Store Manager

Zachary Daniels; Ilkley; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous staff discount

33 days' holiday including bank hols

Ongoing training and development

Career progression opportunities

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Zachary Daniels is recruiting for a Store Manager in Skipton to lead a retail team, drive sales and deliver an outstanding customer experience. The role offers a competitive salary up to £31,000 plus bonus potential and opportunities for career progression.

You'll manage day-to-day store operations, coach staff, and ensure strong performance against KPIs while delivering excellent customer service and engaging visual merchandising.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Store Manager, Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager, Branch Manager or Retail Manager.

Responsibilities

• Leading, motivating and developing a high-performing retail team
• Driving sales, managing KPIs and delivering commercial targets
• Coaching colleagues to improve customer service and maximise sales opportunities
• Managing stock control, deliveries, replenishment and availability
• Maintaining excellent visual merchandising and store presentation
• Recruiting, onboarding and developing team members
• Overseeing daily store operations, compliance and health and safety
• Analysing sales results and implementing action plans to improve performance
• Creating a positive team culture where colleagues feel supported and motivated

Skills

Store management experience

Retail leadership

KPIs and targets

Customer service

Team coaching

Visual merchandising

Job description

Store Manager | Skipton | Lifestyle Retail | Up to £31,000 + Bonus (OTE £35,000+)

We're recruiting for a Store Manager in Skipton to lead a retail team, drive sales performance and deliver an outstanding customer experience. This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established lifestyle retailer offering a competitive salary, bonus potential and genuine opportunities for career progression. If you're commercially minded, passionate about people and enjoy making a difference on the shop floor, we'd love to hear from you.

What's in it for you?

• Salary up to £31,000, depending on experience
• Bonus potential with OTE of £35,000+
• Generous staff discount
• 33 days' holiday, including bank holidays
• Ongoing training and development
• Genuine career progression opportunities
• Additional employee benefits and wellbeing support

The Role: Store Manager

As Store Manager, you'll take ownership of the day-to-day running of the store, leading your team to achieve sales targets, improve performance and create an excellent shopping experience for every customer. You'll combine strong commercial awareness with a hands-on leadership style, ensuring high standards across customer service, visual merchandising, stock management and store operations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading, motivating and developing a high-performing retail team
• Driving sales, managing KPIs and delivering commercial targets
• Coaching colleagues to improve customer service and maximise sales opportunities
• Managing stock control, deliveries, replenishment and availability
• Maintaining excellent visual merchandising and store presentation
• Recruiting, onboarding and developing team members
• Overseeing daily store operations, compliance and health and safety
• Analysing sales results and implementing action plans to improve performance
• Creating a positive team culture where colleagues feel supported and motivated

About You

We're keen to hear from retail professionals who have the drive, confidence and commercial awareness to lead a successful store. You'll ideally have:

• Experience as a Store Manager, Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager, Branch Manager or Retail Manager
• A track record of delivering sales targets and improving retail performance
• Experience leading, coaching and developing a team
• A strong understanding of retail KPIs and commercial results
• Excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills
• A hands-on approach, with a genuine passion for customer service
• The ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced retail environment

Experience in outdoor, sports, fashion or lifestyle retail would be advantageous, but applications from other retail backgrounds are welcome.