Assistant Manager

Kurt Geiger; Stretford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Amazing employee discounts

Gorgeous shoes each season

Job summary

Kurt Geiger is seeking a store manager to lead a luxury fashion footwear and accessories brand. You will drive exceptional customer service, set the standard for the team, and ensure targets and brand policies are consistently met.

The role requires strong leadership, retail management experience, and a passion for fashion. You will manage payroll, rota planning, and visual standards while aiming to deliver outstanding store performance.

Qualifications

• Store management experience required.
• Experience with fashion footwear or accessories preferred.
• Ability to manage payroll budgets and staffing during peak periods.

Responsibilities

• Ensure customer service is of the highest standards at all times
• Be a role model for your team and promote service standards within your team
• Ensure all store and company sales targets, operations goals, policies and procedures are met and maintained
• Actively liaise, communicate and develop good relations with your senior leadership team
• Consistently motivate your team
• Maintain a high-performance team through effective management of productivity, individual targets, employee relations and coaching on areas of development
• Rota your team effectively and ensure optimum cover during peak trading periods
• Protect the Kurt Geiger brands and ensure all team members meet personal presentation standards
• Ensure your store maintains excellent visual presentation which is consistent with company guidelines
• Proven retail management experience and background with fashion-forward footwear or fashion brand
• Drive sales and team working to KPI's
• Be immaculately presented and representative of our luxury/fashion forward brand
• Competitive basic salary
• Gorgeous shoes each season
• Amazing employee discounts

Skills

Retail management

Team leadership

Sales KPI achievement

Visual merchandising

Customer service excellence

Job description

Carvela, deeply rooted in Italian heritage, leads the way in premium accessories with shoes and bags designed in the heart of Milan by women, for women. Each product reflects our commitment to exceptional design and comfort, with every collection thoughtfully designed. Our brand is shaped by timeless style and a design philosophy that empowers women of all ages to feel their best. Made with high-quality materials and shaped by Italian-inspired silhouettes, our collections are created to work as hard as the women who wear them.,

• Ensure customer service is of the highest standards at all times
• Be a role model for your team and promote service standards within your team
• Ensure all store and company sales targets, operations goals, policies and procedures are met and maintained
• Actively liaise, communicate and develop good relations with your senior leadership team
• Consistently motivate your team
• Maintain a high-performance team through effective management of productivity, individual targets, employee relations and coaching on areas of development
• Maintain payroll budgets, remaining reactive to trading patterns
• Rota your team effectively and ensure optimum cover during peak trading periods
• Protect the Kurt Geiger brands and ensure all team members meet personal presentation standards
• Ensure your store maintains excellent visual presentation which is consistent with company guidelines
• Previous retail management experience
• Background with a fashion-forward footwear, accessory or fashion brand
• Proven ability to drive sales and team working to KPI's
• To be immaculately presented and representative of our luxury/fashion forward brand
• Competitive basic salary
• Gorgeous shoes each season
• Amazing employee discounts
  The first Kurt Geiger store opened on London Bond street in 1963. Today, our brand has global appeal and is distributed in hundreds of cities around the world. We operate over 70 stand-alone stores nationwide, including our new flagship store on London Oxford street, and in over 400 stores globally. Beyond stand-alone stores and retail pop ups, our retail partners include some of the world's most famous department stores.