Become part of the Converse Team
Converse is a place to explore potential, break barriers and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Converse, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving world to make things better as a team.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We’re looking for an experienced retail leader to lead the execution and performance of Converse partner stores across Korea.
This role combines market-level retail leadership, sales performance analytics, and hands-on field management, working closely with our retail partners and their store teams to elevate business performance, operational excellence, and the consumer experience.
You’ll be a key connection between our Korea retail partners and the Converse Global Stores Excellence team, translating retail strategies into locally relevant, executable plans while building strong retail capabilities for sustainable growth.
You bring:
- Strong multi-store retail leadership experience, ideally within fashion, footwear, sportswear, or a consumer-led environment
- Experience working with franchise, partner, distributor, or other indirect retail models
- Strong commercial acumen and understanding of retail KPIs and performance drivers
- Advanced analytical capability with experience managing sales KPI reporting, identifying trends, and developing data-driven business recommendations
- Ability to influence and drive results through partners without direct reporting relationships
- Strong knowledge of store operations, consumer experience, service, and visual merchandising
- Excellent coaching, relationship-building, and stakeholder-management skills
- Ability to translate strategy and standards into practical store-level execution
- Fluency in Korean and strong professional English communication skills
- Ability to travel regularly across the Korea store fleet
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
Lead Partner Retail Performance
Build strong relationships with retail partners and provide leadership across the Korea partner store fleet. Use performance insights and regular store visits to identify opportunities and drive actions that strengthen commercial results and execution.
Spearhead Sales KPI Analysis & Performance Insights
Drive sales KPI analysis and performance reporting across Korea partner stores, tracking key metrics such as sales, comp growth, conversion, UPT, ATV, sell-through, inventory productivity, and store profitability. Identify performance gaps, trends, and business opportunities, translating data into actionable insights and strategic recommendations for retail partners and internal stakeholders.
Elevate Retail Fundamentals
Partner with stores and cross functional teams to drive consistent execution of Converse operational standards, tools, training, and ways of working. Strengthening retail fundamentals and local execution in Korea.
Build Partner Capability
Coach and enable partner retail leaders and store teams, strengthening their ability to independently deliver Converse standards and create consistently strong consumer experiences.
Deliver the Converse Consumer Experience
Partner across Brand, Merchandising, Marketplace, Visual Merchandising, and Stores Excellence to bring Converse product and brand stories to life consistently across partner stores.
Connect Korea Partners to Converse
Act as a key bridge between retail partners and Converse, translating regional and global priorities into effective local execution while bringing partner, store, and consumer insights back into the organization.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
You’ll help create a partner retail network where strong business performance, premium consumer experiences, and operational excellence reinforce one another. Our partners understand Converse expectations, have the capability to execute them consistently, and operate as strong extensions of the Converse brand.
HOW WE HIRE
1. Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
2. Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
3. Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
