Sales & Service Manager

Clarksoutlet; Greenhithe; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is looking for a Deputy Store Manager to support and lead the sales team in achieving commercial objectives. This role involves ensuring excellent store operation standards, effective team coaching, and utilizing insights to improve customer experiences. Ideal candidates will have strong retail management experience and be proactive in their approach.

Qualifications

• Good retail experience including management role.
• Proficient in team development and coaching.
• Good knowledge of Visual Merchandising.

Responsibilities

• Support Store Manager in managing store operations.
• Lead the sales team to achieve commercial objectives.
• Ensure a great customer experience on the sales floor.

Skills

Retail experience

Coaching skills

Effective communicator

Motivating team

Proactive organization

Commercial skills

IT proficiency

Visual merchandising

Job description

Bluewater Pkwy, Dartford, Greenhithe DA9 9ST, UK Req #925

26 May 2025

Job Overview:

Support the Store Manager to manage all aspect of the store operations and lead the sales team members to ensure commercial objectives are achieved
Deputising Store Manager absence when required.

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

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

This document describes the general nature and level of work only. It is not designed to cover an exhaustive list of all skills, activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Other activities, duties, and responsibilities may be added at any time. This description may be changed at the company’s discretion at any time, with or without notice.

• Bluewater Pkwy, Dartford, Greenhithe DA9 9ST, UK