Store Manager

People Equity; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully maintained vehicle

Performance bonus

Competitive base salary

Superannuation

Job summary

People Equity in Cairns is looking for a Store Manager who can take the reigns of a high-growth store, backed by an onboarding program across multiple sites before you officially lead your own.

You'll be responsible for sales, profitability, customer experience, and people, building an environment where the team feels supported and inspired.

This role offers a great culture, a car and bonus, a competitive base salary, super and genuine work-life balance, including one Saturday every two weeks.

Qualifications

• Experience running a serious retail operation with a sizeable team and strong customer flow.
• Ability to read and act on numbers, trends and opportunities to drive performance.
• Proven track record of recruiting, developing leaders and building capability.

Responsibilities

• Have full accountability for sales, profitability, customer experience and operations.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team across a large-format store.
• Recruit talent, drive commercial performance and identify growth opportunities.

Skills

Store leadership

Retail operations

Team development

Recruitment

Onboarding

Merchandising

Customer service

Budgeting

Decision making

People management

Tools

POS systems

Job description

• This is not just another Store Manager role...its one of the best in Cairns!
• Lead a great team. Grow an even better one. Fab package inc car and bonus
• Work one Sat a fortnight & have every alternate weekend off

Imagine loving where you work again...

• Imagine walking into a store where your team genuinely enjoys coming to work…
• Where you're trusted to lead…
• Where you're encouraged to have fun…
• Where your wins are celebrated...
• And where your employer invests as much in your career as you invest in your people.

That's exactly what this opportunity offers.

Here's the exciting part...

• Take the reigns of a high growth store - with remarkable year-on-year growth and an equally exciting future ahead.
• Work for a retailer that invests in people, not just stores. You'll be trusted to make decisions, backed by experienced leaders and given every opportunity to build a long-term career.
• Forget being thrown in the deep end. You'll experience one of the best onboarding programs in retail, spending time across multiple stores before officially taking the keys to your own.
• Be in a role, which will also give you some work life balance. You'll only work one Saturday a fortnight, with every alternate weekend off.
• Love coming to work again. The culture is welcoming, down-to-earth, customer obsessed and built around trust, teamwork and celebrating success.
• Be rewarded for what you bring. An attractive base salary, super, bonus and fully maintained vehicle reflect the importance of this leadership role.

The opportunity

This isn't simply about running a successful store...it's about taking a store and its team from 'great to greater.'

You’ll:

• Have full accountability for sales, profitability, customer experience, operational excellence and, most importantly, your people.
• You’ll build an environment where your team feels supported, challenged and inspired to become the very best version of themselves.
• You'll recruit exceptional talent, develop future leaders, drive commercial performance, identify new opportunities for growth and ensure every customer leaves wanting to come back.

This is a role for someone who loves retail, thrives in a fast-paced environment and gets genuine satisfaction from seeing both people and performance flourish.

About you

You're already an accomplished Store Manager or Assistant Store Manager from a either a medium or large-format retail environment, and you've built your reputation by growing both the business and the people around you.

You'll bring:

• Experience running a serious retail operation—with a sizeable team within a sizeable store as well as lots of customers and plenty of moving parts.
• A genuine feel for the numbers. You know what's driving performance, where the opportunities are hiding and when something needs attention before it becomes a problem.
• The ability to turn strong results into even stronger ones. This store is already performing exceptionally well, so your challenge is to keep building momentum rather than simply maintaining it.
• A knack for getting the best out of people. You know how to set high expectations, build capability and create a team that genuinely enjoys coming to work.
• Strong retail instincts. Stock availability, merchandising, inventory, wage control, shrinkage and customer service are simply how you operate.
• The confidence to make decisions and back yourself. You stay calm under pressure, lead change positively and know how to keep everyone moving in the same direction.
• A leadership style people naturally follow. You're visible, approachable, decisive and never afraid to roll up your sleeves alongside your team.
• Plenty of energy and ambition. You love retail, enjoy winning, celebrate success and are always looking for ways to improve both your people and your business.

If you're looking for more than just another Store Manager role— somewhere you can genuinely belong, make your mark and build a long-term career we’d love to hear from you.