Senior Director, Floor – Maison Madison at Hermès in New York, NY

Senior Director, Floor – Maison Madison

Location: New York, NY, United States

The Team:

The Hermès Maison Madison Boutique opened in 1983 and focuses on providing extraordinary service to clients as a part of the New York Region. This position will report to the Managing Vice President and will work collaboratively with the leadership team, sales team and selling support teams to support the client experience in a fast-paced, luxury environment.

The Opportunity:

The Senior Floor Director is a key leadership position in the Global Flagship. This person is responsible for creating and driving the Maison’s strategy through consistent team leadership, floor presence, and hands on Métier development, with balanced attention to all teams and floors. This position is responsible for achievement of Group Métier Sales volume and budget goals. They are responsible for preparation, participation and attendance at Podium and Preview buys bi-annually. The Senior Floor Director will hold budgetary and buying responsibilities, and partner and support in the buying process across gender and métier, to ensure the Maison is cohesive in product assortment and fluidity of selling.

About the Role:

• Lead the development and execution of strategic plans for various metiers, ensuring alignment with overall boutique goals to drive growth, enhance customer experience, develop the team and achieve financial targets.

• Serve as Maison Ambassador including day to day supervision of the daily business, client experience, and client relationship building, leading by example and ensuring excellent client service.

• Consistent floor presence and partner to leadership team.

• Manage Métier development, growth and merchandising for area of responsibility. Identify and address business opportunities, daily stock needs by floor, sell thrus, communicating timely with Managing Director, Operations Management team and Merchant team about opportunities, needs, and issues.

• Manage min/max and product assortment at store level vs remote.

• Fully responsible for bi-annual attendance and preparation for buy for corresponding areas of responsibility.

• Partner in planning and execution of product placement, floor moves, pop up opportunities and ensures visual standards are met.

• Team motivator and strategist. Strategic and analytical in approach to identifying and communicating business and product opportunities.

• Prepare and provide budget analysis, sales mix, product assortment and business strategies to bring about incremental improvement in overall results.

• Consistent communication with Managing Director and store management team.

• Providing weekly reporting of sales, sell thrus, on hand quantities, product needs and opportunities and presenting business updates at Leadership meetings, including sales to plan by total group and area of responsibility, team highlights, issues and overall business review.

• Responsible for recruitment, talent selection, onboarding and ongoing performance development of all employees on the team. Provide leadership and guidance to Floor Directors on Métier development opportunities, reporting tools, business analysis.

• Plans weekly agendas for leadership and team meetings. Writes and delivers annual performance appraisals, and addresses all performance issues in a timely manner.

• Responsible for timely preparation of inventories and cycle counts, including partnering with Floor Directors and Operations Team in the reconciliation of discrepancies.

• All other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• YES

• Ability to represent Leadership of entire store in the absence of the Managing Director. Observant of support team, and Guard team productivity and adherence to policy. Ability to gain partnership on store needs and lead these teams although not direct reports.

Budget Responsibility:

• YES

• P&L responsibility and responsibility for meeting sales and budget plan and adhering to payroll budget. Responsible for shrinkage and asset protection Company goals.

Decision Making Responsibility:

• YES

• Client Services, Policy interpretation, recommendation for hiring and promotions, buying decisions, and Merchandising efforts.

About You:

• Minimum three years prior Store Management experience, or flagship Assistant Store Manager Experience
• Previous buying experience relative to Floor responsibility
• Individual Management of multi person teams
• Prior reporting functions to Executive management and Merchant levels
• Managing people and projects, a good team leader, and motivational mentor
• Creativity within effective business management and growth
• Detailed, diligent, thorough, reliable, effective time management skills are key to this position
• Effective decision-making skills
• Proficient at presentations, store meetings, Commercial Director and Executive visits
• Working knowledge of Excel, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint (preferred)
• Comfortable with calculations and formulas
• Need to be a critical and creative thinker
• Even-tempered and ability to continuously multi-task
• Managing stress and coaching through conflict when needed
• Resolution on store issues by floor, and in total when manager on duty
• Experience working with public and independently satisfy client requests
• Prioritize tasks and communicate time sensitive information to appropriate parties
• Keen eye to product and future trends needed for buying responsibility
• Must be extremely professional and able to interact with all levels of management and the public.
• Knowledge of French language helpful
• Travel required, 3-5 weeks annually to Paris

The range for this position is $141,899 - $176,432. Actual rates are determined based on the job, location, and individual experience.

