Assistant Manager

CLARK'S; Newbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarks is seeking a Sales & Service Manager to support the Store Manager in running day-to-day store operations and lead the sales team to meet commercial goals. You will deputise in the Store Manager's absence and coach the team to deliver strong performance.

As a hands-on leader, you will ensure the store delivers its sales targets, maintains excellent customer experience, and upholds Visual Merchandising standards. Clarks values heritage, training, and career progression.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing retail teams and achieving targets.
• Strong coaching and development skills.
• Clear communicator who can guide individuals and teams.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate excellent selling behaviours and model top performance.
• Support Store Manager to engage and develop the team to hit sales targets.
• Oversee the sales floor with strong floor-control to maintain a great shopping environment.
• Review CSAT insights to improve customer experience and store operations.
• Support store operations and Visual Merchandising to uphold standards.
• Upskill product knowledge to drive sales as a product expert.
• Organise tasks to meet business needs while protecting sales and service.
• Provide regular feedback to motivate the team and boost performance.

Skills

Retail management

Team leadership

Coaching

Communication

Organisational skills

Visual Merchandising

Sales targets

IT literacy

Tools

POS systems

Merchandising software

Job description

Sales & Service Manager

About the Role

Support the Store Manager to manage all aspect of the store operations and lead the sales team members to ensure commercial objectives are achieved

Deputising Store Manager absence when required.

What you'll do

• Demonstrate excellent selling behaviours, being a role model to the sales team to consistently deliver personal key performance indicators
• Support the Store Manager to engage, coach and develop the team to ensure the store delivers its sales targets and associated key performance indicators.
• Oversee the sales floor, demonstrating excellent Floor Control skills to ensure the store is great place to shop.
• Consistently review and utilise store CSAT insight to identify actions to improve the customer experience and store operations
• Support in the delivery of store operations and Visual Merchandising principles to deliver best practice retail standards and create the required shopping experience
• Continually upskill in knowledge of our products to be a product expert, role modelling and educating the team to utilise product knowledge to drive sales
• Organise and prioritise required tasks to ensure business needs are met whilst protecting sales and service in store
• Provide regular feedback to the team to motivate and engage to improve performance where required.
• Support the Store Manager with managing people issues as they occur to avoid escalation into more complex issues
• Build capability and understanding to effectively manage all aspects of the store in the absence of the store manager

What we're looking for

You're a confident, hands-on leader with proven retail management experience and a track record of achieving targets. You know how to motivate a team, communicate clearly, and make sound commercial decisions. You're organised, adaptable, and able to balance delivering results with creating a welcoming environment for customers and colleagues alike.

You'll bring

• Good retail experience including in a management role, leading a team
• Strong coaching skills
• Effective communicator who can provide clarity to individuals or team on what is required of them and why
• Ability to inspire and motivate a store team through injecting pride, passion and energy to create a positive working environment.
• Proficient in supporting with people processes and team development
• Good experience in delivering and exceeding sales and targets
• Proactive with good organisation skills to initiate completion of tasks without direction or supervision
• Good commercial skills
• IT proficient with the ability to use a range of systems to manage in store activity
• Good knowledge of and experience in Visual Merchandising

About Clarks

Two brothers, a small town, and shoes that changed the world. Based in Somerset, England, Clarks has redefined shoemaking since its foundation in 1825, when James and Cyrus Clark made a slipper from sheepskin off-cuts and forever transformed the future of footwear.

Sparking revolutions and defining generations, our archive of over 25,000 shoes includes the inimitable Clarks Desert Boot™ and Clarks Wallabee™. And every pair we design today uses the same ground-breaking combination of invention and craftsmanship that started it all.

Progress is woven into our DNA. Whether we’re pioneering cutting-edge comfort technologies, championing social change, or working on trailblazing collaborations with cultural icons and KOLs, we’re always striding forward.

Join us in 2025 as we celebrate 200 years of giving people the freedom to move comfortably, proudly commemorating our legacy of craft, innovation, and impact – and looking boldly ahead, too.

Why join us?

At Clarks, you'll be part of a brand with heritage, craftsmanship, and style at its core. We offer great training, career progression, and the chance to make your mark in a global business.

This document describes the general nature and level of work only. It is not designed to cover an exhaustive list of all skills, activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Other activities, duties, and responsibilities may be added at any time. This description may be changed at the company’s discretion at any time, with or without notice.