- Employment
- Temporary
- Seniority
- Manager
- Department
- Retail & Boutique Operations
- Industry
- Fashion, Apparel & Leather Goods
- Posted
- Sep 22, 2026
About Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein is a globally influential American fashion house founded in New York in 1968, celebrated for its refined minimalism, modern sensuality, and cultural impact across apparel, underwear, denim, fragrance, and lifestyle categories. As an employer, the brand offers a dynamic environment where design intelligence, commercial agility, and inclusive storytelling converge. Its teams contribute to a legacy shaped by bold imagery, disciplined simplicity, and a distinctly urban point of view. Calvin Klein seeks talent eager to challenge convention, understand contemporary consumers, and build resonant brand experiences within an international organization committed to creativity, collaboration, and responsible growth.
Calvin Klein seeks an experienced Store Manager to lead its Cambridge retail location on a maternity cover basis. The role oversees all store operations, including sales performance, visual merchandising compliance, team leadership, and customer experience excellence. The Store Manager directs daily activities, manages staff recruitment and development, analyzes performance metrics, and ensures the store embodies the brand's aesthetic standards and service excellence.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead store teams to generate sales, achieve profit targets, minimize losses, and deliver exceptional customer experiences while maintaining visual distinction and store maintenance standards
- Identify and pursue growth opportunities and performance improvements through cross-functional collaboration
- Maintain and enforce corporate visual merchandising directives and standards across sales floor and back-of-house areas
- Collaborate with visual merchandising teams to ensure clear communication and alignment between VM strategies and store execution
- Partner with store management to capitalize on business opportunities and achieve company objectives
- Emphasize quality relationship-building with internal and external customers; drive repeat business through exemplary service
- Conduct daily and weekly store walkthroughs to evaluate product performance, pricing, staff service levels, and inventory
- Communicate sales drivers and operational issues to senior management; develop strategies to maximize business performance and ensure weekly visual presentation action plans
- Analyze store-level reports and develop targeted action plans for performance improvement
- Lead manpower planning, staff identification, recruitment, interviewing, and hiring with focus on diverse perspectives and backgrounds
- Collaborate with Store Manager to build succession planning and bench strength for key positions
- Participate in weekly management and staff meetings
- Communicate store and individual sales goals, performance expectations, and results to staff; provide guidance on performance improvement
- Deliver exceptional customer journey and achieve exemplary mystery shop performance results
Qualifications
- Minimum 4 years of progressive retail experience
- Minimum 2 years of store management experience in service or retail sector
- Effective communication skills with strong relationship-building ability
- Team-oriented mindset with recognition and celebration of others' contributions
- Ability to provide constructive feedback that drives positive behavioral change
- Strong people management and conflict resolution skills
- Adaptability and comfort with change management
- Energetic presence with authentic engagement on the shop floor
Skills
Experience
Minimum 4 years of progressive retail experience required, with at least 2 years in a store management capacity within the service or retail industry.
Workplace
The role is situated in Cambridge, England, UK.
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Culture
Calvin Klein fosters a modern, inclusive workplace culture shaped by bold creativity, confident self-expression, and a global fashion perspective. As an employer, the brand encourages collaboration across disciplines, empowers teams to challenge conventions, and maintains a fast-paced environment where innovation and cultural relevance are central to its identity.
About Cerulean
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