Franchise Manager Europe

As our Franchise Manager Europe, you'll play a key role in driving the performance and growth of Skechers' franchise business across Europe.

You need to be based in Poland, Italy, Belgium, the Czech Republic or the UK and will manage and develop relationships with franchise partners across a portfolio of European markets. Working closely with our European Retail, Merchandising, Marketing and Country teams, you'll identify opportunities to drive commercial performance while ensuring an exceptional Skechers experience across our franchise stores.

Through regular communication, business reviews and store visits, you'll use your retail expertise and commercial insight to coach and support our partners, share best practice and help them maximise their potential.

This is a hands-on role with extensive travel across Europe.

• Build strong relationships with franchise partners, supporting them to drive sales, profitability and KPI performance.
• Analyse store performance and identify opportunities to improve commercial results and customer experience.
• Coach and support franchise partners and their teams to deliver excellent customer service and consistently high retail standards.
• Partner with European and Country teams to deliver retail, marketing, merchandising and promotional initiatives.
• Support seasonal product assortment, ensuring the right product mix, stock depth and visual presentation across stores.
• Ensure alignment with Skechers policies, procedures and brand standards.
• Support new store openings and key business initiatives across the franchise network.
• Prepare business analysis, quarterly business reviews and management reporting.

• Proven retail and/or franchise management experience including responsibility for multiple stores, locations or partners. Experience in footwear, fashion or lifestyle retail would be an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of retail operations, merchandising, marketing, visual standards and HR best practices.
• Commercially minded, with the ability to analyse performance and turn insights into action.
• An excellent communicator and relationship builder, confident in coaching and influencing franchise partners and infernal stakeholders. and work effectively across different markets.
• Highly organised and effective time management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Fluent English and one additional European language; further European languages are an advantage.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Able to travel extensively across Europe, up to 70%, with occasional international travel as required.

Skechers, a global Fortune 500® company, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,300 Skechers retail locations.

Skechers recognises the importance and power of diversity within our business. We ensure that our people processes are fair, transparent and promote equality of opportunity for all employees and job applicants.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities or health conditions, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions as detailed above.

WHO WE ARE:
Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers-the Comfort Technology Company®-has spent over 30 years helping men, women, and kids everywhere look and feel good. Comfort innovation is at the core of everything we do, driving the development of stylish, high-quality products at a great value. From our diverse footwear collections to our expanding range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.