Sports Direct Assistant Store Manager - Chatswood

Sports Direct Australia; Willoughby; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40% team discount across Accent Group

Sunday to Thursday roster

Discounted gym memberships

Health insurance perks

Job summary

Sports Direct Australia, part of Accent Group, is seeking an Assistant Store Manager for our Chatswood store. You will work with the Store Manager to drive daily operations, coach a team, and deliver a premium, service-focused experience for customers in a fast-paced retail environment.

Join a growing brand that values development, teamwork and career progression, with benefits including staff discounts and health perks. If you’re ready to lead and inspire, apply today.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of Assistant Management in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Strong commercial acumen – you know your sales figures, wage % and stock metrics.
• Passion for people development and a proven record of team success.
• A high attention to detail – your floor is always on point.
• Operationally savvy with experience in rostering, visual merchandising, and loss prevention.
• A true ‘Make it Happen’ mindset – solutions-focused and performance-driven.

Responsibilities

• Bring a premium, service focused approach to drive sales, hit KPIs, and make your mark in a high-profile store launch.
• Lead and empower a dynamic team through coaching, training, and goal setting.
• Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly store, team and individual performance – celebrate wins and close the gaps.
• Bring the energy to visual merchandising, stock management, and shrink prevention.
• Create a safe, inclusive, and high-performing environment for your team and customers.

Skills

Assistant Management

Sales metrics

Team development

Detail oriented

Roster & VM

Make it Happen

Job description

At Sports Direct, our team members are highly passionate about inspiring, motivating and empowering our customers to better their best. We believe that people ultimately want to lead a healthy and fit way of life and we want to empower them to do so by providing correctly fitted footwear, sports gear and personalised service. From their first pair of shoes to their first football, our team are there to ensure that whatever activity they want to do, they’re wearing the right shoes and using the best equipment.

Joining Sports Direct is more than just a job, it is a family who cares, develops, grows, and rewards each and every one of us.

About The Role

We’re looking for a passionate and driven Assistant Store Manager to help lead our Chatswood store. In this leadership support role, you’ll work alongside the Store Manager to oversee daily operations, coach and develop your team, and drive the store’s success. If you're an emerging retail leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is ready to take the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you.

Day by Day, you will

• Bring a premium, service focused approach to drive sales, hit KPIs, and make your mark in a high-profile store launch
• Lead and empower a dynamic team through coaching, training, and goal setting
• Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly store, team and individual performance – celebrate wins and close the gaps
• Bring the energy to visual merchandising, stock management, and shrink prevention
• Create a safe, inclusive, and high-performing environment for your team and customers

What You Bring

• 1+ years of Assistant Management experience in a fast-paced big box retail environment
• Strong commercial acumen – you know your sales figures, wage % and stock metrics
• Passion for people development and a proven record of team success
• A high attention to detail – your floor is always on point
• Operationally savvy with experience in rostering, visual merchandising, and loss prevention
• A true ‘Make it Happen’ mindset – solutions-focused and performance-driven

Why Join Us?

• Be part of history – lead the launch of Sports Direct in Australia
• 40% team discount across all Accent Group brands – Hype DC, Skechers, Platypus, Vans + more
• Sunday to Thursday roster for better work/life balance
• Access to discounted gym memberships and health insurance perks
• Career progression through training & development programs

At Accent Group Limited we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and inclusion. We believe in the diversity of our people across age, gender, identity, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, physical and mental ability. We strive on creating an equal employment environment where everyone from any background can be themselves. The Accent Group acknowledges, and pays respect, to the Traditional Owners and ongoing custodians of the land. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Maori people.