Sales & Service Lead — Store Operations & Coaching

Clarksoutlet; West Wickham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarksoutlet is seeking a capable Deputy Store Manager to support the Store Manager and lead the sales team to meet commercial targets while delivering an excellent customer experience. You will deputise in the Store Manager's absence and drive store operations, VM standards and staff development.

You'll use your retail experience to coach, motivate and organise the team, ensuring CSAT is monitored and sales targets are achieved, with a hands-on approach to daily priorities in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Good retail experience including in a management role, leading a team.
• Strong coaching skills.
• Effective communicator who can provide clarity to individuals or team on what is required of them and why.
• Ability to inspire and motivate a store team through injecting pride, passion and energy to create a positive working environment.
• Proficient in supporting with people processes and team development.
• Good experience in delivering and exceeding sales and targets.
• Proactive with good organisation skills to initiate completion of tasks without direction or supervision.
• Good commercial skills.
• IT proficient with the ability to use a range of systems to manage in store activity.
• Good knowledge of and experience in Visual Merchandising.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate excellent selling behaviours, being a role model to the sales team to consistently deliver personal key performance indicators
• Support the Store Manager to engage, coach and develop the team to ensure the store delivers its sales targets and associated key performance indicators.
• Oversee the sales floor, demonstrating excellent Floor Control skills to ensure the store is great place to shop.
• Consistently review and utilise store CSAT insight to identify actions to improve the customer experience and store operations
• Support in the delivery of store operations and Visual Merchandising principles to deliver best practice retail standards and create the required shopping experience
• Continually upskill in knowledge of our products to be a product expert, role modelling and educating the team to utilise product knowledge to drive sales
• Organise and prioritise required tasks to ensure business needs are met whilst protecting sales and service in store
• Provide regular feedback to the team to motivate and engage to improve performance where required.
• Support the Store Manager with managing people issues as they occur to avoid escalation into more complex issues
• Build capability and understanding to effectively manage all aspects of the store in the absence of the store manager

Skills

Retail management

Coaching

Communication

Motivation

People development

Sales targets

Organisation

IT systems

Visual Merchandising

Job description

Clarksoutlet is seeking a capable Deputy Store Manager to support the Store Manager and lead the sales team to meet commercial targets while delivering an excellent customer experience. You will deputise in the Store Manager's absence and drive store operations, VM standards and staff development.

You'll use your retail experience to coach, motivate and organise the team, ensuring CSAT is monitored and sales targets are achieved, with a hands-on approach to daily priorities in a fast-paced