AREA MANAGER - ONLY STORES FINLAND

Job description

Do you have experience with fashion retail? Do you have a proven track record in opening, running and developing stores, recruiting and developing people while leading your team in a motivating way? Can you contribute to creating an environment where people can grow and together create fantastic results in our ONLY STORES shops? The role You will be responsible for the daily leadership of all shop managers and follow up on performance of each store. Through close collaboration with each store manager, you will ensure that they have the best point of departure to manage the store and lead their team towards the best possible results. Your leadership style is motivating; you have a positive action-oriented approach, and you enjoy seeing your team develop themselves into bigger roles and more responsibility. A central part of the role is to recruit the best store managers who know how to lead, develop their team and achieve results. Areas of responsibility Running existing stores to planned results Driving sales daily, weekly & monthly Planning goals and activities in your area, including budgets and P/L Recruitment and ongoing development of the team Optimization and approval of hours/scheduling including salaries Sales training of shop managers Optimization of the DNA / look and feel of each shop including visual presentation of styles Control of stock and inventory management Follow up performance and KPIs Qualifications Minimum 5 years of experience as an Area Manager, District Manager or in a similar multi-site retail management role, with responsibility for a minimum of 5 shops Strong retail management experience with a proven ability to drive sales performance, optimize operations and develop the business Experience in leading leaders and developing high-performing retail teams Experience in recruitment and people development Experience in establishing and opening new shops Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify commercial opportunities and turn insights into action Fluency in Finnish and English Previous experience in fashion retail is an advantage Experience within Visual Merchandising is considered a clear advantage Willingness to travel weekly as part of the role and to participate in onboarding and training abroad Your profile You know the retail industry inside out and thrive in a fast-paced environment where commercial performance, people and execution go hand in hand. You are an independent and commercially driven leader with a strong focus on results and the ability to take ownership and make decisions while working within company frameworks. Your leadership style is positive, clear and motivating. You know how to lead from a distance while staying close to your shops and the leaders in your team. You enjoy developing people, challenging performance and creating the conditions for your team to succeed. You are ambitious, structured and proactive, with a high level of energy and a strong eye for detail. You see opportunities, act on them and enjoy challenging yourself and your team to achieve targets and continuously improve the business. You are motivated to grow with the role and see yourself developing with the company over the long term. We look forward to hear from you Please use the link to send us your application and CV no later than 20th of September 2026. Please don’t hesitate to send us your application as we review candidates continuously and will remove the job advert of the site if we are successful in identifying the right candidate before the deadline. Employment details: Permanent employment contract Joining date: As soon as possible Location: Helsinki, Finland About us. ONLY STORES is a part of BESTSELLER Retail Europe, and we have existed for more than 25 years. We run close to 1000 stores in 18 markets with the following brands: ONLY and ONLY & SONS´ We are based in Brande in Denmark, where more than 70 dedicated colleagues run ONLY STORES across the 18 markets. We grow our company based on values such as nearness to our colleagues and stores out in the markets, winning mentality and a belief that we can do even better tomorrow than today in order to build a strong successful business. We enjoy a competitive environment where our own contribution and attitude give direct results on both top and bottom line. We work closely together and believe in freedom with responsibility and like people who act and make a difference. We are sure that this is the way we best can develop both our business and each other in a positive direction.