Central Region Manager
Job Description
<strong>INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT</strong><p><br></p>For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.<p><br></p>Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.<p><br></p>Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®.<p><br></p>To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles.<p><br></p><strong><u>What You’ll Be Doing</u></strong><p><br></p><ul><li> Maintain strong knowledge of the Saudi market trends and keep abreast of consumer insights to support commercial business owners in growing the business</li><li> Maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders at a Group level to foster trust and facilitate relations between the organization and its strategic external stakeholders</li><li> Act as the ambassador and representative of the organization to secure excellent relationships and identify business and growth opportunities with strategic partners such as governmental entities, schools, universities, banks, embassies, real estate companies (malls and commercial centers), VIP customers, suppliers and services providers, etc.</li><li> Liaise with regulatory and government bodies to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations and to stay updated on relevant rules and regulations</li><li> Lobby through the local chamber of commerce in defending the retail sector Build relationships with market peers (including competitors) to monitor crucial developments and advances</li><li> Study the competitive landscape to track trends and developments and identify opportunities</li><li> Be actively involved in the society and communities as an ambassador of the organization and custodian of the organization’s brand to maintain strong presence and brand image Guardian of the organization’s policies ensuring compliance of working policies and procedures</li><li> Manage directly the non-verticalized support functions in his area/region (HR, Administrant, Visual Merchandising, etc.)</li><li> Support the verticalized support services with their day-to-day operations (Legal, Accounting, Logistics, IT, and commercial teams)</li><li> Explore opportunities and assess the weaknesses and strengths of the business in the area/region</li><li> Coordinate between the organization’s HQ and local business owners to facilitate collaborator and efficiency</li><li> Capture the pulse of the market and share it with the concerned parties frequently</li><li> People Support</li><li> Strive to showcase the organization as “employer of choice” and work with key stakeholders to achieve nationalization objectives</li><li> Promote all the social and sustainability initiatives and engage actively with local community</li><li> Frequently meet with employees and capture the pulse of the employees in the market to address any concerns</li><li> Represent the voice of employee and ensure fairness at all times</li><li> Champion Group initiatives at a country level Our Central Regional Manager will be responsible for thoroughly understanding and studying the Saudi market trends and consumer insights in order to support commercial business owners in growing the business.</li></ul><p><br></p><strong><u>What You’ll Need To Succeed</u></strong><p><br></p><ul><li> Minimum a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant business fields such as business administration, marketing or other relevant degrees from a reputable university.</li><li> MBA degree is highly desirable.</li><li> Language skills: Fluent in both written and spoken Arabic and English</li><li> A career 10+ years of experience gained with reputable organizations with the last 3 – 5 years in a senior management role ideally, but not necessarily, within the retail ecosystem.</li><li> Strong evidence of identifying market trends that could impact business operations and alert to possible growth opportunities.</li></ul><p><br></p><strong><u>What We Can Offer You</u></strong><p><br></p>With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.<p><br></p>We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts. To view all our perks and benefits, click here.<p><br></p><strong>We Invite All Applicants to Apply</strong><p><br></p>It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.<p><br></p>We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.
