Job Title: Store Manager
Location: Leicester, LE1 3PJ
Salary: £18,000 per annum
Job type: Fixed Term Contract – 1 year, Full Time
The Company, a well-established School Uniform Retailer, Manufacturer & Wholesaler who boast Market Leadership in their Sector are currently looking for a Store Manager to work in their Leicester store.
The Role
You will be responsible for running the branch to meet company targets and policies with your main aim being to maximise profit whilst minimising costs. Must ensure promotions are accurate and merchandised to the company’s standards and staff are fully versed on the targets and must ensure excellent customer care standards are met. You are required to deal with staff planning, marketing, logistics, information technology, daily reconciliation, customer service, school liaison and continued development of new business.
Since you’ll be dealing with children on a daily basis the role will be ideally suited to someone who has experience dealing with children, either professionally or personally.
Due to the nature of the role it’s vital that you possess a full driving licence and your own car.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and motivate your team to increase sales and ensure efficiency
- Manage stock levels and make key decisions about stock control
- Analyse sales/staff figures and forecast future sales volumes to maximise profits
- Analyse and interpret trends to facilitate planning
- Liaise with head office for data analysis and forward planning
- Deal with staffing issues such as interviewing potential staff, conducting appraisals and performance reviews, as well as providing or organising training and development
- Ensure standards for quality, customer service, health and safety, and fire are met
- Resolve health and safety, legal and security issues
- Ensure conformity of basic trading standards legislation
- Respond to customer complaints and comments
- Promote the organisation locally by liaising with local schools, newspapers and the community in general
- Mobility with own transport crucial
- Organise special promotions, displays and events in store and in schools
- Attend and chair meetings in store and in schools
- Update colleagues on business performance, new initiatives and other pertinent issues
- Tour the sales floor regularly, talking to colleagues and customers, and identifying or resolving urgent issues
- Maintain awareness of market trends in the school uniform industry, understand forthcoming customer initiatives and monitor and report on what local competitors are doing
- Initiate changes to improve the business, e.g. Revising opening hours to ensure the store can compete effectively in the local market; dealing with sales, as and when required
- Lead by example – housekeeping, flexible/irregular working including late nights, weekends and bank holidays to meet the demands of the business at peak times, personal presentation (this list is not exhaustive)
- React to consumer’s demands and industry trends and pressures of meeting targets
- Attend training to develop relevant knowledge and skills
- Respond to out of hours alarm activations
As mentioned above please only apply for this role if you possess a full driving licence and your own car.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Retail Shop Manager, Retail Manager, Shop Manager, Retail Coordinator, Retail Management, Shop Team Leader, Retail Sales Manager, Sales Manager, Retail Store Manager, Store Manager, General Shop Manager, Retail Store Coordinator, Retail Store Leader, Retail Shop Coordinator may also be considered for this role.