Hermès is proud to offer a variety of benefits to support the needs of our employees and their families, including:

• Commission and bonus incentives based on sales performance

• Medical, Dental, Vision

• Life Insurance and Disability

• Paid time off (18 DDO's, 12 company holidays, 2 wellbeing days, and sick & safe time)

• Paid Parental Leave and Transition Time

• 401(k) and Roth Retirement Plan with company matching and profit sharing

• Various voluntary benefits (e.g., flexible spending accounts, fitness reimbursement, voluntary life insurance)

• Product discount and EAP resources

• Access to Calm App, Health Advocate, Family Building Support, and more!
  

We are looking for a candidate that has a combination of the above attributes and can perform the key functions of the role with or without reasonable accommodations.

Company Overview:

Since 1837, Hermès has remained faithful to its artisan business model and humanist values. We place people at the heart of what we do and aspire to make a positive impact on the world. The freedom to create, the constant search for beautiful materials, the transmission of a savoir-faire of excellence and the aesthetic of functionality define the singularity of Hermès, a house dedicated to making highly-crafted, beautiful objects made to stand the test of time.

An independent, family-owned company, Hermès is dedicated to keeping production in France through its 42 workshops, The Hermès organization is also a truly global community with a network of 310 stores in 49 countries. Hermès employs more than 15,000 people worldwide with over 6,000 of the workforce being Hermès craftspeople engaged in making artisanal products, nurturing a 180+ year tradition of creativity and innovation.

At Hermès, our actions for sustainable development and corporate social responsibility are founded in values passed down by generations of humble artisans who have shaped the story of our house and the integrity of our objects. The roots of Hermès’ success and longevity lie in a sense of responsibility; a quest for authenticity and respect for time and preservation of natural resources. All at Hermès wish to leave a positive footprint on the world, a mission that’s at the heart of our commitment to progress. This narrative can be experienced in a series of shorts films “Footsteps Across the World” available on our website. Link here.

Our Commitment:

Family is at the heart of Hermès. At Hermès of Paris, we are committed to being a Maison for All, a home where we make efforts to generate, support and advance the values of diversity, inclusion and family both within our own walls and in the wider world. At Hermès of Paris we look to create a diverse workforce of talented and unique individuals with different backgrounds, skillsets and worldviews that will enrich our Hermès of Paris family. We support our individual team members personal and professional success through a culture that values equality, individuality and fairness and through an environment where individuals can thrive and feel comfortable being their authentic selves. Beyond the walls of our Maison, we advance our DIF values through the work that we do in partnership with our community and non-profit partners.

At Hermès of Paris, we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. It is the policy of Hermès of Paris, Inc. that applicants for employment are recruited, selected and hired on the basis of individual merit and ability with respect to positions being filled and potential for promotion or transfer which may be expected to develop. Applicants are recruited, selected and hired without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, citizenship, military or veteran status or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. In addition, personnel procedures and practices with regard to training, promotion, transfer, compensation, demotion, lay off or termination are to be administered with due regard to job performance, experience and qualifications, but without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, citizenship, military or veteran status or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hermès of Paris, Inc. also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, in accordance with applicable laws.

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A creator, artisan and seller of high-quality objects since 1837, Hermès is an independent, family-owned French house that employs nearly 25,185 people worldwide. Driven by its permanent entrepreneurial spirit and consistently high standards, Hermès cultivates the freedom and autonomy of each individual through responsible management. The company perpetuates the transmission of exceptional know-how through strong territorial anchoring that respects people and resources. Sixteen artisanal métiers feed the creativity of the house, whose collections are presented in over 300 stores around the world.