Store Manager - Covent Garden, London

Meet Your Future Team:

You embody an entrepreneurial spirit and drive the success of your store's business by leading a team of talented product guides to activate exceptional community experience. As a champion of holding those around you in possibility, you create leadership development opportunities within your business to create the highest level of engagement for the people on your team, and in turn, the guest in your market. You are product-obsessed and inspire those around you with your commitment to education and sharing product knowledge. By partnering and fostering a close relationship with your wholesale counterparts, the community around you experiences a seamless experience through all touch points with the brand.

Your Opportunity at ARC'TERYX:

• Attract, develop and lead a team of committed product guides in engaging with and educating the community on world leading product technology.
• Build community and connect through deep relationships with a newly established market presence, setting the precedent for the Arc'teryx community experience.
• Be accountable for the store opening and leadership experience, from conception through to opening the doors to the first guest in your community.
• Engage with the fast-paced, high-growth, global community to evolve best-in-class practices and iterate on innovative retail experiences.
• Collaborate with your peers and lead your team to drive unique product experiences within your community.

If you were in this role now, here's what you would be doing:

• Leading the development, training, coaching and education of high-performing leaders to support the Arc'teryx commitment to best-in-class guest experience.
• Building relationships and connecting with community influencers to engage with the new market prior to store opening and beyond.
• Owning and driving product conversations to create seamless merchandising and inventory management within your business.
• Owning and leading the full store operations experience with a deep commitment to the guest and employee experiences.

Are you this person?

• Driven by a high level of autonomy and excel in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Seek and offer relevant feedback in the moment.
• Have proven success in developing leaders and seek opportunities to further engage with their development goals.
• Have three to five (3-5) years of retail leadership experience, and demonstrated ability to build long-lasting, meaningful relationships within communities.
• Ability to engage with Profit & Loss statements and retail KPI analytics as tools to drive your business forward with educated and informed decision making.
• Proven ability to set a clear vision, align your team around common goals and foster commitment to these objectives.
• Effectively balance autonomy and collaboration.
• Remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity.
• Seek the best (not necessarily the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right.
• Your passion for leading is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it.