District Manager France

Denim. It’s our passion. It’s in our blood.
But we are not just another denim brand.
We’re RAW.

At G-Star, we are obsessed with denim. Together we push to invent, explore and take craftsmanship to another level. Down to the smallest detail and with a strong belief that there is no limit to what denim can do.
To achieve this, we are always looking for hardcore thinkers and do-ers, who want to join us in creating the future of premium and purposeful denim.

Are you up for the challenge?
Are you the perfect fit for our team?
Are you a bit of a rebellious spirit?
Then we would love to hear from you

**Here's what we'll do together**:
The District Manager leads between 10 to 15 G-Star stores in his/her region to meet or exceed agreed retail sales, sell-through, profit and other KPI targets, maximizing the business for G-Star. He/she drives a sales and service culture to optimize the customer shopping-, brand experience and store performance. The focus of the District Manager is to build and sustain a workplace staffed with engaged, high performing Store Managers / teams who create a distinct customer experience representing the G-Star DNA.

**Duties and responsibilities**
Sales & KPI management for assigned region
- Drive, review & analyze the weekly performance of the assigned stores
- Facilitate and lead a weekly regional trade performance meeting including all his/her stores
- Implement and drive the use of company created sales (planning) tools
- Improving the performance of his/her stores while real time monitoring the KPI’s, revenues and P&L.
- Develop & drive weekly and monthly action plans; prioritize activities for store.
- Responsibility on labor cost accuracy, budget and store team blueprint
- Provide functional leadership, coaching and support to the store managers, in order to achieve their KPI’s and advance results around talent, operations, merchandising, financial and customer aspects of the business.
- Provide Head of Retail with real time performance insights, trends and business drivers
- Align the store plans with the national marketing campaigns where relevant

Team development
- Identify training needs for store staff and provide training solutions either via e-learning or by conducting on-site training (sales & service, business planning, product knowledge, operational excellence). Providing on-the-ground coaching to Store Management and store staff.
- Responsible for management, development and performance of the store managers and store staff to assume leadership roles by overseeing the hiring, training and development on sales techniques, customer service, teamwork and G-STAR DNA
- Supervise the staff planning in stores and identify opportunities to improve the staffing plan. Right people, right place, right time.
- Ensure and drive a safe and inclusive environment & culture.
- Drive and optimize team engagement.

Store operations
- Ensure all company set policies and procedures are executed, adhered to and always upheld by all store staff.
- Secure and uphold a premium execution of set standards and take action to improve if needed.
- Drive & uphold operational excellence through thorough execution of (weekly) stock takes, RFID, accounting, repairs, petty cash & all key audit points).
- Drive operational excellence of all omnichannel tasks like ship from store, endless aisle, CRM, etc
- Ensure the execution of visual merchandising standards and the execution of seasonal retail marketing campaigns are aligned with global standards and requirements (including presentation of product, mannequins, windows and signage).
- Assist in all relevant store opening, refit and closure processes.

**Here's what you bring to the table**:

- Bachelor degree in a relevant field
- 5+ years experience as a regional / district sales manager
- Solid understanding of retail, retail KPI’s, budgeting and forecasting and developing action plans to drive store performance
- Apparel (denim)/fashion product knowledge
- Industry: preferably Denim/Fashion or Luxury Goods; Beauty & Cosmetics
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, French is a plus

**Job Competences/Requirements**
- Leadership and communication skills
- Training and coaching skills
- Commercial driven
- Result driven
- 50-70% business travel

**Here’s what we bring to the table**:
Beyond a competitive salary, working at G-Star brings many other perks and exciting opportunities: an awesome and diverse team that collaborates to change the game; a work environment that offers room for fun, inspiration and innovation and a clothing budget.

**What will happen next**:

- We will thoroughly review your CV.
- When we hopefully find what we are looking for, we will get in touch and see if it’s a good fit, then we’ll plan our first interview.
- Because we’re very curious how you’d survive a mission impossible, we ask you to prepare a real-life business case in a follow-up interview.
- Having an agile mindset is