Regional Manager

**Department**: EMEA - Commercial

**Reports to**:Director Retail, EMEA

**Location**:In Market - Paris, France

**Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX**:

- As the Regional Manager France, you will create and lead the brand’s team members in your region to bring Arc’teryx to life through building strong communities and ensuring a seamless consumer experience across all touchpoints within our owned retail stores and our specialty wholesale partners. You are accountable for all aspects of regional performance. You lead the charge to drive retail operations and lead Store Managers to help deliver the vision of the brand and executes service at the highest level for the stores. You drive and track objectives and key results across our retail channels of Brand Stores to reach sales and financial goals. You develop brand awareness and affinity, consumer touchpoints at all levels, and consumer interaction though brand events and customer service operations. You are well connected and build relationships to elevate the brand and drive sell in and sell through at relevant distribution points. You are a natural, and inspiring people-first leader, with a passion for growing and developing high-performing teams.

**Meet Your Future Team**:

- The EMEA Commercial team is accountable for delivering sales through all local channels. We meet the guest where they are shopping and ensure Arc’teryx is represented consistently and at its best. As the retail landscape changes, we will work together to evolve our approach with creativity and teamwork.

**If you were the Regional Manager - Paris now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing**:

- Leading your regional team to drive profitable revenue growth across all channels through seamless and exceptional consumer experiences, with a key focus on Arc’teryx Brand Stores and Concession area in our Paris Epicenter
- Leading, coaching, and developing Store Managers and retail teams, setting annual and seasonal objectives for each store and channel that will drive full price sell-through, increase engagement with our guests, and elevate the Arc’teryx community while staying on budget
- Working with Store Managers to manage retail operations for retail stores in your region, ensuring day-to-day business aligns with the Brand Strategy and tracks to our financial and other measurable targets
- Partnering with your Store Managers and HQ partners, you are the catalyst for the right product to be in the right place, at the right time, to drive sales and margin within your region
- Driving excellence in our DTC channel, supporting Community Marketing Manager and Product Trainer in elevating our brand presentation in our Brand Stores
- Driving and tracking objectives and key results across all channels, to reach sales and financial goals
- Developing brand awareness and affinity, consumer touchpoints at all levels, and consumer interaction though brand events and customer service operations

**Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future**:

- Developing a talent pipeline to ensure your team can grow with the business, and that team members have a path for personal development
- Working with other Regional Managers to discover new business opportunities, identify new ways of working, and scale best practices developed with an entrepreneurial approach
- Partnering with your teams to develop a deep understanding of your region, in order to support efforts around brand store expansion both within France as well as other counties outside of France
- Expanding our retail footprint though regional expansion with new stores in southern Europe

**Are you our next Regional Manager?**:

- You have 5+ years of related experience, specifically people leadership and best in class retail operations.
- You have led retail operations, district management for owned retail and understand the needs of retail requirements for success.
- You are an excellent people leader, capable of motivating and engaging a group of people to drive collaboration and common goals in your area.
- You have experience in all forms of distribution including owned retail development and growth, partnership branded retail, and wholesale development.
- You have a passion for customer service and delivering an exceptional experience for guests
- You are a strong communicator in both written and verbal communication and can formulate and articulate strategies and concepts in both French and English.
- You have excellent interpersonal skills and are comfortable dealing with diverse personalities.
- You are a strong advisor with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders at a global level.
- You have excellent organizational skills, analytical ability, and a track record of strategic planning.
- Arc’teryx Brand Store Management experience is a strong asset.
- You are proficient in Microsoft Office.
- You have excellent decision-making skills and are proactive in identifying