Flagship Store Manager

We are looking for an organized and ambitious
Flagship Store Manager
to join our North America Market team to help drive Marimekko’s brand awareness and deliver sales by leading our New York City’s flagship retail concept by engaging and inspiring our fashion focused target consumer. You will be working closely with our Head of Retail – Scan/EMEA and North America, Merchandising Planner and Marketing/PR Managers (globally and locally).
This is a full-time and permanent position, in which you will report to our Head of Retail, SCAN/EMEA and North America.
Job responsibilities:
1) Responsibility for all store operations and sales, including:
- Sales Leadership (e.g., motivate and lead sales team and strive for sales excellence and results)
- Sales Associate Development (e.g., ensure all staff is trained on product knowledge, selling standards, customer service, and store operations)
- Operational Excellence (e.g., create and maintain effective employee schedules, including hiring efforts)
- Store Standards and Visual Merchandising (e.g., execute all floor moves, visual directives, and merchandising strategies)
2) Create a team of brand ambassadors that embody Marimekko brand values and DNA
3) Promote community building and brand awareness efforts, including:
- Managing Marimekko’s flagship retail store brand activities and execution according to the global and local plan creating and fostering exceptional customer experience
- Organize and project manage monthly brand activities and events together with global and local marketing partners
- Create awareness building opportunities through compelling outreach to prospective partners, influencers and creative industry professionals, utilizing innovative and creative brand and sales tactics
- Be a Marimekko ambassador: establish, nurture, and grow local consumer community through by new customer acquisition tactics, relationship building and partnerships anchored in Marimekko's community program
In order to succeed in the role, you have/are:
- A desire to build the best and most memorable consumer experiances
- Experience in retail management
- Proven track record in building high achieving teams
- Interest in art, architecture and fashion, with a strong professional network within these communities
- Ability to be a Marimekko Brand Ambassador in actions, attitude, and appearance
- Proactive and hands-on
- Have strong verbal and written communication skills
- Fluent English skills
- Ability to multitask and handle different projects at the same time
- Able to work flexible work hours (including evenings, nights, and weekends sometimes)
- Able to lift 15 lbs
At Marimekko we encourage people to be themselves and value diversity. We believe in fairness and doing things together, using common sense, and finding joy in our work. If you connect with these values and have the right background, we might be able to offer you a unique opportunity to work in an exciting, international environment with one of the most iconic lifestyle brands.
If all this sparks your interest and you feel like you are the one we are looking for, please send your application including your CV and cover letter with salary expectation via our career site at http://company.marimekko.com/careers. We will start the interviews already during the application period so please, let us hear from you as soon as possible but no later than 07.30.2025. For further information regarding this position, you can contact Head of Retail – Scan/EMEA and North America Andrew Woodfine; andrew.woodfine@marimekko.com.
Marimekko's culture and working environment are founded on equality, inclusion and cherishing diversity. Marimekko welcomes and encourages everyone regardless of their national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion or other personal characteristic to apply. Recruitment is always based on business need, and the candidates are evaluated on relevant knowledge, skills and experience as well as motivation.
Marimekko's culture and working environment are founded on equality, inclusion and cherishing diversity. Marimekko welcomes and encourages everyone regardless of their national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion or other personal characteristic to apply. Recruitment is always based on business need, and the candidates are evaluated on relevant knowledge, skills and experience as well as motivation. Marimekko is ranked as the 3rd Most Attractive Employer in Finland amongst business professionals according to Universum’s ranking. Marimekko is also the 4th most attractive employer in Finland amongst business students. Read more about the Universum’s ranking on their website.