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Stella McCartney

Luxury fashion brand prioritizing ethical sustainability

Retail Excellence & Training Manager

Corporate & Technical Training +1Updated on Nov 15
Full-timeMilan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy€50k - €60k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in Retail Excellence, Retail Training, Learning & Development, or Retail Operations, ideally within an international luxury or premium fashion environment.
  • Strong understanding of retail operations, client experience, and learning and development within a global retail organization.
  • Proven experience designing, developing, and delivering engaging training programs and learning content for retail teams.
  • Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple initiatives, stakeholders, and markets simultaneously.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage and influence different audiences across the organization.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with Retail teams and cross-functional corporate departments.
  • A proactive, solution-oriented, hands-on approach, strong attention to detail, and the ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced international environment.
  • A strong digital mindset and confidence working with learning management systems and learning platforms.
  • An analytical mindset and the ability to monitor key performance indicators, completion rates, and engagement metrics and translate insights into continuous improvement actions.
  • Fluency in English.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.
  • Availability to travel internationally when required.

Responsibilities

  • Drive execution and coordination of Global Retail Excellence and Retail Training initiatives across the worldwide retail network, translating global priorities into consistent implementation at market and store level.
  • Coordinate and monitor Retail Excellence tools and processes, including Stella Client Experience Checklists, monthly one-to-ones, implementation trackers, and action plans; identify recurring execution gaps and ensure follow-up with Retail teams.
  • Manage the end-to-end onboarding journey for newly appointed Store Managers and Client Style Advisors, coordinating with HR, Retail, and relevant stakeholders to deliver milestones, learning activities, and completion requirements consistently across markets.
  • Coordinate the annual Global Retail Training Calendar and the delivery of seasonal, product, brand, selling skills, and commercial training priorities, managing timelines, stakeholders, and delivery plans across the worldwide retail network.
  • Design, develop, and update training content and learning tools for Product, Brand, Selling Skills, Styling, and Client Experience, partnering with Product Merchandising, Marketing, Visual Merchandising, and other relevant functions, and support localization where required.
  • Manage Stella Academy / Yoobic as the key digital learning platform for Retail, including content and e-learning module creation, platform administration, learning engagement, completion monitoring, reporting, and first-level user support.
  • Deliver virtual and in-person training sessions and facilitate Train-the-Trainer programs, supporting seasonal launches, strategic learning initiatives, and continuous capability development across the retail population.
  • Coordinate implementation and continuous development of the Stella Client Experience, Styling Skills, and Global Ambassadors programmes, driving engagement, sharing best practices across markets, and ensuring consistency with brand service and client experience standards.
  • Monitor effectiveness and adoption of Retail Excellence and Training initiatives through completion rates, participation, learning engagement, and client experience indicators; prepare regular reporting and use insights and feedback to identify continuous-improvement opportunities.
  • Partner operationally with the Global Retail Excellence, Training & Operations Director, managing project plans, deadlines, communications, and cross-functional stakeholders while supporting global Retail Excellence, Training, and Client Experience projects.

Desired Qualifications

  • Additional languages are a plus.
  • Experience with Yoobic is a plus.

About the Company

Stella McCartney

Luxury fashion brand prioritizing ethical sustainability

Stella McCartney is a luxury fashion and lifestyle brand that offers women’s ready-to-wear, unisex items, kids’ clothing, accessories, swimwear, lingerie, an Adidas collaboration, and skincare, sold worldwide. It operates by avoiding leather, fur, feathers, or skins in all products and choosing sustainable materials and responsible manufacturing, while promoting regenerative agriculture and circularity and pursuing new models to extend product life through repair, sharing, reuse, and resale. It differentiates itself through a long-standing commitment to no-animal-skins and an embedded sustainability approach across design, sourcing, and business practices. Its goal is to make high-end products with lower environmental impact and transform how clothes are sourced, produced, sold, shared, repaired, and reused.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2001

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