Store Manager

Assembly Label; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Assembly Label seeks a Retail Business Manager for Smith Street Surplus. You will lead a team, drive sales, maintain brand standards and foster a positive store culture while delivering outstanding guest experiences.

This full-time role requires flexibility across weekdays and weekends, supporting the brand’s simplicity and connection in a fast-paced retail environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a retail team as Store Manager.
• Ability to drive sales and achieve targets.
• Comfort representing the brand in a calm, thoughtful manner.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales to deliver weekly/monthly/annual sales and margin targets.
• Provide high level customer service to ensure brand loyalty.
• Uphold retail standards and lead by example.
• Collaborate with National Retail Manager, State Manager and other RBMs to ensure data integrity and loss prevention.
• Provide training and development for staff and foster a positive store culture.
• Nurture relationships with other departments and stakeholders.
• Maintain presentation standards across the store.
• Engage with Operations and Design to understand product range.

Skills

Leadership

Customer service

Commercial awareness

Brand representation

Team development

Job description

Retail Business Manager – Smith Street Surplus

Your Role

We are searching for an experienced Retail Business Manager (Store Manager) to lead our Smith Street Surplus.

As a key brand ambassador, you’ll bring the Assembly Label experience to life through thoughtful leadership, calm intention, and a focus on both commercial and cultural outcomes. You’ll guide your team to deliver meaningful guest connections, uphold operational excellence, and create a space that embodies our brand’s simplicity and ease.

This is a full-time leadership role, requiring flexibility across weekdays, weekends and key retail trade periods.

Our Brand Story

At Assembly Label, we create timeless design for a considered way of living.
Rooted in the Australian coastal lifestyle, our collections reflect ease, quality and connection.
We believe in clarity over clutter and in doing less, but better, from the way we design to the way we serve our guests.

We are a community of individuals who are Hungry, Humble and Smart, connected by a shared purpose and a belief in creating meaningful experiences, every day.

What You’ll Bring

You are thoughtful, people-focused and strategic in your approach to leadership. You’re energised by connection and bring calm confidence to your team and store.

You are:

• Hungry – You pursue excellence with intent. You act with discipline, uphold brand standards, and take pride in finishing what you start.
• Humble – You stay grounded, lead with respect and inclusivity, and elevate those around you. You put the guest and the brand first.
• Smart – You stay fully present, take ownership, and approach challenges with curiosity and accountability. You make thoughtful decisions that support both people and performance.

Key Responsibilities

Driving sales to deliver weekly/monthly/annual sales and margin targets.

Constantly delivering a high level of customer service to ensure brand loyalty and repeat business.

Upholding Assembly Label's retail operational standards and procedures while leading your team by an exemplary personal standard.

Working alongside the National Retail Manager, State Manager and Retail Business Managers to ensure the store's data integrity and loss prevention strategies are executed in line with business targets.

Provide consistent training and development for all staff while creating a positive and engaging store culture.

Nurture internal relationships with other departments and stakeholders of the business.

Maintaining the highest level of personal and store presentation standards.

Seasonally engage with the Operations and Design teams ensuring a well-defined understanding of the product range in store.

Why Join Us

A calm, inclusive, and values-led workplace

Opportunities for career growth and leadership development

Generous staff and family discounts across all product ranges

Gifted quarterly uniform spend

Ongoing brand, leadership and product training

Be part of a brand built on purpose, connection and clarity