Manager, Customer Experience

Job Description:

WHO WE ARE:

Neiman Marcus is a leading luxury retailer that provides a curated product assortment unparalleled services and exclusive activations for customers in Pursuit of the Extraordinary. It is known for creating the Neiman Marcus magic through exceptional customer experiences including the Neiman Marcus Awards Fantasy Gifts seasonal campaigns and Retail-tainment initiatives. Neiman Marcus has a rich history as a brand builder bringing together the worlds top luxury designers and customers to foster a dedicated following for generations. It serves customers across its 36 stores digital channels and through remote selling. It is part of Saks Globals portfolio of world-class luxury retailers and real estate assets.

YOU WILL BE:

As the Customer Experience Manager youll enable relationship selling and client retention and activation strategies in partnership with your store team. Youll strengthen the brand by leading all branding and marketing activities at the store level including event planning and community engagement. You will work on-site at your assigned store and you will report to the store General Manager.

• A Creative & Commercial Thinker: You possess the unique ability to design beautiful engaging brand experiences while maintaining a laser focus on selling KPIs and financial returns.

• An Operational Maestro: You thrive in fast-paced environments managing multiple overlapping project timelines budgets and cross-functional communications with exceptional attention to detail.

• A Natural Connector: You excel at building long-term mutually beneficial relationships with local philanthropic organizations corporate partners media and internal stakeholders.

• A Collaborative Leader: You are a dedicated team player who believes in a win together philosophy guiding and developing direct reports to reach theIr full potential.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Develop detailed action plans for events applicable to stores and manage execution in partnership with Selling Managers Group Managers Corporate Special Events Client Development and Senior Store Leadership

• Manage the scheduling budgeting internal and external communications planning production breakdown wrap up and reporting of each event

• Plan seasonal events calendar across Market / Metroplex in collaboration with Corporate Brand Experience Merchants Communications Marketing Creative and brand partners

• Partner with Regional Director to create seasonal strategies to support business

• Develop community relationships with philanthropic organizations social groups and corporate partnerships

• Generate excitement around the Brand by creating inviting and compelling activations and events; balance this with a commercial mindset to help events generate both short- and long-term ROIs with clear selling goals and appropriate Associate follow up

• Cultivates relationships with all client segments within the store/market

• Engage directly with clients as appropriate in support of client development efforts

• Monitors Client Relationship KPIs (e.g. trips frequency spending tier migration engagement/building relationships) for new and existing MVC customers

• Drives all Client Relationship-specific initiatives in Store or Market in partnership with GM and Store Leadership team

• Identify opportunities to deepen relationships with top clients for Private Client Relations (PCR) programs and experiences

• Serve as a strategic business partner to the General Manager and DSEs owning overall store MVC health working

• collaboratively to achieve and exceed MVC & store targets.

• Surfaces Top Client Liabilities to GM and develops strategy to anniversary large ticket sales from LY in partnership with key associates and store leaders.

• Monitor and analyze weekly store and divisional customer performance (sales count trips $/Customer) and inform real-time strategy adjustments.

• Oversight and ownership of client relationship initiative results and execution

WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

• 4 years of relevant experience

• History of building leading motivating and coaching teams

• Ability to synthesize data to determine relevant actions

• Experience presenting at the executive level

• Proficiency with necessary tools including but not limited to social media google suite Tableau and CONNECT

• Experience with InDesign

• Certain roles may require standing bending climbing stairs and lifting and carrying up to 10 pounds

• Associates will work a flexible schedule based on business need which will include evenings weekends and holidays

• Travel may be required

YOUR LIFE ANDCAREER AT NEIMAN MARCUS:

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic fast paced environment at a company experiencing growth and transformation

• Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities across the largest multi-brand luxury retailer from retail to distribution to digital or corporate

• Comprehensive benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical vision and dental)

• An amazing employee discount

Benefits: We offer the following benefits for this position subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance dental insurance vision insurance 401(k) retirement plan basic life insurance supplemental life insurance disability insurance and a variety of additional voluntary benefits (such as critical illness hospital and accident insurance).

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Exemplar Luxury Group is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with Exemplar Luxury Group and would like to request special assistance or an accommodation please contact .

Compensation for this role varies by geographic location. The listed range reflects multiple markets including higher-cost areas. Actual starting pay will be determined based on work location experience and other job-related factors.