Assistant Manager

Bensons for Beds; Brighton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Bensons for Beds is looking for an Assistant Store Manager in Brighton. You will lead a team, drive store performance, and ensure excellent customer service. With a competitive salary and uncapped commission, this role offers opportunities for career growth and development.

Benefits

Medicash cashback options

BUPA Private Healthcare

Employee discounts on products

Gym membership

Cycle to Work scheme

Annual leave buy & sell scheme

Enhanced maternity and adoption leave

Learning and development programmes

Qualifications

• Experience in a leadership role, preferably in retail.
• Strong commitment to customer service excellence.
• Ability to motivate and lead a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the store team to achieve performance targets.
• Engage with customers to enhance their shopping experience.
• Support the Store Manager in daily operations and training.

Skills

Leadership

Customer Service

Team Motivation

Job description

Job Description

Hours: 40

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £26,500 with on target earnings of £35,000 (the amount you’ll potentially earn with your commission)

Location: Brighton

If you ask anyone who works for Bensons what they love most about working here, it’s the people! We want all our colleagues to feel like they’re getting out of the right side of the bed in the morning, and we want you to help inspire them to do just that.

As an Assistant Store Manager in our Brighton Store, we want your product knowledge and ability to engage with customers and your team to drive your store’s performance. You’ll be on the shop floor helping our customers find sleep wellness with the right sleep products, and supporting the team in store by being a role model for our consultants. This means that our unique sleepPRO technology won’t be the only thing ensuring both customers and colleagues get the best night’s sleep! We’ll provide full training for the job and for supporting your Store Manager because we believe in setting you up for success.

If this is your first step into leadership, or the next move in your management career, we’ll support you with ongoing training to help you build your dream career.

We want our stores to be places our teams can be proud of and where we can showcase our products. You’ll lead your team to get involved, move stock around, and maintain standards that create the best sleeping experiences!

Our customers are in when they’re free to shop, so the role involves evenings, weekends, and bank holidays. This is also an opportunity to benefit from our fantastic, uncapped commission structure, so being available to take these opportunities is essential while maintaining a good work/life balance.

What we’re looking for:

We’re seeking someone who can lead and motivate a team to bring out their best, embedding our values of being devoted, driven, and daring!

You should be committed to delivering excellent customer service, ensuring our customers have outstanding store experiences. You’ll challenge yourself and your team to be adaptable, and to identify and capitalize on strengths to make your store successful.

The benefits (our cool side of the pillow):

We know you’ll work hard to drive your store’s performance, so beyond your base salary and OTE, there’s no upper earning limit. There’s also monthly store bonus potential when your store hits targets! Additionally, we offer:

• Health and Wellbeing: Medicash cashback options for health and wellbeing services, access to Retail Trust support services, BUPA Private Healthcare

• Financial: Unum Income Protection for long-term illness, pension scheme via Legal & General

• Discounts: Employee discounts on Bensons products, gym membership, Cycle to Work scheme

• Leave: Annual leave buy & sell scheme, enhanced maternity and adoption leave (qualifying periods apply)

• Your Career: Learning and development programmes, internal opportunities to progress within Bensons for Beds

(*qualifying periods apply)

What motivates us:

We put Sleep Wellness at the heart of everything we do. With over 100 years of experience sourcing quality beds, frames, and mattresses, Bensons understands how to design the perfect sleep experience. With 180+ locations and around 1800 colleagues, and under new ownership by Alteri Investors, we have an ambitious 3-year growth plan to achieve our mission.

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