State Manager

Drive performance, profitability & future growth of your state
- This is a true leadership role for a dynamic & hands on retailer
- Generous discounts for you and your family across ALL of our Brands

**About Brand Collective**:
At Brand Collective, we bring brands to life This is something we continue to strive towards with our iconic stable of brands including Shoes & Sox, Reebok, Superdry, Review, Clarks, Hush Puppies, Shoes Warehouse, Volley, Julius Marlow, Lonsdale, Everlast, Elka Collective, Black Pepper and many more

**About Shoes & Sox**:
Shoes & Sox is the leading children’s health care retailer. It’s what we do together that makes us special. We are a family - supporting you through every step of life’s journey. A career adventure with Shoes & Sox is the opportunity to be empowered to bring your best self to work each day. As part of the iconic Brand Collective network, we create career and customer experiences that enrich the lives of children throughout our 80+ stores in Australia and beyond.

**The opportunity**:
Reporting into the Head of Retail, the role of the
**State Manager** is to maximize store/s performance across
**NSW/ACT (17 Stores & 15 Myer concessions)**, through key areas of team management, sales, customer service, staff retention and recruitment, WHS, visual merchandising, stock management and expense control. You are to lead a winning culture & develop people internally for future success.

**Key duties and responsibilities**:

- Drive sales, deliver profitable budgets and meet targets for all stores across the States
- In conjunction with the Head of Retail, develop strategies to achieve seasonal sales budgets for the state
- Influence, coach and develop Store/Cluster & Area Manager capabilities to achieve store sales and profit budgets and targets
- Hold sales driving discussions with Area Managers daily
- Monitor daily & weekly progressive sales with regular updates with the other State Managers and Head of Retail
- Review weekly, monthly & seasonal sales trends in conjunction with the Head of Retail to identify opportunities to further maximize & drive sales
- Drive a ‘Continuous Improvement’ culture by identifying opportunities to improve product performance and return on floor space
- Analyse competitor activity and identify any strategies or tactics that impact in company market share and identify state specific opportunities.
- In conjunction with Head of Retail, work with planning and marketing departments to identify and implement initiatives and incentives to drive sales
- Support Area & Store Managers with effective rostering strategies, Store optimization, strategic planning and wage cost management
- Conduct P&L training and regular P&L reviews with Area Managers, Cluster Managers and Store Managers, increasing focus on financial performance
- Assistance with recruitment

**To succeed in this role, you will have**:

- Passion and experience in retail and/or service environment
- Leading by example and embedding the company culture at all times
- Proven recent experience in multi-site management
- Proven management and operational leadership with a strong emphasis on interpersonal skills including coaching and developing of team members
- Sound knowledge, skill and experience in Retail Industry
- Proven capability of implementing business plans and strategies
- Formal training and tertiary qualifications in business or retail management would be well regarded
- Highly motivated and team oriented
- Strong communication skills and basic numeric + literacy skills
- Knowledge of financial analysis and planning
- Ability to understand and drive business perspective and balance short and long term views
- Excellent time management skills

**The perks we offer you**:

- A great culture and flexible working environment
- Pet friendly workspace - yes, you can bring your dog to work
- Generous discounts for you and your family across Brand Collective's entire stable of brands That’s 50% off Superdry, Hush Puppies, Clarks, Elka Collective and many more
- A wardrobe allowance to encourage you to wear our brands to work
- Paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers (based on eligibility), volunteer leave and blood donation leave
- Purchased Leave program (ability to purchase an additional two weeks of leave per year, based on eligibility)
- Novated Leasing
- Floating Holidays - provides team members with the option to work on certain state based public holidays and take a different day off in lieu
- Reward and recognition program as well as generous service awards
- Exclusive benefits platform - access to generous savings from leading retailers like Woolworths, Amazon and Myer
- Learning and development - we want you to grow and get the most out of your role
- BC Wellness Hub - Monthly wellbeing webinars, individual coaching and an Employee Assistance Program with free access to Mental Health Professionals for when times are tough

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