Assistant Manager

Zachary Daniels Recruitment; Chalvey; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Daniels Recruitment is recruiting for an Assistant Manager in Slough. The role focuses on driving turnover and revenues for a high-volume retail store, with responsibility for a strong team and leadership on the shop floor.

You will report to Store Management, manage day-to-day department operations, and aim to meet financial KPIs including wages, wastage, and shrinkage while maintaining exceptional customer service and standards.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Strong on shop floor operations and leadership.
• Excellent communication and customer service orientation.

Responsibilities

• Managing the day to day running of a department.
• Acting as Duty Manager for the entire store in the absence of Store Management.
• Assisting Store Management in achieving company KPI's.
• Ensuring your team delivers exceptional customer service.
• Delivering exemplary standards in store presentation, stock control, shrinkage and administration compliance.
• Complying with all Health & Safety policies and legislation
• Use management information to make strategic business decisions

Skills

Retail experience

Operational leadership

Planning

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Customer service orientation

Motivation

Ambition

Self-starter

Job description

Assistant Manager | Slough | Up to £36,000

RAPIDLY EXPANDING and the MARKET LEADER in their retail sector! If you thrive on pace, people, processes and passion, then drive your career forward with this rapidly growing retail business.

Our client is a high-profile volume retail store, renowned for value-for-money and excellent customer service. Our client is very much on an upward trajectory, having undergone an impressive new store opening programme over the last few years. Our client is looking for future Store Managers.

As an Assistant Manager reporting to the Store Manager and responsible for a strong team, you'll be tasked with driving forward both turnover and revenues from the store based on lean principles. Keeping a close focus on financial KPIs, including wages, wastage and shrinkage will form a key element of the role, together with non-financials such as customer service/feedback, internal audit and standards and compliance.

Assistant Manager Responsibilities

• Managing the day to day running of a department
• Acting as Duty Manager for the entire store in the absence of Store Management
• Assisting Store Management in achieving company KPI's
• Ensuring your team delivers exceptional customer service
• Delivering exemplary standards in store presentation, stock control, shrinkage and administration compliance
• Complying with all Health & Safety policies and legislation
• Use management information to make strategic business decisions

The ideal Assistant Manager candidate

• Have a proven track record in a fast paced retail environment.
• Enjoy being on the shop floor- No sitting in the office for you!
• Be able to demonstrate a high level of operational, leadership, planning, organisational, interpersonal and communication skills
• Be target driven and customer service orientated
• Be highly motivated and ambitious
• Be a self starter with a can do attitude

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