General Sales Manager (m/f/d)

Over 160 stores, 16,000 employees, 120 years’ experience: at the international fashion company Peek & Cloppenburg*, with its headquarters in Vienna and Düsseldorf, traditional family values meet a dynamic industry. For us, fashion isn’t just a product – it’s our common language. Here, you’re not just an employee – you become part of our community. A fashion community in which you can live doing what you love. Let’s create the future of retail. Together.

*In Germany there are two independent companies Peek & Cloppenburg with their headquarters in Düsseldorf and Hamburg. This advertisement refers to the Düsseldorf-based group of companies, whose locations you can find here: peek-cloppenburg.de/de/stores.

YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Managing a Peek & Cloppenburg store, with direct responsibility for overall sales performance, turnover, merchandise range & sales optimisation
• Leading and coordinating the various sales departments, including Visual Merchandising, Instore Logistics and Cash Administration
• Building, developing and motivating the team by managing the recruitment and people development process
• Ensuring an exceptional customer service experience throughout the store
• Managing the development of key operational KPI’s, in order to boost ongoing profitability and sales
• Coordinating and optimising the selection of store merchandise together with the buying departments, located in our head offices in Vienna and Düsseldorf
• Ensuring store appearance complies with corporate VM guidelines and standards

WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• A minimum of 5 years leadership experience, ideally in the textile, FMCG or services sector
• Successful completion of higher academic or business qualification, preferably in the field of economics or management
• Excellent knowledge of the current retail market and competitive market position
• Strong customer and service orientation
• High level of commitment, initiative and a hands-on approach
• Organisational and analytical skills as well as strategic thinking
• Excellent English language skills – German language skills are an added advantage
• Flexibility in terms of location is a must

WHAT WE OFFER

• 25% employee discount in our stores
• Christmas bonus
  
• Company sponsored health insurance
  
• Sodexo meal vouchers
  
• Additional vacation days according to period of employement
  
• Assumption of public transport expenses
  
• Trade union allowance
  
• Private medical care package
  
• Supplementary pension insurance (2% of gross monthly salary)
  
• Meal voucher
  
• SZEP Meal Voucher
  
• Security of a 120 year old successful family business
  
• Personal and professional development opportunities
  
• Individual career planning
  
• A dynamic working environment based on teamwork and individual responsibility
• Personal and professional development opportunities
  
• The security of a traditional family company