Branch Manager

Kurt Geiger; Colchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uniform allowances

Generous bonus structure

Enviable discounts

Job summary

Kurt Geiger in the UK seeks an experienced Store Manager to lead a busy Colchester store, drive sales, maintain service standards, and oversee stock, promotions, and staff. You will mentor the team, set targets, monitor KPIs, manage rotas, and ensure brand presentation in line with VM guidelines.

You will deliver exceptional customer experiences, develop your team, and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders while upholding company policies and standards.

Qualifications

• Previous retail management experience
• Strong understanding of fashion trends and brands
• Possess a strong sense of leadership
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to stay composed during stressful situations
• Experience in setting team targets and driving sales

Responsibilities

• 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 and monitoring these for your store and team
• Regularly monitor your teams' KPIs and performance, putting plans in place for further development as and when needed
• 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
• Maintain strong relationship with senior stakeholders and area manager by providing regular update
• Recruit and onboard talent for your store, whilst working with the HR talent team
• Regularly communicate store activities with Regional Management & team
• Maintain a high-performance team through regular one- to-one meetings.
• Build and maintain excellent customer relationships for repeat business
• Manage and maintain staff rotas and meet payroll budgets, 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
• Plan, 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 store and 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
• Previous retail management experience
• Strong understanding of fashion trends and brands
• Possess a strong sense of leadership
• Excellent communication skills
• 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
• Competitive basic salary
• Generous bonus structure
• Uniform allowances
• Enviable discounts

Skills

Retail management

Team leadership

Customer service excellence

Communication skills

Job description

• 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 and monitoring these for your store and team


• Regularly monitor your teams' KPIs and performance, putting plans in place for further development as and when needed


• 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


• Maintain strong relationship with senior stakeholders and area manager by providing regular update


• Recruit and onboard talent for your store, whilst working with the HR talent team


• Regularly communicate store activities with Regional Management & team


• Maintain a high-performance team through regular one- to-one meetings.


• Build and maintain excellent customer relationships for repeat business


• Manage and maintain staff rotas and meet payroll budgets, 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


• Plan, 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 store and 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


• Previous retail management experience


• Strong understanding of fashion trends and brands


• Possess a strong sense of leadership


• Excellent communication skills


• 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


• Competitive basic salary


• Generous bonus structure


• Uniform allowances


• Enviable 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.