Job description

– Manage events and Social Media PR, within the support structures and quality parameters of a reputable fashion brand.

– Be in control of your events, PR and business development within your designated Area.

– Influence and contribute to brand strategy.

– Work with talented, dynamic people!

Key responsibilities:

Events Management and Co-ordination

• Development of a yearly event calendar, for the assigned stores.
• Holistic management and responsibility of store events including proposal, planning, budget management, sponsorship and execution.
• Delivering events on time, within budget, that meet/exceeding expectations.
• Setting, communicating & maintaining timelines and priorities on every project
• Idea generation for new income generating events.
• Maintain and develop/source new supplier relationships
• Disseminating event information to key stake holders, departments and external customer’s.
• Ensure event is completed smoothly and step up to resolve any problems that might occur.
• Assisting on-site with events, as required.

Business Development

• Developing and managing yearly events sales budgets and forecasts of internal and external customer’s
• Drive increase market share growth for the assigned store’s, through increased events sales revenue of current B2B Retail Partners and developing events sales revenue from new B2B Retail Partners.
• Relationship Management of internal and external customer’s.
• Negotiate all business events terms for new and existing external and internal retail customers
• Meet with retail partners and turn their goals into workable solutions

Public Relations and Social Media

• Assist in the development of and executing of innovative creative communication content for traditional PR digital and social media.
• Assist in managing the content flow within a content plan.
• Develop relationships with regional influencer’s and engage with and promote stories to gain market share.
• Responsible for providing material/collateral for digital and social media, on all events.

Company Description

We are an extra-ordinary fashion company, rooted in supporting the sustainability of South African Fashion mastery. We are proudly South African organization, a tribe where extra-ordinary people work together to enable business success and to realize their full potential, passion and competencies. South African Fashion is our Passion.

We are looking for experienced, energetic, passionate and driven Events and Business Development Co-Ordinater, with experience in PR being a plus, to lead our events and PR for Fashion Retails store’s based within the Durban Region. Are you Passionate about fashion? Are you the Best of the Best? Do you want to join a Growing Retail Company with excellent succession planning growth potential?

Requirements

• Ability to cope with pressure, work to tight deadlines and multi-task.
• Ability to work independently, with strong problem-solving skills,
• Computer literate, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Web 2.0/ Social Media etc
• Efficient in time management, with a strong ability to prioritise and control work flows
• Very organised with excellent administration skills
• High energy levels
• Excellent English written/verbal communication skills
• Confident individual with good interpersonal and presentation skills
• Solution-driven with a go-getting can-do attitude (show initiative)
• Willingness to travel, if required
• A Valid driver’s license and own transport

 Minimum Experience

• Minimum 1 years of experience in events and Business Development. Experience in PR Social Media is a beneficial.
• Minimum Educational level: Grade 12
• Energetic leader with an Entrepreneurial spirit.
• Passion for fashion retail.

Posted on 08 Feb 16:54

Job description

– Run a retail store within the support structures and quality parameters of a reputable fashion brand.
– Be in control of your store’s performance and profitability.
– Influence and contribute to brand strategy.
– Recruit, build and work with talented, dynamic people!

Key Responsibilities:

 Financial Performance

• Ensuring that your store meets and exceeds the store targets
• Actively engaging and optimising the store’s performance and profitability
• Maximizing Units per transaction, Average transaction value, and increase in conversion percentage
• Applying day trader mentality ensuing increased trade
• Setting targets for Store Team and ensure they meet and exceed their individual targets
• Manage product at store level in collaboration with management
• Motivation of Team to ensure increased performance’s
• Influence and contribute to brand strategy

Customer Care orientation

• Provide a world-class in-store experience.
• Responsible dealing with customer complaints
• Stay up to date with product knowledge
• Custodian of customer service orientation in store
• Models customer service behavior and monitor associate’s levels of service to ensure high customer care.
• Ensure customer loyalty by converting walk in’s into repeat customers

Business Processes

• Ensure that the team delivers a world class brand experience and adheres to the ‘theatre’ requirement of the customer experience
• Responsible for stock control management
• Ensuring compliance to Health and Safety in store
• Facilitate and execution of commercial visual merchandising and product management.
• Prioritize, establish and communicate store issues and daily / weekly / monthly sales goals to the store Team
• Implement company policies and procedures, loss prevention audit guidelines in the assigned store.
• Efficient cost and expense management pertaining to all store processes

Human Capital/Team Management

• Recruitment and selection of exceptional Store Team, while ensuring a low attrition rate
• Train and develop Team on sales techniques, brand and product training, customer service, and teamwork.
• Delegation of duties amongst team
• Disciplinary actions implementation
• Lead, inspire and build your team.
• Performance management of Team and promote open lines of communication through coaching and motivation

Company Description

We are an extra-ordinary fashion company, rooted in supporting the sustainability of South African Fashion mastery. We are proudly South African organization, a tribe where extra-ordinary people work together to enable business success and to realize their full potential, passion and competencies. South African Fashion is our Passion.

We are looking for experienced, energetic, passionate and driven Senior Store Leader’s, to manage and lead our flagship store’s based in Gateway. Are you Passionate about fashion? Are you the Best of the Best? Do you want to join a Growing Retail Company with excellent succession planning growth potential?

Requirements

Competency  Descriptor

• Result-Oriented
• Leadership
• Decision Making
• Self-Driven
• Decision Making
• Team building

Minimum Experience

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Store Manager, with a proven track record for driving sales.
• Minimum Educational level: Grade 12
• Energetic leader with an Entrepreneurial spirit.
• Passion for retail.

Kindly submit your CV and a recent photo to DenverC@wearsouthafrican.co.za.

Posted on 08 Feb 11:29