Skills & Experience
10 years experience in retail with a minimum of 3 years in retail management in the UAE with a strong focus on operational excellence, mystery shopping, performance management and market share growth.
Commercial, financial and data analysis acumen - analyze performance metrics, identify areas of improvement, and implement action plans to achieve targets.
Proven team leadership experience to hire and build high performance teams to enhance customer engagement and service to increase brand engagement, revenue and profitability goals.
UAE driving license is mandatory.
Candidate Profile
Currently living in the United Arab Emirates must be able to live in Dubai.
Fluent in English.
Strong entrepreneurial and strategic mindset, results driven, resilient to challenge the status quo to achieve operational excellence.
Hands on and can-do approach, able to communicate effectively and manage people remotely.