**AREA MANAGER - WESTERN AUSTRALIA**
**About Nine West**:
At Nine West, our aim is to grow our people, our stores, our brand and our image to maintain our place as a market leader in footwear and accessory retailing.
Established in 1978, the Nine West brand took its name from its founding address at 9 West, 57th Street in New York City. With over 50 stores across Australia, we have a prominent brand presence and reputation for delivering exceptional products and service.
**The Role**:
Reporting into the General Manager, this role is responsible for all Concept and Concession stores throughout Western Australia. Achievement of all business KPI's including, but not limited to; projected sales and wage targets, customer service standards, people development and management, shrink control, recruitment, inventory and VM standards with an overall goal of increasing revenue, profit and productivity.
**Responsibilities**:
- Deliver leadership and support agile driven retail experts.
- Undertake operational activities including reporting, audits, recruitment, training, coaching, reviews and disciplinary discussions.
- Proactively support and manage all promotional and marketing activity.
- Act in accordance and enforce all policies, procedures, guidelines and standards.
- Attend and hold training meetings, performance reviews and conference calls.
- Recruit to the Nine West values and requirements.
- Provide and enforce a customer service and results driven culture.
- Compliance with all OH&S; standards.
- Build a team culture in line with high achievement and positive values.
- Reach or exceed all KPI targets.
- Support, develop, lead and mentor your Store Managers.
**Skills & Experience Required**:
- Previous fashion retail experience in a Junior Area Manager, or Senior Cluster position.
- Ability to lead by example and perform in a very autonomous environment.
- Self-motivated and initiative driven.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Proven track record on achieving sales, shrink, wage, loss prevention, profit and recruitment KPI's.
**Culture**:
We cultivate a work environment in which our teams are constantly challenged to deliver exceptional results. For this reason we seek out professionals who are aligned to our purpose and passionate about our products.
**The Application Process**: