Retail & Back office manager (Germany & Austria) - F/M

Overview

Based in Berlin, you will be managing the point-of-sale activities and ensuring flawless operations locally in a small and dedicated team. With an entrepreneurial mindset, your goal is to support the growth of this region with a wide variety of responsibilities.

Retail

• Be the link between the Head of Market Nordics, Southern & Eastern Europe and the Berlin point-of-sale, as well as the broader sales operations in Germany and Austria.

• Be responsible with the Store manager for achieving sales targets for the point-of-sale located in Berlin.

• Manage the Berlin point-of-sale activities (administrative management, deliveries, inventory, cash register, etc.) and ensure that points of sale are well maintained (maintenance, merchandising, upkeep, etc.).

• Develop and enrich relationships and collaboration with the Berlin department store.

• Be a source of proposals for the development and management of the region’s points of sale, and work actively to renew and maintain the customer base.

Back office

• CSS support for Germany & Austria dealers, and the main contact with the CSS company.

• Be the main touch point for the Retail teams on their organisation’s subjects.

• Supporting the Germany & Austria sales manager with the wholesale partners.

• Managing dashboards and processes to monitor stock levels and SAP reconciliation in agreement with HQ policies.

• Operate stores and concessions for X FTEs, manage Rotas and daily operations (ie. special offers execution).

• Collect and transmit invoices and other admin documents between the Accounting team in Paris and the Accounting/tax firm in Munich.

Qualifications

• Profil: Graduated from a business school or university in Sales or any other relevant field.

• You have a strong connection to or experience living or working in Germany.

• Strong ability to build and structure an organisation.

• You are proactive, very autonomous and solution-driven.

• You feel comfortable working in a fast-growing environment.

• You are willing to take responsibilities and be accountable for your field of expertise.

• Requirements: Fluent in German & in English, French is an appreciated plus.

• Excellent mastery of Excel and comfortable with management software (previous experience on SAP By Design and Salesforce is a plus).

• Previous relevant work experience in Retail industry as Store manager.