Assistant Store Manager

Acne Studios is a progressive luxury house and through collaboration and curiosity, we set high aspirations and strive for excellence. We value everyone’s contribution and embrace feedback to develop ourselves and others. We aim to minimise our environmental impact across all our operations and to address societal challenges in the way we conduct our business.

As Assistant Store Manager at our Taichung Shinkong Mitsukoshi store, you will work collaboratively with your team, and provide guidance and support to nurture loyal and engaging customer relationships in which your leadership skills take center stage.

CULTURE OF COLLABORATION

We firmly believe that when you feel supported, included, and trusted, it enables you to enjoy your work and thrive in it. You will be a part of a team of colleagues with diverse roles and backgrounds, each with their unique skills and experiences.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Your main contribution will be to collaborate with the Store Manager in all aspects of leading the store. To ensure your success in this role, we provide training and coaching in luxury sales, management, and clienteling, according to our cutting-edge approach to client experience. You will play a vital role in ensuring excellent service and sales results by:

• Overseeing day-to-day operations of the store, ensuring a luxurious and cutting-edge atmosphere
• Monitoring and analysing sales performance, identifying areas for improvement to drive store performance
• Managing inventory levels, conducting stock checks
• Supporting with analysing KPIs and act proactively to implement sales strategies
• Supporting with recruiting, training, and leading the team to optimise performance

WHO YOU ARE

You have high aspirations and focus on details that create substantial impact. You enjoy working as a team and you embrace feedback to develop yourself and others. You are curious and thrive in a dynamic environment. Cooperation, respect, and clear communication are important, along with your ambition to learn and grow. If hese qualities speak to you, we would love to have you on our team.

Specific personal qualities for this role:

• Customer-centric mindset with the ability to fine-tune the need of the customer and translate that into excellent customer service
• Self-reliant in knowing how to guide and motivate a team with clear communication and feedback
• Proficiency in prioritising responsibilities, and delegating tasks while maintaining attention to detail
• Understanding of sales techniques, product knowledge, and visual merchandising

Specific experience and knowledge for this role:

• Working in a retail environment within luxury fashion, preferably in a progressive leadership role
• Good knowledge in analysing retail KPIs and building a strategy plan accordingly
• Fluent in English, which is a prerequisite for this position (and additional languages based on the market requirements)

What matters most to us is not whether you master all the listed knowledge and skills. We are dedicated to recognising the potential in each individual. We embrace diversity of people as well as ideas and viewpoints and encourage everyone's individual expression of their own identity.

We may perform background checks for this position.