Retail Assistant Manager

inploi; England; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail chain is looking for an Assistant Store Manager Designate to manage and motivate a team while achieving sales targets. This full-time role offers a competitive salary of up to £31,000, along with bonuses, staff discounts, and excellent training opportunities. The position involves travel to various stores until appointed to a specific location. Ideal candidates will have prior retail management experience and a passion for customer service.

Benefits

Up to 25% bonus

30% staff discount

Up to 33 days annual leave

Excellent training and progression opportunities

Pension and life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Previous experience as Retail Supervisor, Assistant Manager, or similar roles.
• Ability to lead and motivate a team effectively.
• Strong understanding of achieving sales and profit goals.

Responsibilities

• Manage and motivate your team to meet sales targets.
• Work with Store Manager to explore sales growth opportunities.
• Ensure optimal stock range and availability.

Skills

People management

Sales targets achievement

Customer service excellence

Retail experience

Job description

Overview

Location: 39/41 Queensway, Stevenage, Herefordshire SG1 1DN

Designation: Designate Role – willing to travel to a variety of stores within a 1-hour radius of your base location until appointed into a store

Hours per Week: 39 hours

Shift pattern: Full-time - flexible shift patterns across mornings, afternoons, evenings and weekends, to be discussed further at interview.

Salary: Up to £31,000 per annum

Why Superdrug?

• Are you someone who enjoys inspiring others in your team?
• Do you enjoy seeing them deliver great customer service?
• Are you someone with a good head for business who also knows how to have fun?

The Role

Our Assistant Store Manager Designates go beyond just great people management. Their expertise enables us to reach targets and stay competitive. With your passion for products, retail and customers, alongside the pride you take for everyone who works with you, it will be visible for all to see the success you and your team achieve. The team gain expert knowledge from your coaching and share this with our customers which increasing our sales & profits. You will work alongside your Store Manager to lead your team to beat sales and service targets. You will work together to identify and explore opportunities to grow sales, ensure optimum stock range and availability, whilst maintaining strict cost and stock control.

If you like the sound of this, can see yourself managing and motivating others, then this job is for you...

About you

• You love watching others succeed in their careers.
• You thrive when trusted to hit key performance indicators and achieve sales & profit goals, whilst you appreciate the importance of customer service.
• Your previous retail experience, in roles such as a Retail Supervisor, Assistant Manager or similar, brings us fresh thinking.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive Salary up to £31,000 per annum
• Up to 25% Bonus of your salary
• 30% Staff Discount
• Up to 33 days Annual Leave
• Competitions throughout the year to win a week’s wages during seasonal events, team nights out and much more
• Excellent training and Internal progression opportunities - Superdrug Store Managers are extremely important to us, we recognise that you are our future Area Managers
• Pension & Life assurance
• Reward & recognition scheme and long service awards
• Employee assistance programme with Retail Trust
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support

What is a designate role?

In these roles you support us by being willing to travel to a variety of stores locally around your base location based on demand. Think of the exposure you will get and day to day variety! You won’t travel forever; we want these roles to help support future hiring needs and soon you will be ready to jump into a specific store and progress within the business.

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