Store managers lead a store as effectively as efficiently as possible. This helps us to maximise sales and profit, at the same time as minimising costs. In this role some of your most important duties will include ensuring the shop floor is always well merchandised, and overseeing the training, development and coaching of your people.
To do this you'll need significant retail management experience with a customer service environment, plus excellent communication and decision making skills.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Achieve sales and profits targets
Analysis of profit and loss accounts
To manage store operations so that customer proposition is delivered through store systems and procedures
To plan, organise and execute in store systems that comply with company processes, core values and best practice
Manage the set up and maintenance of seasonal guidelines and planograms to ensure the every day delivery of customer service
To recruit, train and develop the store team to consistently provide product availability and responsive, efficient, friendly and knowledgeable customer service
Responsible for optimising the performance of the store by enhancing the offer in line with competitor activity, local needs and seasonal opportunities whilst delivering the customer service
Manage and deliver and exceed required level of sales as set by the company
Manage stock management systems, delivery of productivity and shrinkage targets
To ensure that at all times the store is safe and fully compliant with Health, Safety and Fire policy, procedures and retail legislative requirements
IDEAL CANDIDATE
Develops future strategy, effectively formulates action plans and gains others understanding and commitment to it
Strong vision and communication skills
Strong leadership skills, developing team working
Strong interpersonal skills
Ability to develop a customer service focused environment
Effective planning and organisational skills
Commercial drive and awareness
Ability to prioritise, anticipate changes and implement recommendations
Commercially astute with a strong trading emphasis
Places the emphasis on customer service and ensures that the highest standards are set and maintained in this field
Ability to develop a highly customer focused environment
Places critical importance on performance management and encourages personal development
Ability to make thoughtful decisions, considering all options, applying appropriate analysis and being willing to take calculated risks
OUR CLIENT
As high street retailers go, it doesn't get much more exciting than this - if your dream job is in a fast paced high street retailer that is truly passionate about what they do and continuously striving for the perfect customer experience, then look no further than this.Their position on the high street has gone from strength to strength in recent years, and they are currently enjoying a fantastic reputation as a quality retailer with a great people focus and enviable career potential.
ABOUT US
This role is being handled by McCarthy Recruitment, award winning specialist retail recruitment consultancy covering the whole of the UK. McCarthy is like no other recruitment agency you will have worked with, our difference is our commitment to providing a professional and personalized recruitment service of the highest quality.
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