Retail Training & Performance Manager

Rapha; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the retail apparel industry is seeking a Retail Training & Performance Manager. This mid-senior level role focuses on developing training structures for retail teams, ensuring performance capability across global clubhouses. Ideal candidates will have significant retail training experience, strong people leadership skills, and the ability to foster an engaging learning environment.

Benefits

Flexible remote working

Free barista coffee and social drinks

Monthly social events and away days

50% apparel discount

Annual clothing allowance

Free membership to the Rapha Cycling Club

Company Pension Scheme

Enhanced Parental Leave and Pay

Qualifications

• Significant experience in retail training across leadership, behaviour & skills.
• Proven track record of delivering impactful training that meets/exceeds KPI's.
• Strong people leadership, managing and inspiring high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Create and deliver leadership, product, service and retail capability training.
• Assess and respond to retail capability gaps and opportunities.
• Consult and collaborate with stakeholders to maximize training engagement.

Skills

Retail training

Leadership

Coaching

Communication

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The Retail Training and Performance Manager is primarily responsible for building performance capability and confidence across our global clubhouse network. The position will focus on creating & executing a training structure to deliver skills to our retail teams to meet Rapha’s global retail strategy and both current and future business requirements.

In this role, you will be responsible for the creation & delivery of leadership, product, service and retail capability training across the Clubhouse network. You will assess and respond to retail capability gaps, requests and opportunities by proactively applying training methodologies across the globe to maximise knowledge, service and retention; this includes ensuring that retail on-boarding and training programmes are effective from design, development, implementation and evaluation for new and existing retail employees. You set the tone & north star of Rapha culture & radiate our values.

THE ROLE

• Consult and collaborate with key stakeholders to develop & roll out our Clubhouse onboarding, training & performance programme to maximise engagement, retention, and adoption across our Regional Managers and Clubhouse teams
• Create and oversee the development of regional ‘Train the Trainer’ programme to provide in region skills & expertise for local support
• Create and facilitate new store opening training, providing hands on support to new leaders & teams
• Conduct training needs assessments for retail staff regionally, including supporting, analysing and developing learning activities for specific teams and regions
• Ensure training & performance material remains in line with business strategy & new initiatives adapting & flexing where needed e.g. Omnichannel
• In partnership with the People & Culture team ensure that retail behavioural, leadership & skill based training programs align with the wider P&C business strategy
• Oversee the engagement of regional training to ensure training strategies are delivered to a high standard
• Partner with the P&C and Digital/Tech teams in the development of learning content & platform alignment for training content
• Plan, manage & execute new store opening onboarding & training, working closely with Retail Ops, P&C and new store opening team
• Ensure that all training is applicable / translated to our global clubhouse network; in terms of culture, translation or local practices
• Maintain an indepth understanding of Clubhouse operations, commercial & community to ensure training fulfils & supports needs of global Clubhouse network to enable a best in class service & community proposition
• Provide coaching & support to Clubhouse teams, GM’s & RM’s where required

ABOUT YOU

• Candidates may possess the following skills. We're open to a wide variety of backgrounds and skill sets which may fulfill the requirements in a similar way.
• Significant experience in retail training across leadership, behaviour & skills
• You have a proven track record of creating and/or delivering impactful and engaging training that meets and/or exceeds KPI’s
• You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions
• Approach training with an inclusion lens & aware of how to train to different learning styles
• Strong people leadership, with demonstrable experience managing and developing, inspiring and motivating high-performing teams and individuals
• Strong coaching and feedback skills
• Working knowledge of blended learning methodologies
• Hands-on, practical problem solving and process improvement skills
• Able to promote change and creative improvement, adapting new approaches to learning and training
• Strategic mind-set and a longer-term view of workforce planning and future training needs across different countries and regions
• An ability to build good rapport with key cross functional teams
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Ideally have retail training experience across multiple territories

Working at Rapha

We are continuously looking into ways to invest in our employees and build a better working culture and environment. Here are just some of the internal benefits we offer.

• Support ad-hoc remote working during the week - Minimum 4 days in office
• Free barista coffee and social drinks in the office
• Monthly department social events and quarterly office social away days
• We offer a flexible riding benefit to allow you to go out riding on a Wednesday morning with colleagues or learn to cycle to cycling through our Getting Started Scheme.
• We offer all our employees a 50% apparel discount and a discount for family and friends
• An annual clothing allowance
• Free membership to the Rapha Cycling Club
• Company Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Parental Leave and Pay

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Training

• Industries

  Retail Apparel and Fashion

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