Area Manager
Manière De Voir — UK Retail
We are looking for an exceptional Area Manager to support and elevate performance across our retail stores. Reporting directly to the Head of Global Retail & Wholesale, you will work closely with General Managers across each location, providing the commercial rigour, operational oversight, and leadership support needed to drive consistency, standards, and results store by store.
This is a pivotal role in scaling Manière De Voir's retail presence — ensuring that consistent standards, culture, and commercial discipline are embedded and thriving across every store in the estate.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Leadership & Team Support
- Act as a trusted partner to General Managers, coaching and supporting them to lead their teams, hit targets, and uphold brand standards.
- Identify development needs across stores and work with General Managers to build training plans that raise product knowledge, service standards, and commercial acumen.
- Champion consistency of culture, behaviour, and presentation across all stores, while respecting the individual character of each location.
- Use available data to monitor performance across the estate, spotting trends, risks, and opportunities early, and working with store teams to act on them.
- Support General Managers in achieving store-wide and individual sales targets and KPIs, stepping in with hands-on guidance where performance dips.
- Maintain strong product knowledge — fit, fabric, function, trims, and trend — to credibly support and challenge store teams on commercial decisions.
- Bring forward ideas and proposals to senior stakeholders that improve performance, efficiency, or experience across stores.
- Support General Managers on store operations including stock management, payroll, and P&L, with a focus on efficiency and profitability across the estate.
- Ensure health, safety, and security standards are consistently and rigorously upheld in every store.
Client & Store Experience
- Ensure every store delivers a client experience that is engaging, emotional, and aligned with our hospitality guidelines, setting a consistent benchmark across locations.
- Support General Managers with stock file management to ensure the right product is in the right place at the right time, maximising sales and minimising stock loss.
- Uphold impeccable store standards and visual merchandising across all locations, in line with brand guidelines.
- Work with the merchandise team and store teams to align inflow needs with local trends in size, colour, and silhouette.
- Support General Managers in building strong local networks and community presence for each store.
REQUIREMENTS
- 5+ years' experience in multi-site or area retail management, with a proven track record of driving performance across more than one location.
- Demonstrable experience supporting, developing, and holding General Managers or Store Managers to account.
- A confident, commercially astute decision-maker who can flex style across different stores and teams.
- Strong understanding of P&L, KPIs, and retail operations, with the ability to translate data into action.
- Style-conscious fashion enthusiast with strong knowledge of the industry and a genuine passion for product.
- Comfortable travelling regularly between store locations.
- Highly self-motivated, composed under pressure, and able to lead others through change.
- Exceptional attention to detail and a quality-first approach in everything you do.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
SALARY – Competitive
