Assistant Manager

Overview

You can't think of anywhere else you'd rather be. You enjoy coaching and teaching your team to continually improve how they deliver a great in-store Customer Experience, and you're now ready to start leading the team with all aspects of the Customer Experience, including: store operations, training, employee management, visual merchandising, and asset protection. In the absence of the Store Manager, you will assume all managerial duties. Your performance will be measured by your ability to drive sales and maximize profit goals for a specific store.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership ability with at least 3 years of experience in a customer-facing sales setting
• At least 3 years retail store management experience
• Confident and comfortable engaging customers to deliver an elevated experience
• Motivated to achieve great results because of one's enthusiasm from interacting with customers and athletic products
• Is resourceful and versatile in responding to changing demands and opportunities in a rapidly changing omni-channel retail environment
• Strong cognitive and mathematical skills, including problem analysis, decision making and financial analysis
• High level of ethics, values, integrity, and trust
• Flexible availability - including nights, weekends, and holidays

Responsibilities

• Coaching and motivating your team to inspire top performance and an exceptional customer experience
• Executing standards in recruiting, hiring, training, guest services, visual merchandising, and store operations
• Execute plans to drive key performance indicators to maximize profitability
• Enhance brand loyalty by empowering team to create a natural and personable experience for customers
• Act as a partner between customers, sales associates, store leadership and corporate business partners
• Maintains a high level of customer focus and leads by example with clear and engaging communication
• Ensures visual directives and standards are maintained
• Passion for teaching associates product knowledge and how to apply their learnings to the customer experience

Benefits

• 28 days holiday - plus an extra day per year for the first 5 years!
• Associate discount of between 30 - 50%
• Employee Assistance Program - Retail Trust
• WellHub App: Employee wellbeing, discounted gym rates, health apps
• Company Sick Pay scheme
• Head Office Internships
• Striper Ambassador Programme
• Development Opportunities

Address

Trafford Centre - L80/80a

Manchester

UK

M17 8AR