Retail Operations Manager
Sydney, Australia
Zjoosh is a high-end Australian lifestyle retailer specialising in gifts, fashion, and home & living. With an online, wholesale and retail presence, Zjoosh is sold throughout Australia. Reporting directly to the Owner-Director I am responsible for all business operations aspects of the retail business. Recruited to expand the business, I was brought on before the first store opened and now lead a team of 80+ staff. I am responsible for all staff recruitment, training and development, performance management, and industrial relations compliance. Reporting directly to me are 2 cluster managers, 12 store managers and their retail teams. I also co-manage a team of 4 Head Office team members.I have built a strong company culture that encourages confidence, growth and drives sales. This has resulted in annual revenue exceeding $8m per annum, whilst maintaining an extraordinarily high staff retention rate. I work with the Managing Director and CFO to create and maintain annual budgets, forecasts and profit and loss reports. A key focus in my role has been cost control across the business, with a long term view towards profitability. With 12 locations throughout Sydney, I have successfully driven year on year growth of between 5% and 30% in every location, in an industry that is currently experiencing negative or limited growth.I was the project manager for the opening of 12 permanent stores and 4 temporary stores. This included the fit-out and build, liaising with the buyers and third-party brands to ensure inventory levels, and recruiting and training staff for these locations.I developed the business case for, and implemented, a company wide payroll, timesheet and rostering system.I created and implemented all retail policies and procedures and regularly check compliance and efficiency.