Overview
General Manager Jobs in Rosemont, IL at Zadig&Voltaire
Title: General Manager
Company: Zadig&Voltaire
Location: Rosemont, IL
About the Company
Founded in 1997 by Thierry Gillier, Zadig&Voltaire is a French contemporary designer brand known for redefining luxury with a bold, modern perspective offering fashion for both women and men. Rooted in freedom and creative audacity, the brand draws inspiration from contemporary art, rock & roll, a Parisian spirit, and self-empowerment, values that inform everything we do, from design to the way we collaborate, innovate, and grow our teams. The spirit of the brand is eternally youthful, encouraging its community to embrace individuality and self-expression while practicing self-love, taking bold steps, and living on their own terms. Zadig&Voltaire is dedicated to nurturing the talents of tomorrow and supporting the development of its employees’ skills across all the countries where the brand is present. True to its founders’ vision, the company is guided by an artistic and entrepreneurial mindset where employees are encouraged to be agile and proactive within a fast-growing global brand. Zadig&Voltaire fully embraces the complex challenges of the 21st century by actively engaging in its global sustainability program VoltAIRe. As an evolving global brand, Zadig & Voltaire is looking for talented people to get involved. Zadig & Voltaire is an equal opportunity employer
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Website: https://zadig-et-voltaire.com/us/en/
About the Role
We are seeking a motivated individual to join our Retail Management team in our Chicago Outlet, Rosemont location. Our General Manager will be responsible for the clientele-driven, high-volume, highly operational Chicago location. In this role, the GM is responsible for overseeing all aspects of boutique retail operations, ensuring that the store meets its sales targets and provides excellent customer service. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, maintaining and achieving high operational standards, exceeding merchandising goals, achieving sales objectives, building a highly motivated team, and furthering associates’ skills and clientele base.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the store operates seamlessly and effici
- ently.Build and maintain lasting relationships with customers to expand the client
- base.Motivate and manage the sales team to exceed sales and productivity
- goals.Connect with customers and understand their needs, such as documenting and communicating customer req
- uests.Recognize and handle loss prevention situations with exemplary customer se
- rvice.Conduct training sessions to enhance team skills and know
- ledge.Plan and delegate appropriate responsibilities within the sales
- team.Maintain knowledge of inventory, scheduling, sales goals, and training of sales assoc
- iates.Ensure that store merchandising, windows, and visual displays are maintained and consistent with the brand
- image.Maintain clear communication lines with the sales team and corporate o
- ffice.Act as a leader to the sales
- team.Learn and apply product knowledge to assist customers in selecting merchandise that meets their
- needs.Proactively identify and recommend additional merchandise to enhance the customer’s experience, not overwhelm
- them.Establish, meet, and exceed sales and performance
- goals.Seek out top talent for the sales team through networking and recru
- iting.Foster a positive and energetic atmosphere while maintaining a professional work environment.
Qualifications
- HS Diploma Required; Associate’s/Bachelor’s degrees preferred
Required Skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communicati
- on skills.Exemplary work ethic and leadership
- qualities.Ability to analyze sales reports to determine business needs and develop s
- trategies.Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities, particularly under
- pressure.Exceptional organizational skills, with the capacity to prioritize and manage multiple tasks ef
- fectively.Superior customer servi
- ce skills.A proactive, hands-on approach with a keen sense of urgency to meet business demands
Preferred Skills
- Minimum 6 years’ experience in luxury retail store
- environment.Minimum 3 years of luxury/retail management.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Zadig & Voltaire is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and Inclusivity.
