Area Manager VIC (Melbourne Metro)
- Melbourne, VIC
- Permanent
- Full-time
As Area Manager, you’ll oversee store operations, performance, and visual standards to deliver profitable growth and an outstanding customer experience. You’ll mentor, coach, and drive your team while also supporting exciting new store openings.Key Responsibilities:
- Lead by example, setting management expectations and driving performance
- Coach and develop senior store managers, building succession capability
- Manage key financial KPIs (with conversion a primary focus) to deliver growth
- Partner with stakeholders across head office, distribution, merchandise & buying
- Support stores hands-on, ensuring operational and visual standards are consistently met
- Lead visual set-up of all new store openings
- 3–5+ years’ experience in Area Management within a high-turnover ($20m+) retail environment
- Background in fashion or department store retail strongly preferred
- Strong team performance management skills with proven success coaching senior managers
- Highly commercial mindset — using VM and data-driven decisions to impact sales
- Track record in driving and exceeding KPIs, especially conversion
- Comfortable working hands-on in-store to support and drive outcomes
- Excellent problem solving, decision making, and communication skills
- 🚀 Opportunity to lead a multi-million-dollar portfolio in a dynamic retail business
- 👥 Training, development & career progression across retail, head office & distribution
- 🎉 Attractive staff discount, employee assistance program & paid parental leave
If you’re a commercially-minded, hands-on retail leader with a background in fashion or department stores management & leadership, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and take the next step in your career.For any further queries, please contact Amelia Hennessy on 0415 583 898 quoting the job title and reference number RCC3960152.
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