Specialty Manager – Newark Airport Jobs Hiring

Job Overview:

Hudson is North America’s leading travel retailer. For over 30 years, Hudson has met the needs and wants of travelers in more than 1,000 duty-free, duty-paid, and food & beverage stores. We couldn’t serve our customers, landlords, and partners in airports, commuter terminals, hotels, and casinos without the continued support of our greatest assets: our team members. We’re dedicated to hiring and training exceptional team members, who are committed to serving the customer as the Traveler’s Best Friend. We strive to ensure we’re fulfilling our team members’ career potentials through training, skills-development, and career pathways – as our team members grow and succeed both personally and professionally, so does Hudson.

What you’ll do:

• Ensure a professional working relationship with airport management and ACDBE Partners
• Minimize inventory shrink through regular physical inspections; Monitors high-risk areas for internal/external shrinkage, and by taking necessary steps for remediation
• Maximize sales and profits by meeting and exceeding sales budgets while minimizing shrink
• Protect company assets by ensuring that all policies and procedures are consistently enforced and adhered to by staff and suppliers
• Use monthly financial reports, DCIS, and KPI reports to monitor and control expenses, improve profit margins, and control inventory levels
• Demonstrate excellent product knowledge and promote a consistently positive corporate image through clean, well-merchandised stores
• Monitor suppliers’ activities
• Work closely with Merchandising department and General Manager in implementing brand initiatives and maintaining brand merchandising standards and vendor relationships and contracts
• Recruit, train, and develop all supporting levels of staff to ensure an efficient and profitable operation
• Communicate sales and store openings each day to Regional Vice President
• Ensure compliance of brand promotional programs and works closely with Brand Corporate Marketing department in development of new opportunities
• Ensure consistent excellent customer service delivered by knowledgeable and professional associates
• Communicate initiatives, policy changes and other information to/from corporate office/staff
• Control payroll and expense through maximizing staff productivity, properly and efficiently allocating labor, and by monitoring monthly store expenditures against budget
• Provide enthusiastic, positive reinforcement and guidance to store staff