Client : Bespoke Jewellery Business
Location : Farnham, Surrey
Salary : Excellent salary + profit related pay bonus
Intro:
This business has been established since 1986 and is a Bespoke Jeweller with a select few exclusive brands that they also choose to market.
Their forte though is their design & create from start to finish Bespoke Jewellery and their in-house workshop also offers hand engraving , jewellery repairs , sourcing & setting of replacement stones & a valuation service .
Recently a new investor has acquired the company and is now searching for a trade aware associate able to strategize , empower and implement process and initiatives so that all can reach their full trading potential.
Job role :
This is position unlike many where in the truest sense of the word you will be in effect ' taking ownership ' of an established infrastructure and advising a new owner on how best to accelerate forward this trusted Jewellery making name .
You'll manage the store & workshop operation and sensitively review the commerciality of all that is undertaken & review / propose then implement as maybe appropriate & agreed a plan of positive future change .
Located within the store - all within will be managed via this new appointee with regular consultation with the company owner who will be remotely based but of course ever available to support the mutually held future trading aims.
The breadth of influence this appointee will have is wide & is above and beyond the classic Retail Store Manager role that should be the attraction -it's a challenge to develop , grow and lead a business to an even brighter future with your talent & knowledge leading the charge.
Requirements :
Definitely need experience in the ' made to order ' / ' bespoke ' fine jewellery client service sphere with a solid understanding of Jewellery manufacturing & the varying stages of production .
Similarly intuitively gets ' personal client service ' and has operated for a credible time frame within this area of client service speciality that is custom make.
Likely to have run solo store space previously and has managed staff & themselves to achieve best floor sales be it in person / online .
Show a good business head based on understanding processes what produces the required dividends and actions & initiatives that one can embrace to drive forward client purchasing uptake .
Be prepared to innovate & trial new routes to capture new business patrons as well capitalising & re-connecting with those the company has served so well in the past .
Summary :
If you are looking to push upwards your responsibility & accountability levels to be of next career chapter standing this, is it - your jewellery trade kudos may have waited for some time for such a great jewellery industry move.