Retail Assistant Manager Designate

Superdrug Stores; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Assistant Store Manager Designate to inspire and lead a team in delivering exceptional customer service while achieving sales goals. This role offers the opportunity to travel to various stores, gaining valuable experience and exposure within the retail sector. With a competitive salary and generous bonuses, you will play a crucial role in coaching your team to success and driving the business forward. If you are passionate about retail and enjoy motivating others, this position could be your next exciting challenge in a supportive and rewarding environment.

Benefits

Up to 25% Bonus

30% Staff Discount

Up to 33 days Annual Leave

Excellent training and Internal progression

Pension & Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Experience in retail management and achieving sales targets.
• Ability to inspire and coach team members for success.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate a team to achieve sales and service targets.
• Identify opportunities to grow sales and manage stock levels.

Skills

People Management

Customer Service

Sales Management

Retail Experience

Education

Retail Management Experience

Job description

Location: Designate Role – willing to travel to a variety of stores within a 1-hour radius of your base location until appointed into a store. This role will cover stores such as Ripon, Wetherby, Harrogate, Northallerton, and Darlington.
Hours per Week: 39 hours
Shift pattern: Full-time - flexible shift patterns across mornings, afternoons, evenings, and weekends, will be discussed further at interview.
Salary: Up to £28,700 per annum

Why Superdrug?

• Are you someone who enjoys inspiring others in your team?
• Do you enjoy seeing them deliver great customer service?
• And 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 gains expert knowledge from your coaching and shares this with our customers, which increases 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 £28,700 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 recognize 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.