Store Manager

JD Group; Burton on the Wolds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

JD Group is seeking a Store Manager to own store performance, culture, and daily execution. You will drive leadership, coaching, and operational excellence, creating a high-energy environment where colleagues grow and customers enjoy premium in-store experiences.

You will leverage real-time insights to adapt trading plans, maintain premium standards, and deliver strong sales while developing talent for future leadership roles within the business.

Qualifications

• Experience leading retail teams in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to coach and develop colleagues with clear progression paths.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven track record of delivering strong sales and high standards.
• Proactive and solutions-driven in busy trading periods.

Responsibilities

• Lead the store through effective leadership, coaching and operational excellence.
• Support and develop colleagues to deliver exceptional customer experiences and strong commercial performance.
• Use real-time performance insights and trading trends to make quick, commercial decisions that elevate store results and maximise every opportunity.
• Maintain the company’s premium operational and visual standards - ensuring product availability, impactful presentation, and a safe, compliant environment.
• Develop and grow talent within the store, providing coaching, structured feedback, and clear progression pathways to build future leaders.
• Proven experience in retail management with the ability to lead and motivate teams in a fast-moving, high-energy environment.
• Strong leader with experience supporting, coaching and developing colleagues and driving store performance.
• Strong commercial awareness with strong capability in interpreting performance data, product trends, and customer behaviour.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, supporting strong teamwork, engagement, and professional customer interactions.
• Demonstrated success in delivering strong sales results and maintaining exceptional operational standards.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Operational excellence

Commercial awareness

Data analysis

Job description

As a Store Manager you take full ownership of your store's performance, culture, and daily execution. You play an active role in supporting and developing colleagues while maintaining high operational and commercial standards. You create a high-energy environment where colleagues develop, standards stay consistently high, and customers receive a premium in-store experience. This role is all about effective leadership, strategic commercial awareness, and the ability to support colleagues to perform at their best.,

• Lead the store through effective leadership, coaching and operational excellence
• Support and develop colleagues to deliver exceptional customer experiences and strong commercial performance.
• Use real-time performance insights and trading trends to make quick, commercial decisions that elevate store results and maximise every opportunity.
• Maintain the companies premium operational and visual standards - ensuring product availability, impactful presentation, and a safe, compliant environment.
• Develop and grow talent within the store, providing coaching, structured feedback, and clear progression pathways to build future leaders.
  Proven experience in retail management with the ability to lead and motivate teams in a fast-moving, high-energy environment.
• Strong leader with experience supporting, coaching and developing colleagues and driving store performance.
• Strong commercial awareness with strong capability in interpreting performance data, product trends, and customer behaviour.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, supporting strong teamwork, engagement, and professional customer interactions.
• Demonstrated success in delivering strong sales results and maintaining exceptional operational standards.

Desirable Attributes

• Passionate about retail, products and delivering exceptional customer experiences.
• Proactive, solutions driven leader who thrives in a fast paced, ever evolving retail environment.
• Hands on and highly visible on the shop floor, leading by example across all areas of the store.
• Resilient, adaptable, and composed during busy trading periods, product launches, and high pressure moments.