Store manager - fashion retail operations

Role:

Store Manager - Fashion Retail Operations

Location:

Doha, Qatar

Industry:

Retail

Function:

Store-Branch Management

Experience:

Previous retail store management or supervisory experience preferred

Job Type:

Full-time

Overview

Store Manager - Fashion Retail Operations in Doha, Qatar is a Retail opportunity for an experienced store leader capable of driving sales performance, maintaining high customer service standards, managing retail teams, controlling stock, and ensuring consistent execution of brand operating procedures. Apparel Group is hiring a Store Manager to take end-to-end responsibility for daily store operations while supporting revenue growth, customer loyalty, visual merchandising, inventory control, and employee performance.

Job Details

Country: Qatar
City: Doha
Industry: Retail
Function: Store-Branch Management
Salary:
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Store Manager will lead the day-to-day commercial and operational performance of the retail outlet, ensuring employees understand sales priorities, customer expectations, product knowledge, and brand standards. The role combines sales leadership with workforce supervision, stock management, store administration, visual merchandising, customer engagement, loyalty development, and loss prevention. By maintaining a strong presence on the sales floor and providing clear direction to the team, the Store Manager will help maximize revenue while protecting inventory and delivering a consistent brand experience.

Key Responsibilities Lead the store team toward daily, weekly, and monthly sales objectives. Brief employees on current sales targets, promotional priorities, product focus, and customer service expectations. Monitor individual and team performance and provide practical coaching where improvement is required. Apply creative selling techniques and commercial initiatives to achieve or exceed store revenue targets. Ensure customers receive attentive, knowledgeable, and professional service throughout their store visit. Maintain current knowledge of merchandise, new launches, fashion trends, seasonal collections, and brand direction. Use product knowledge to support effective customer recommendations and suggestive selling. Promote the Club Apparel Loyalty Program to encourage repeat purchases and strengthen customer retention. Ensure adequate stock levels are maintained to capture available sales opportunities. Monitor stockroom organization and ensure inventory is handled according to company procedures. Take practical measures to minimize stock loss, discrepancies, and preventable inventory damage. Maintain strong security awareness throughout store operations and ensure employees follow loss-prevention procedures. Implement company and brand operating procedures consistently across all areas of the store. Ensure staff comply with established policies, service standards, grooming requirements, and operating guidelines. Maintain visual merchandising standards in line with approved brand and VM requirements. Regularly inspect displays, merchandise presentation, signage, and sales-floor organization. Conduct weekly reviews of store administration and investigate discrepancies requiring corrective action. Manage staff rosters, leave schedules, attendance requirements, and operational workforce coverage. Address employee concerns and grievances appropriately while maintaining productive working relationships. Provide the Area Manager and Operations Manager with relevant feedback on employees, products, customer response, and store performance. Monitor product demand and communicate observations that may support assortment, replenishment, and merchandising decisions. Maintain awareness of other brands within the group to support cross-brand knowledge and customer recommendations. Take full operational responsibility for opening, trading, closing, administration, stock control, customer service, and team supervision. Remain available for extended standing periods and physical store duties, including merchandise handling when required. Ideal Profile

The preferred candidate will have previous experience managing or supervising a retail store, ideally within fashion, footwear, accessories, lifestyle, or a comparable customer-facing environment. Strong sales leadership is important, together with the ability to translate store targets into clear priorities for the retail team. Candidates should demonstrate good knowledge of customer service, stock control, visual merchandising, team scheduling, store administration, and retail operating procedures. A strong interest in fashion and current product trends is valuable, as the role requires confident communication with customers and an up-to-date understanding of merchandise. The successful candidate should be well groomed, commercially aware, organized, and comfortable taking responsibility for store performance throughout the trading day. Physical fitness is also required because the position involves prolonged standing and occasional handling or lifting of merchandise.

Skills Set Retail store management Fashion retail operations Sales target management Retail sales leadership Customer service Team supervision Staff coaching Daily sales tracking Weekly sales targets Monthly sales targets Store administration Stock control Stockroom management Inventory loss prevention Product knowledge Fashion trend awareness Suggestive selling Loyalty program promotion Club Apparel Loyalty Program Visual merchandising VM standards Store security Loss prevention Staff scheduling Roster management Leave management Employee performance feedback Customer retention Merchandise presentation Stock availability Retail operations Store policy compliance Brand standards Sales floor management Why Join Us

This position provides the opportunity to take ownership of a complete Retail operation within Doha's competitive fashion and lifestyle market. The Store Manager has a direct influence on sales, customer loyalty, staff performance, merchandise presentation, inventory accuracy, and overall store profitability. For an experienced retail professional, the role provides valuable exposure to established international brands, structured operating standards, multi-brand retail practices, and opportunities to build broader leadership experience within store and area operations.

About the Company

Apparel Group is a major retail organization operating a broad portfolio of international fashion and lifestyle brands across Qatar, the Middle East, and other global markets. Its stores combine brand-focused customer experiences with disciplined retail operations, sales performance, visual merchandising, inventory management, and customer loyalty initiatives. #J-18808-Ljbffr