Assistant Manager, Kurt Geiger, Bicester Village

Kurt Geiger; Harwell; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive basic hourly rate

Generous bonus structure

Amazing employee discounts

Fabulous shoes!

Job summary

Kurt Geiger is seeking a proactive Store Manager to lead a high-performing retail team in our Harwell store. You will drive service standards, coach colleagues, and ensure achieving store sales targets while maintaining a premium customer experience in line with the Kurt Geiger brand.

Excellent leadership, communication, and fashion insight are essential. You will work closely with head office merchandisers and HR to recruit, onboard and support the team, ensuring top presentation and KPI

Qualifications

• Previous retail management experience.
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven track record of driving sales and delivering great customer service.

Responsibilities

• Maintain service standards in store and motivate the team.
• Mentor and develop staff through coaching and training.

Skills

Retail management

Leadership

Customer service

Communication

Fashion trend knowledge

Job description

Kurt Geiger | About Us

We are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in-house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.

We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness | For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism

WE NEED YOU TO:

• Ensure service standards are consistently met in your store, through regular team motivation, training and development
• Be a mentor for your team by demonstrating service standards and leading by example
• Ensure store and company sales targets are consistently achieved by setting a monitoring these for your store and team
• Regularly monitor teams KPI’s and performance, putting plans in place for further development as and when needed alongside the store manager
• Ensure operational objectives of the store and company are upheld and maintained
• Ensure all policies and procedures are consistently maintained through high standards of compliance at all times
• Regularly update the store manager on trade and team performance
• Support your manager with recruitment and onboarding talent for your store, whilst working with the HR talent team
• Maintain a high-performance team through regular one- to-one meetings.
• Build and maintain excellent customer relationships for repeat business
• Support the store manager to maintain staff rota, remaining reactive to trading patterns, Christmas & sales
• Monitor and manage stock deliveries
• Work with head office merchandising team to ensure restock accuracy
• Coordinate store stock take and main stock accuracy standards
• Organise and execute impactful store promotions to boost overall sales for store
• Protect the Kurt Geiger brands and ensure all team members meet personal presentation standards and policies.
• Ensure your team maintains excellent visual presentation of store which is consistent with company/VM guidelines
• Keep up to date with new fashion trends
• Be an ambassador for your team and store

Requirements

• Previous retail management experience
• Strong understanding of fashion trends and brands
• Possess a strong sense of leadership
• Excellent communication skills
• Maintain the ability to stay composed during stressful situations
• Ability to create and sustain great relationships
• Experience in setting team targets and driving sales
• To be immaculately presented and representative of the brand

Benefits

• Competitive basic hourly rate
• Generous bonus structure
• Amazing employee discounts
• Fabulous shoes!

Our Stores

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.

We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness | For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism