Assistant General Manager, Yorkdale
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Part-time
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Assistant General Manager | Full-Time | Emporio Armani, Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Toronto
This posting is for an existing vacancy
As a leader within Giorgio Armani Canada Corporation, you will be part of a diverse leadership and sales team, who you will inspire and motivate each day. You will work with the General Manager to align the entire team on driving sales, providing an excellent client experience, building strong talent and ensure the store operates efficiently and effectively. Your ability to combine entrepreneurial spirit, passion for the brand and knowledge of the luxury/retail business with organizational skills to manage the store will greatly influence the client and associate experience.
As an Assistant General Manager, you will also provide input on merchandising, marketing, and client relationship strategies. Your daily presence on the sales floor will provide you the opportunity to understand the business on the front line, and you will have the opportunity to use the insights to improve the store’s business. You will help shape and execute store strategies to build trusting relationships with clients and associates to drive revenue. In addition, you will be accountable for ensuring appropriate communications are cascaded throughout the team.
To succeed in this role you are willing to lead by example and with integrity, collaborate, be intellectually curious, strategic, lead through ambiguity and change and results oriented. As a key support for the General Manager, you will also be responsible for the end-to-end management of the store and its team, including labor and supply budget.
Our team mission is passionately conveying the vision of Giorgio Armani.
Qualifications & Skills
Join us in our mission to passionately convey Giorgio Armani’s unique vision of timeless and natural elegance, where fashion and design provoke a confident state of being for all people by fostering beauty in the world.
The Armani Group is one of the leading fashion and luxury goods groups in the world today. Our company designs, manufactures, distributes and retails fashion and lifestyle products including apparel, accessories, eyewear, watches, jewelry, home interiors, fragrances, cosmetics, chocolates, hotels and restaurants under a range of brand names: Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and Armani Exchange.
This role has an annual salary range of $70,000 to $85,000 plus bonus, depending on experience and qualifications. We believe in rewarding great talent, which is why eligible team members may also earn performance-based bonuses and annual incentives that recognize individual impact and contributions.
OUR CULTURE
As a company, one of our goals is to motivate and drive a unified team to deliver the Armani experience. We believe the fuel to the power of the brand is through the collaboration of our associates. We are dedicated to fostering the development and growth of our people, roles and structure.
Our Benefits
COMPENSATION: Commission (Eligibility Based on Position)
ASSOCIATE PERKS: Armani Merchandise Discount
YOUR CAREER
Training and Development Opportunities
This posting is for an existing vacancy
As a leader within Giorgio Armani Canada Corporation, you will be part of a diverse leadership and sales team, who you will inspire and motivate each day. You will work with the General Manager to align the entire team on driving sales, providing an excellent client experience, building strong talent and ensure the store operates efficiently and effectively. Your ability to combine entrepreneurial spirit, passion for the brand and knowledge of the luxury/retail business with organizational skills to manage the store will greatly influence the client and associate experience.
As an Assistant General Manager, you will also provide input on merchandising, marketing, and client relationship strategies. Your daily presence on the sales floor will provide you the opportunity to understand the business on the front line, and you will have the opportunity to use the insights to improve the store’s business. You will help shape and execute store strategies to build trusting relationships with clients and associates to drive revenue. In addition, you will be accountable for ensuring appropriate communications are cascaded throughout the team.
To succeed in this role you are willing to lead by example and with integrity, collaborate, be intellectually curious, strategic, lead through ambiguity and change and results oriented. As a key support for the General Manager, you will also be responsible for the end-to-end management of the store and its team, including labor and supply budget.
Our team mission is passionately conveying the vision of Giorgio Armani.
Qualifications & Skills
- Minimum Three (3) years of experience in similar retail management field
- College/Post-Secondary degree preferred
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills and the ability to influence partners and motivate direct reports
- Demonstrated experience in executing Sales Management Trainings and Presentations
- Proficiency with Retail Systems and Office programs, i.e. Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Open availability and able to work a flexible schedule, including holidays, nights and weekends
- While not required, Italian, Spanish, French, Mandarin or other language skills are considered a strong asset
Join us in our mission to passionately convey Giorgio Armani’s unique vision of timeless and natural elegance, where fashion and design provoke a confident state of being for all people by fostering beauty in the world.
The Armani Group is one of the leading fashion and luxury goods groups in the world today. Our company designs, manufactures, distributes and retails fashion and lifestyle products including apparel, accessories, eyewear, watches, jewelry, home interiors, fragrances, cosmetics, chocolates, hotels and restaurants under a range of brand names: Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and Armani Exchange.
This role has an annual salary range of $70,000 to $85,000 plus bonus, depending on experience and qualifications. We believe in rewarding great talent, which is why eligible team members may also earn performance-based bonuses and annual incentives that recognize individual impact and contributions.
OUR CULTURE
As a company, one of our goals is to motivate and drive a unified team to deliver the Armani experience. We believe the fuel to the power of the brand is through the collaboration of our associates. We are dedicated to fostering the development and growth of our people, roles and structure.
Our Benefits
COMPENSATION: Commission (Eligibility Based on Position)
- Retail Bonus Program
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Dental
- Vision
- Prescription Drug
- Life Insurance
- Dependent Life Insurance
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Pregnancy & Parental Leave Top-Up
- Long-Term Disability
- Paid Time Off to Volunteer in your Community
ASSOCIATE PERKS: Armani Merchandise Discount
- Restaurant Discount
- Uniform
- Exclusive Friends & Family Sales
YOUR CAREER
Training and Development Opportunities
- Rewards and Recognition programs
- Opportunities in various brands in the Canadian Corporate Office (Greater Toronto Area), as well as domestic and international opportunities.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Assistant General Manager will lead the sales team to drive revenue while ensuring an excellent client experience and efficient store operations. They are responsible for daily floor presence, managing labor and supply budgets, and executing merchandising and marketing strategies.
Requirements
Candidates must have at least three years of experience in a similar retail management role and possess strong communication and leadership skills. Proficiency in retail systems and Microsoft Office programs is required, along with the ability to work a flexible schedule including weekends and holidays.
Skills
- Retail management
- Sales management
- Leadership
- Team motivation
- Client experience
- Merchandising
- Marketing strategy
- Communication skills
- Organizational skills
- Strategic planning
- Budget management
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Luxury retail
- Talent development
Benefits
- Commission
- Retail bonus program
- Employee referral bonus program
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Prescription drug coverage
- Life insurance
- Dependent life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Paid time off
- Sick days
- Pregnancy and parental leave top-up
- Long-term disability
- Paid volunteer time
- Company matching
- Armani merchandise discount
- Restaurant discount
- Uniform
- Friends and family sales
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Categories
- Retail
- Management & Leadership
- Sales
- Customer Service & Support
- Administrative
Keywords
- Retail Management
- Luxury Retail
- Sales Management
- Giorgio Armani
- Emporio Armani
- Store Operations
- Budgeting
- Merchandising
- Marketing
- Team Leadership
- Retail Systems
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint
- Talent Development
- Strategic Planning
- Customer Experience
- Fashion Industry