Director of Retail - Enterprise Center

Compass Group•St. Louis, MO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Retail develops and reviews standard operating procedures, polices and operational guidelines to ensure customer satisfaction and employee productivity across the market, and complete management of training/development and education of retail staff in all retail locations. This individual will exercise significant authority over inventory managment to ensure proper distribution levels and the satisfaction of monthly sales objectivees for all company retail locations.

Requirements

Prior sales and /or retail professional work experience preferred
Availability to work regular extended shifts of 10 hours or more as business dictates. Must have flexible schedule to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
Proficient in computer services such Microsoft Office as well as capability and willingness to learn internal systems both retail and tech systems.
Strong leadershop skills with the ability to coachk mentor, and motivate staff and sales service team.
Minimum 5-8 year's experience in retail, hospitality, or related field.
3-5 Years of inventory and P & L managment experience required.
Able to communicate effectively with internal teams, clients, and guests.
Able to keep clients abreast of all retail related initiatives/concerns.
English reading, writing, math, and computer skills required.
Experience with hard and soft lines of merchandise.

Nice To Haves

E-commerce expereience in preferred but not required.
Buying experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Drive financial profitability through department reporting, yearly budgeting, as well as monitoring daily spends.
Oversee purchasing of merchandise for retail operation with attention to product mix, responsible inventory levels, and turnover.
Build and maintain strong relationships with vendors, partners, colleagues, and guests. Be receptive to feedback and coaching from different outlets.
Able to create and execute marketing initiative and directives in-venue, e-commerce, and within the market. Direct team to plan and execute off-site events or incremental locations.
Drive e-commerce sales, marketing, inventory availability, creative, analytics, and customer service. Remain flexible on current trends and creativity to adjust plans in a moment's notice.
Recruit, hire, train, and teach direct management reports as well as hourly associates. Construct a strong team based on personal strengths and abilities while keeping everyone accountable for job responsibilities and roles.
Hold strong attention to detail, ability to problem solve, openness to collaborate and communicate, build positive culture, as well as a driven attitude to as aspects of the position.