Job Summary: Responsible for all aspects of running a profitable store location and setting the tone and leading the store's culture/environment to ensure success in all aspects of customer service, profitability, operations, people development, merchandise presentation and merchandise assortment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Managerial Responsibilities:

• Assumes leadership and development role through effective total store communication, awareness of morale, staff development, and improve employee retention by emphasizing awareness of your staff and their career development.
• Performs supervisory responsibilities including: interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; reviewing performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Continually evaluate and react to performance issues.
• Reviews time sheets and handles all payroll and direct deposits.
• Handles new hire paperwork and orientation and partners with Human Resources in recruiting and addressing various employee relation issues.
• Assigns sales teams daily tasks and goals. Assures proper completion through follow-up.
• Ensures selling floor is merchandised appropriately and adequately stocked.
• Trains and develops store associates in all aspects of the business; direct and monitor training and development for all store personnel.
• Controls shrink and expenses.
• Maintains standards of operation for total store including visual presentation, security/shortage control, human resources and operations.
• Identifies computer price changes and errors, and communicates to corporate & other boutiques.
• Reviews department/store trends and recommend and initiate changes for maximizing goals and objectives.
• Participates in opening and closing the store.
• Manages of all office tasks including management of funds and receiving shipments.
• Assists in monitoring sales performance, through the analysis of sales reports.
• Keeps records of sales.
• Participates in opening and closing the store.
• Maintains adherence to all company policies and procedures.
• Any other duties as assigned by Vice President of Retail.

2. Sales and Customer Service Responsibilities:

• Responds to customer's inquiries and resolves customer issues in timely and appropriate manner.
• Ensures consistent high standards of customer service through effective staff planning, monitoring of training programs and timely communication of advertising of special events.
• Attains sales and profitability goals for store through effective use of short and long-range planning, expense management and inventory control.
• Ensures consistent high standards of customer service through effective staff planning, monitoring of training programs and timely communication of special events.
• Maintains standards of operation for total store including visual presentation, security/shortage control, human resources and operations.
• Identifies computer price changes and errors, and communicates to corporate & other boutiques.
• Reviews department/store trends and recommend and initiate changes for maximizing goals and objectives.
• Ensures that each customer receives outstanding customer service by demonstrating product knowledge and providing a friendly environment which includes greeting and acknowledging every customer.
• Generates and maximizing sales by convincing clients to purchase the company's products.
• Develops and maintaining client books.
• Prepares for sales and inventory periods.
• Makes sure service and support areas are operating at high standards to achieve best shopping experience for customers.
• Performs and manages floor moves/renovations, window displays, merchandise presentation, stock, transfers, or sales/event set-up.
• Ensures all service support areas operate at high standards to achieve best shopping experience.
• Maintains all merchandising standards, display presentation, and monitor inventory levels.
• Delivers or arranges for delivery special-order items as needed.
• Follows customer service guidelines (i.e. proper etiquette, returns, exchanges, transfers and loss prevention).
• Greets, serves and advises clients with outstanding customer service and a friendly smile.
• Gift wraps and bags items for customers.
• Sometimes they arrange to mail or deliver special-order items.

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Minimum Qualifications:

• This job requires a minimum of a High School Diploma (or GED) and either have a degree in Retail, Fashion or related field or equivalent work experience and education.
• Five plus years' high-end retail, boutique or sales related work experience.
• At least two years of retail management experience that includes P&L, staff supervision, scheduling, training, merchandising, inventory, and shrink control and payroll.
• Understand inventory, customer's sales experience and merchandising.
• Perform all Cegid transactions proficiently, such as sales (cash, checks, credit or debit cards, Longchamp gift cards and merchandise return cards, travelers checks), returns, exchanges, item and customer look ups, CRM, run reports and open and close registers in accordance with Cegid Manual guidelines.
• Proficient with the UPS System.
• Properly prepare and send shipments.
• Properly receive and check shipments.
• Working knowledge in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Microsoft Word.

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