Assistant Store Manager

The Organisation

A leading global retailer who is one of the world's largest privately owned companies are currently looking for an Assistant Store Manager to join their business. They have impressive growth plans for the UK operation and attracting the best talent to lead these new areas is key. The prospects for the future are hugely exciting they continue to make a major investment in new stores, logistics and most importantly, in their people.

The Role

An excellent job opportunity has arisen to join a world-leading organisation. The primary objective of this role is to assist the Store Manager in achieving the highest sales possible in the store, whilst ensuring an efficient and co-operative working environment, excellent customer service and consistent store standards. The job will require superb decision making skills as you will be responsible for assisting the Store Manager in all aspects of their role as well as taking complete responsibility for the running of the store in his/her absence. The role also requires someone with strong leadership skills who is capable of training and developing the team in the store. For the right candidate there is a clear prospect of a store management position within a short time frame.

The Candidate

You will need to be structured and organised with the responsibility of the training and development of employees in the store, it is essential that you are flexible and positive in your approach to work. This job opportunity is for an individual that has a real drive to be successful and involves daily challenges such as dealing with individuals that have queries or problems ensuring that they are resolved to the best of your ability at all times. It is essential that you are willing to learn as there is a comprehensive training programme provided in your first 8-10 weeks you will learn all aspects of running a successful store and how to train and develop your team. On completion, this role will give you a solid grounding in retail management. This role is looking to attract individuals from a wide range of retail backgrounds, including supermarket, fast food and clothing chains where you can demonstrate strong management experience with a strong ability to motivate a team in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Five day 48-hour weekPension after service.Four weeks paid holiday (Rising to five weeks in two Years) plus paid bank holidaysFull training providedSick Pay

For an informal discussion please contact Tamara Paton on 020 34650156.
Interviews will be held on an on-going basis.

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