Store Manager - Ashford (MAT Cover)

Deckers Brands; Ashford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Store Manager where you will lead a passionate team dedicated to delivering exceptional customer experiences. In this role, you will develop and motivate your team, ensuring they are equipped to meet the demands of a dynamic retail environment. You will take ownership of store operations, from inventory management to achieving sales targets, while fostering a culture of trust and accountability. This position offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of retail and make a significant impact within a vibrant team. If you're ready to embrace challenges and drive results, this is the perfect role for you.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing people in a retail environment.
• Ability to exceed sales targets and manage costs effectively.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead a high-performing team that aligns with company values.
• Maintain store standards and execute visual merchandising directions.

Skills

Leadership

Customer Service

Communication

Problem Solving

Organizational Skills

Education

Experience in Retail Management

Job description

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Store Manager - Ashford (MAT Cover)

Apply locations Ashford, United Kingdom time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id 18374

About UGG

At UGG, a division Deckers Brands, we exist to transform the lives of our customers and each other by sharing our passion and love for UGG. We’re driven by a clear mission: to bring the UGG brand to life through every interaction and evolve industry ideas by delivering experiences our customers desire. As a member of the Deckers Family, you represent our brands and deliver unique, personalized shopping experiences.

Summary

Our Store Managers are integral to the success of our company. As a Store Manager, it’s your job to develop and motivate effective teams that engage our customers and strengthen business results. In this role, you develop and lead a high-performing team that aligns with the company’s values and regularly share our vision and mission with your team and customers. You take ownership of your team and work to create a culture of trust and accountability.

Description

As a manager of people, you continuously build your team through recruiting, training, development, and coaching. You maintain high training standards that facilitate your team to deliver personalized shopping experiences and promote brand loyalty. While you approach all operational and training programs with excellent organizational skills, you also know how to be agile and adapt to business needs in order to increase sales and deliver revenue goals.

As a Store Manager, you are responsible for the store’s inventory, cash, and labor. Additionally, it’s your job to execute visual merchandising directions and maintain store standards that promote brand image. As a leader of people, you continuously motivate and develop your team members to meet the short and long-term needs of the business. Further, you understand that the needs of the business extend beyond the store’s four walls, which requires that you maintain awareness of industry trends and local competitors in order to meet and anticipate customer demands.

At UGG, we exist to transform the lives of our customers and each other by sharing our passion and love for UGG. We’re driven by a clear mission: to bring the UGG brand to life through every interaction and evolve industry ideas by delivering experiences our customers’ desire.

As part of Deckers Brands, you belong to more than a lifestyle company. From our corporate offices to our retail stores across the globe, we value giving people the freedom to pursue their passions, express their individuality, and are committed to helping them succeed.

The Role

Our Store Managers are integral to the success of UGG. As a Store Manager, you will build and lead a high-performing team that aligns with the UGG’s values and vision.

In this role it you will lead your team by example, whilst support the District/Area Manager with additional responsibilities throughout your region.

Core Competencies

• Coach and develop your team to drive business results and professional growth.
• Ensure the highest level of customer service possible and prioritize brand and product knowledge training.
• Meet and exceed budgeted sales and revenue goals and monitor expenses.
• Develop store strategies that enhance customer satisfaction, expand traffic, and optimize profitability.
• Proactively cultivate awareness of your market beyond the four walls of your business, including industry trends, clienteling, and community outreach.
• Implement store administration and operations including compliance with policies and procedures.
• Manage inventory and partner with corporate stakeholders to meet the needs of your market.
• Regularly maintain a network for recruiting candidates to your store team.

Who You Are

• A natural communicator who conveys the UGG and Deckers Brands vision and mission
• You have the leadership skills needed to manage a team
• You’re well organized and proactively and efficiently coordinates your resources
• You’re a problem solver who pro-actively works through challenges

We Would Love to Hear From People With:

• Previous experience as a people manager in a Retail environment.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to convey the UGG and Deckers Brands Vision and Mission to your team and customers
• Excellent leadership skills and experience managing people in a customer-facing environment
• Demonstrated track record of exceeding sales targets and cost management for a store of comparable seasonality, volume and size
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to coordinate, people, resources, and services in order to address business goals and needs
• Problem-solving skills and ability to work through challenges.
• Ability to be agile to meet the needs of the business, especially during our busiest time of the year.

About Us

More than Just a Footwear Company

From our corporate offices to our global retail stores, there’s a curious, independent spirit that’s distinctively Deckers Brands. We’re about giving people the freedom to pursue their passions. And we’re committed to helping them succeed; to become their best selves. That’s why we’re about more than work, the 9 to 5 or daily grind. We’re about opportunity - opportunity to create, to grow and to have an impact.

As we work to become better at everything we do, how we better the world matters, too. Our products and brands are loved, no doubt about it. But the difference we make in people’s lives begins with our people, right here at Deckers Brands. We’re adventurous, spirited, unafraid of new challenges and willing to take chances. We are always ready to rally around a cause.

Put simply, we want all of our people to thrive - to reach their full potential and have fun while doing it. Because in the end, Deckers thrives when our people thrive.