Retail Fashion Manager - Hartlepool

Tesco UK; Tees Valley; Presencial; GBP 28.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Tesco is seeking a capable F&F Retail Fashion Manager to lead the clothing department in-store. You will drive visual merchandising, trade events and weekly promos while managing a dedicated team.

Your role includes stock control, floor management and upholding brand standards to deliver exceptional customer experiences. You will foster leadership, coach staff, analyse sales data and collaborate with store teams to meet targets while ensuring safety and compliant operations.

Formación

• Experience in clothing retail or fashion environments is required or highly desirable.
• Strong visual merchandising standards and ability to translate brand guidelines into in-store displays.
• Keen eye for detail and accuracy in stock, pricing and presentation.
• Develop a commercial mindset with ability to maximise profitability and sales.
• Proven leadership skills with ability to coach and motivate a team.
• Results-driven and customer-focused with a track record of meeting targets.

Responsabilidades

• Recruit and train team members for the F&F department to deliver excellent service and sales.
• Coach and develop staff to be product and brand ambassadors and to uphold standards.
• Lead trade activity, manage weekly sales and day-to-day store operations.
• Ensure safety, compliance and legal trading across the department.
• Schedule and allocate shifts, manage stock flow from backroom to floor.
• Oversee end-to-end F&F clothing operations, visual displays and stock accuracy.
• Analyze product performance and sales data to refine merchandising and promotions.
• Maintain strong relationships with store colleagues, other departments and area management.

Conocimientos

Clothing experience

Visual merchandising

Attention to detail

Commercial mindset

Leadership

Sales-driven

Descripción del empleo

AsF&Fretailfashionmanager,youwillideallyhavefashionexperienceincluding visual

merchandising,customerserviceandteammanagementskills.Youwillhaveaneyefor detailensuringyour department isupholding tothe highest operational standards for our customers. You will be familiar with the fast-pacedenvironment ofclothing retail and can deliver results under pressure.

As F&F retail fashion manager, you will take a lead role in driving the F&F clothing business forward in your store and be responsible for launching trade events, weekly sales, as well as a team of dedicated colleagues and managing day to day operations.

• Recruiting and training the best people for your team, ensuring they have the capability to deliver above and beyond in their role by developing their operational and leadership skills
• Coachyourteamtobepassionateandknowledgeableabouttheproductsin your store,building itsbrand and providing customers with the right range,qualityand service to ensure they keep coming back
• Leadyourteamin thedriving oftradeactivityanduseyourexpertiseandknowledgeto growsalesand maximiseprofit
• Thesafetyofyour colleaguesis yourtoppriority,andyou ensureyourstoreis alwaystradinglegallyby coaching the team to use all security tools availableto provide a safer place to work
• ManagecolleagueschedulesonF&Fclothing departmentensuringtheright peoplearein theright place accordance to our F&F operatingmodel and trade plan, within agreed hours
• Overseetheend-to-endF&Fclothingoperation,managingthestockfrom backdoortoshopfloor
• Managing and motivating the team deliver on key metrics to support the operation including RFID routines, availability, delivery schedules and stock routines
• Making sure F&F clothing department is always clean, tidy and well-presented and merchandised to the F&F clothing principles and standards
• You will be an F&F brand ambassador - executing commercial strategies and maintaining store displays that consistently align with brand identity
• Being the F&F brand and clothing expert and championing F&F in store, delivering the practical actions to make improvements where necessary by conducting a daily floor walk outlining the tasks to be completed for the day by the team
• Analysing product performance and sales data to refine visual merchandising strategies and optimise promotional initiatives ensuring profitability is maximised and sales targets are regularly reached, if not overachieved
• Complete market research, analysing trends, competitor activity, and consumer behaviour (including social media and F&F online)
• Have a commercial mind-set, knowing your customers and local community, to advertise and regularly change lead ins to entice customers onto the F&F department and adapt product placement to respond effectively to changing market conditions
• Curate visual impactful merchandising displays and a welcoming store atmosphere in line with the visual merchandising guidelines set out in your VM guide adapting your store layouts to reflect local customer profile
• Building strong relationships with your team (including colleagues who work on F&F clothing overnight), the wider store team and your home and clothing area manager, including providing feedback and sharing future opportunities

Youwill needto be:

• You are a great communicator who will share knowledge, experience and best practices, you understand the importance of what you do and work collaboratively with your team to deliver results

• You arenaturalandwelcomingwithcustomers,puttingthemattheheartofwhateveryou.You takethe timeto listen and understand others, building strong relationshipswith your colleaguesand customers
• You use your energy and resilience to keep momentum going when working in challenging environments. You ownthedecisionmakingfor thestore,andcanactquickly,makingdecisionsbasedon whatisright for customers and colleagues
• You haveenergyanddrive todeliverbeyondexpectation.You dotheright thing whethereverythingis going well or times are tough, and know how to consistently be at your best, you inspire confidence in those around you
• You areawareofwhatour competitorsaredoing,withawell-developedcommercialmindsetandyou are always looking for ways to build and deliver new initiativesto help improve our store for customers
• You have attention to detail and a creative flair, drawing on experience to deliver impeccable visual merchandising standards, inspiring and coaching your team to develop their skills in these areas

• You are highly organised and have great time management skills, with the ability to prioritise workload and delegate tasks accordingly

Criticalskills:

• Clothingexperienceessential
• Impeccablevisualmerchandisingstandards
• Attentiontodetailandacreativeflair
• Well-developed commercial mindset
• Effectiveleadershipwiththeabilitytomotivateothers
• Results driven and sales oriented

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