Associate Director for Brands

Job description / Role

* Profit Centre head, with responsibility to drive revenues, manage cost structures and deliver budgeted profits.
* Orchestrate team performance that consistently delivers best of class customer experience across the boutiques.
* Formulating annual category wise brand revenue budgets while aligning these with objectives of the brand principal for sales,buying and gross margins.
* Ensure buying is in perfect alignment to sell outs thereby ensuring that company's inventory objectives are met
* Evaluating stock requirements and ensuring timely replenishments, ensuring required sock turns, controlling aged inventory.
* Liaison with brand principals - product updates, new collections, merchandising, periodic reporting and negotiating terms and conditions.
* Ensure required levels of brand / product training for staff.
* Ensuring required standards of brand visibility across retail formats.
* Maintaining merchandising standards in line with overall brand objectives.
* Evaluating and implementing periodic promotions and initiating new business development for the brand.
* Monitoring market intelligence and suggesting appropriate sales strategies.
* Marketing - Demand creation, advertising campaigns and shop-wise ATL / BTL promotions.
* Constant and close supervision to ensure store operations are maintained at very high standards.
* Building capability - Grooming brand coordinator's to assume brand management roles.
* Coaching, developing and mentoring key talent within the team.

Requirements

* 10-12 years plus relevant experience, preferably in high end, premium or luxurydomain- retail, brand ,FMCG, automobiles, services, to name a few.
* Exemplary people skills with proficiency in spoken and written English language skills.
* Good at establishing rapport / relations across levels.
* Reasonable knowledge & expertise in luxury retail, in a developed market.
* Prepared to travel locally, regionally & internationally.
* Strong analytical & presentation skills
* Financial savvy, understanding of pricing, margins, profitability & essential business acumen
* A flare for visual merchandizing
* MBA from a reputable institution preferred

Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

About the Company

Quest Search & Selection is a specialist recruitment consultancy with over 20 years' experience in sourcing the world's best candidates for the global Retail, FMCG and Hospitality sectors.

With offices in the UK & Dubai, we have an international presence and a global reach. Our recruiters place candidates locally and internationally for a wide variety of roles focusing on the following areas:

Retail Buying & Merchandising, E-commerce & Digital, Food & Beverage, Hotels, Hospitality & Operations, Retail Stores & Operations, HR & Recruitment, Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics, Sales & Marketing, Technical and New Product Development.

We work in partnership with our clients who range from famous international brands within the Retail, Restaurant, Hotel and Consumer products space. Our reputation is built on our in-depth understanding of the industry and our consultants' skill, knowledge and passion for their sectors.