Jewellery Job: Managing Director in East Anglia

Managing Director

Reference: DIR/SW
Location: East Anglia
Salary: £70,000 basic. £100,000 OTE

Jewellery Jobs: Managing Director  for prestigious fine jewellery organisation. Excellent benefits!

Our client, a prestigious and reputable jewellery company have a rare and exciting opening within their organisation based in East Anglia.

They are currently recruiting for a Managing Director to join their successful and established jewellery retail business and are therefore looking for someone who has a wealth of experience of the luxury trade as a Managing Director or similar high profile position.

Candidates must be experienced in operational and financial management as well as store and staff management in a luxury retail environment.  This would be an excellent opportunity for those willing to relocate.
 
The Role:

• Spending time both in the showroom and head office. 
• Ability to sell high worth items, network effectively and maximise the potential of the showroom through various methods.
• Execution of a successful strategy maximising sales and income generation opportunities.
• New store openings.
• Growing and improving the retail business.
• Financial and operational performance of the business.
• Ensure staff are target driven and sales orientated; totally focused on customer service.
• Working with third parties and communicating event/networking ideas to promote the company and brands.
• Ensure excellence in all areas of activity to deliver the brand objectives.
• Ensure that P&L and KPI objectives are achieved including daily and monthly review of P&L variances and proactive expense control.
• Develop strong relationships with key suppliers and clients.
• Develop a strong multi-disciplinary team for the business.
• Increase brand awareness to the regional market.
• Assessment and generation of new revenue streams.

Requirements:

Essential:

• Maximising sales must be second nature to you.  You will be commercially aware, have excellent customer service skills and be a fantastic sales person leading by example.
• Extensive experience in the luxury retail trade– at least 2 years current experience in a Senior Management/Director role.
• A fresh and creative approach whilst understanding the needs of the business, market and customers.
• An understanding of how to place most effort on products and services that generate significant income.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to build comprehensive forecasting models to generate accurate forecasting on monthly basis.

Desirable:

• Experience of the fine jewellery industry.
• A trade qualification such as FGA, DGA, would be advantageous whilst not essential.

Benefits:

• £70,000 Basic
• £100,000 OTE
• Company Car
• Bonus
• Healthcare

Experience in the UK luxury retail sector is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.

In the first instance please forward relevant CV’s by email below including your current remuneration package.

Only candidates who possess experience in a similar role shall be considered.  Please do not apply if you do not meet this criteria.

• Full Time
• Permanent
• Only open to those eligible to work in the UK

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