Store Manager - South Wales

STORE MANAGER

OUR CLIENT

Our client is one of the UK's leading food, clothing, home products and financial services retailers, with more than 850 stores in over 40 countries world wide. They have a commitment to provide superior quality products at attractive prices, an ethos which has lead to an outstanding industry reputation and propelled them to being a true British institution. Our client recognises that success starts with people; and values individuals who are dynamic, driven and passionate about delivering great products and service to all their customers in every channel of their operation.

THE ROLE

Our client is looking to recruit a professional food retail manager for their team, reporting directly to the Area Manager for which you will be accountable for the following:

• All Store Operating Targets
• Leading and developing a motivated, committed and high performing store management team
• Driving operational, visual and customer service standards in store
• Working with the visual team to manage standards and displays within the store
• All mandatory & specialised training to ensure customer proposition is met
• Brand Integrity and market awareness
• Effective communication to all store team members
• Store compliance and health and safety procedures
• Succession planning for junior management within the business

IDEAL CANDIDATE

 The successful applicant will be charismatic, dynamic and enthusiastic with experience of managing in a fast paced environment; coping with volume and large teams; the drive to get their sleeves rolled up and have a hands on presence on the shop floor whilst maintaining a commercial and strategic focus. The successful candidate should have the following experience:

• Previous Store Management experience gained within food retail
• Previous accountability for P&L management
• Commercial & Business awareness
• Excellent communication skills
• Customer focus
• Loyalty and commitment to excellence
• Operate efficiently with a subtle and persuasive manner

BENEFITS

Our client's benefits package has been developed to fairly reward their people for the hard work and dedication they put in. As well as competitive rates of pay, employee discount, bonus and other components to the package, they offer a huge opportunity to progress in the business to achieve a candidates maximum potential.