Showroom Manager

ABOUT UJUU

Founded in 2020, UJUU is an eCommerce platform and brand development studio. We endeavor to connect a global audience of underserved and underrepresented consumers to a diverse community and portfolio of carefully curated and vetted emerging designers and brands. We achieve this by offering elegant brand development services and eCommerce solutions across our family of brands.

Our vision is to create a best-in-class and forward-thinking shopping experience for our global community of black and brown across the African diaspora. We're just getting started, but we're already off to a promising start with the launch of our three portfolio brands: souk + Sepia, simisienna and Mango Maison. With each subsequent brand offering we strive to better serve and meet the unfulfilled needs of our expansive audience. In order to realize this vision it is imperative that we build a best in class Office Operations department

ABOUT THE SHOWROOM MANAGER

This opportunity will most resonate with an energetic and outgoing individual that is well-organized, a strong communicator, comfortable designing strategic systems and implementing new office processes and procedures with initiative and forethought. This individual will be adept at wearing multiple hats while managing and directing others to ensure UJUU showroom operate as a well-maintained environment of cleanliness, operational efficiency and cohesion. Lastly this individual will be flexible, resourceful, and an initiative driven team player firmly bought into helping realize UJUU’s core mission.

YOU’LL BE A GREAT FIT FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU ARE:

• An optimistic natural leader and team player

• A strong project manager, comfortable with budgets and communicating with various stakeholders

• Resourceful and a creative thinker and strong problem-solving ability, including metrics-driven thinking

• A strategic planner able to develop, implement, and improve departmental processes

• Experienced in managing a fashion showroom or store

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL DO IN THIS ROLE:

• Hire, develop and actively manage direct reports to perform the functions of the Showroom as outlined below:

• HQ Showroom Logistics

• Coordinate and facilitate the initiation and maintenance of all facility functions including but not limited to: office equipment, furniture, telephone and internet lines, cable connections, security, HVAC, cleaning services, etc

• Manage and maintain ongoing relationships and contracts with third party contractors and service providers

• Establish relationship and liaison with the building management company to communicate UJUU needs and to building management and to keep UJUU in compliance with updates to building procedures and protocols

• Work with Finance Department to track spending and oversee the ordering of business office supplies, kitchen supplies and general meeting supplies

• Event Planning and Showroom Management

• Ensure the arrangement and organization of office wide events, such as: Employee Celebrations, Company Milestones and Parties, and other initiatives and special projects as requested by company management

• Coordinate with the respective Marketing Departments to anticipate and understand the needs of planned Office Events

• Identify showroom team needs and coordinate the addition of third party vendors or outsourced resources as necessary

• Work with the Finance Department to develop and maintain budget for events

• Returns Processing

• Manage relationship and service with all postage/freight providers (FedEx, UPS, etc)
  

• Oversee processing of all mail, packages, deliveries (both outgoing and incoming)

• Process Returns from Ecommerce Brands

ADDITIONAL ROLE INFORMATION:

This role is full time with medical, dental, and vision insurance offered at an annual salary of $60,000. This role receives a monthly meal stipend for late nights in office in addition to many other company perks and benefits.