Job Ref: 213059808

Date: 2021-01-21 17:10:16

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Retail Assistant Manager

£23 – 26,000 + Package & Bonus

Marlow

12-month full time contract for Maternity Cover

The Person

First off, retailing will be in your blood. You’ll love the day-to-day of it, working with colleagues, giving them your time, offering guidance and support where it's necessary, leaving them to it when it's not. Helping customers will be second nature and this is a position where being in front of customers a lot is expected. You’ll be happy leading by example but equally happy using performance indicators to get the best from your team. In short, you’ll be a great all-rounder, as happy getting stuck in as you are overseeing the more strategic stuff. Yes, this is a 12-month contract so you’ll need to be available quite quickly but that doesn’t mean you won’t be one of the family and who knows what that 12 months might lead to. One thing’s for sure, it will be a challenging and fun 12 months.

The Role

As the Retail Assistant Manager, all the day to day decisions in the store come through you. From setting and managing rotas to ensuring that standards and visual merchandising start high and stay there, it’ll mostly be for you to keep tabs on. Yes, you report to a Store Manager and yes, they are on hand to support you whenever you need it but that doesn’t mean you can’t make decisions or make a difference. This company sells a broad range of what are mostly non-food items – homewear and furnishings, a lovely range of indoor and outdoor furniture, gifting, accessories, some clothing even so it’s a varied and interesting range of products. All of it is aimed at a customer with high standards and an eye on trends. Most of it benefits from being well-merchandised so your skills in both service and standards will need to be high. Obviously, you’ll hold keys, manage performance, coach your team, serve customers even jump on the tills if needed. No two days will be the same but that’s why you got into retail in the first place right?

The Company

The company is financially stable and confident about future trade. We are in uncertain times and, for many people, that might be enough to hear but they’re also a business that really believe in empowering their people while being on hand with support and training whenever required. This site has been redeveloped recently so, while not quite all shiny and brand new it's still a nice environment to work in. 12 months here will do your longer-term career no harm at all.

Initial interviews will be held via video with a start date envisaged late Feb or early March

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