District Manager

At Swarovski, where innovation meets inspiration, our people desire to explore, experience, and create. We are looking for a District Manager based in Central Italy (Lazio) where you will get a chance to work in a rewarding role within a diverse team that is pushing boundaries. Be part of a truly iconic global brand, learn and grow with us. We’re bold and inventive, revealing astonishing things like no one else can. A world of wonder awaits you.

About the job

In this role you will report directly to the Area Manager Italy Center, and your main duties will be the following:

• Leading own retail Teams and Partners to drive sales as well as brand and retail execution across Swarovski Retail and Independent Retailers by achieving monthly/yearly budgets and targets
• Building strong relationship with the Partners and their retail teams through regular visits, follow-ups, pathway meetings and feedback loops; building a strong team and ensuring effective communication across all touch points
• Taking ownership for store performances, effectively allocating resources and refining processes to drive profitability in a variety of situations and market conditions
• Managing sell-in and sell-out for dedicated Swarovski Retail and Partner stores
• Facilitating replenishments and ensuring right stock levels to drive sustainable results
• Motivating and coaching whole retail staff to ensure excellent and consistent consumer experience
• Recruiting new Partner, developing new business opportunity, in close collaboration with Distribution Manager
• Accountable for SR and IR profitability (responsible for credit management and accountable for partner cash flow)
• Providing feedback to VG Teams via the Area Manager on customer/market cluster needs, initiatives/tools as well as proposing any other improvement ideas

About you

We are looking for a motivated leader, who brings along the following background:

• 3/5 years of work experience in a similar role within retail environment
• Business development & customer service mindset
• Solid understanding of Sales, Marketing, Merchandising, Demand Planning and HR on retail store level
• Strong communication, leadership and relationship building skills
• Willingness to travel within assigned Area up to 80% of working time
• Fluent Italian and English (written and spoken)

About Swarovski

Swarovski is a Wonderlab where magic and science meet.

Swarovski unifies all parts of its organization under one spellbinding idea and brings forward a wondrous new world of crystal craftsmanship. Founded in 1895 in Austria, the company designs, manufactures and sells the world’s highest quality crystal, genuine gemstones, Swarovski Created Diamonds and zirconia, jewelry, and accessories, as well as crystal objects and home accessories. Together with its sister companies Swarovski Optik (optical devices) and Tyrolit (abrasives), Swarovski Crystal Business forms the Swarovski Group.

A responsible relationship with people and the planet has always been an integral part of Swarovski’s heritage. This manifests today in the company’s well-established sustainability agenda with youth-focused education programs and foundations to promote human empowerment and conserve natural resources to achieve positive social impact.