- Bloemfontein
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Retail Management
- Reference: 127466
Vacancy Details
Employer: AVI Limited
Spitz is home to world-class brands such as Carvela, Gianni Chiarini, Lacoste, Nina Roche, and Tosoni. With the addition of Carvela Donna & Bello body sprays and Verve by Kurt Geiger, we continue to elevate premium fashion with iconic scents that complement our renowned brands.
Lead with Prestige
Are you a dynamic Store Manager with a passion for premium retail brands? Do you thrive in an environment where attention to detail, excellence, and customer experience take centre stage? If so, we are looking for a visionary leader to head one of our exclusive stores.
As the Store Manager, you will inspire your team, elevate service standards, and drive sales success. This is more than just a management role—it’s an opportunity to craft an unparalleled shopping experience for a high-end brand.
Your Role
As a Store Manager, you will be responsible for delivering an exceptional customer journey while ensuring operational and sales excellence. You will lead a passionate team, uphold the highest standards, and guarantee that every aspect of the store reflects the luxury, sophistication, and prestige that define our brand.
Reporting to: Regional Manager
Team: Permanent & Flexi Staff within the store
Key Areas of Impact
Creating an Exceptional Customer Experience
- Cultivate a service-driven culture, ensuring customers receive a world-class experience
- Implement action plans based on mystery shopper feedback to continuously elevate service standards
- Build strong relationships with customers and maintain a loyal client base
- Provide in-store coaching and continuous training to refine sales and service skills
Inspiring and leading a high-performance team
- Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-calibre retail team that embodies our brand values
- Drive performance through structured Individual Performance Agreements (IPAs), one-on-one coaching, and meaningful feedback sessions
- Recognise and reward excellence while ensuring accountability with clear expectations
- Foster a positive and motivating work environment that encourages growth
Driving Sales and Operational Excellence
- Monitor daily sales performance and ensure every team member contributes to store targets
- Analyse the income statement and manage expenses to maximise profitability
- Maintain optimal stock levels in alignment with customer demand and store needs
- Ensure compliance with in-store controls, visual merchandising standards, and premium store presentation
- Use key retail disciplines to manage store operations efficiently
Achieving Business Targets
- Deliver on key metrics, including trading density, basket size, and salary-to-sales ratios
- Align team performance with brand goals, ensuring a seamless and luxurious shopping experience
What It Takes to Succeed:
Experience that set you up for success:
- Minimum of 5 years’ retail experience
- At least 12 – 18 months of management experience in a retail environment
- A deep understanding of the retail landscape, including brand positioning and customer engagement
Qualifications & Certifications that will contribute to your success:
- Matric / Grade 12 (essential)
- Tertiary Retail Qualification (advantageous)
Additional Requirements that will enhance your impact for success:
- Knowledge of Industrial Relations (IR) laws and ability to initiate enquiries
- Strong understanding of profit & loss statements and retail financials
- Experience in merchandising, stock control, and store administration
- Ability to recruit and build a team that represents a luxury retail brand
Why Join Us?
- Be a part of a premium, high-end retail brand with an excellent reputation
- Work customer-centric workplace
- Lead a team that shares your drive for greatness
- Grow inside an organisation that identifies and rewards high talent
Take The Next Step with The Spitz Group
If you have the leadership, commercial acumen, and customer obsession to excel in a premium retail setting, we want to hear from you! Apply now and take your retail career to the next level.
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About AVI Limited
AVI LIMITED is home to many of South Africa’s leading and best-loved brands. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the Food Products sector, AVI’s extensive brand portfolio includes more than 50 brands. Our single-minded purpose is our brands growth and development. Our brands span a range of categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, out-of-home ranges, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.
AVI’s brands have grown into great South African favourites including: Five Roses, Freshpak, House of Coffees, Frisco, Koffiehuis and Ellis Brown in the Beverages category; Bakers, Pyotts, Willards and Provita in the Biscuits and Snacks category; I&J in the Frozen Foods category; as well as Ciro, Lavazza and Douwe Egberts Cafitesse for the Out Of Home market. Our beauty and personal care brands include Yardley, Lentheric and Coty Great international and local Fashion Brands in the AVI stable include Spitz, Carvela, Kurt Geiger, Lacoste, Gant and Green Cross Shoes. We have a well-developed shared services structure spanning: International, IT, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Procurement and Field Marketing that allows us to take advantage of our scale.
AVI’s brands are a household name in South Africa and growing every day.
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