Store Manager Newbie Bracknell UK/ 7/5/2025

KappAhl Group; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company specializing in children's clothing is seeking a passionate and organized Store Manager for their new store in Bracknell. The role involves leading a team, maintaining store aesthetics, and ensuring exceptional customer service. Ideal candidates will have experience in retail leadership, strong sales acumen, and a positive, flexible attitude towards challenges.

Qualifications

• Experience in a leading role in retail, preferably in fashion.
• Knowledge of local marketing, social media, and events is meritorious.
• Aged 18 or older.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for achieving sales goals and overall store functions.
• Lead scheduling, recruitment, and training of staff.
• Ensure store aesthetics and customer experience are top-notch.

Skills

Leadership

Sales

Visual Merchandising

Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

Post-secondary education in commerce, economics or leadership

Job description

Are you an outgoing, meticulous, and organised person who is passionate about sales? Do you want to lead and inspire a team of sellers and create an inspiring environment and unique shopping experiences for our customers? Maybe you are the person we are looking for, for the position as Store Manager for our new store due to open in mid July 2025!

At Newbie we sell more than just children's clothes, we sell a dream and make memories. As a selling store manager in one of our stores, you make sure that a visit to us feels uplifting and inspiring. A magical and romantic place where your customers like to return time and time again. You are clear in your communication with employees and a given leader who supports your employees through coaching and feedback. We are looking for you who have previous experience of a leading role in retail, preferably in the fashion industry. Post-secondary education in commerce, economics or leadership is a strong merit.

You also need to have a sense of interior design/visual merchandising and organisation, and help ensure that the store, storefronts, and garments are always in perfect condition. At Newbie, it's the details that count.

As a store manager at Newbie, you are responsible for ensuring that the store is run in the best way and achieves sales goals. You have a sales role and overall responsibility for all the store's functions, including staff responsibility. Scheduling, recruitment, planning and leading changes in work routines according to our framework for chain operation are included in the tasks.

The position is for Store Manager on a permanent contract for 40 h/week

Location is at The Avenue, Lexicon Shopping Centre, Bracknell

Starting mid/end of June 2025

Who are you?

• Social, outgoing, and driven by leading others to joint development
• You are positive, energetic and see solutions rather than problems
• Puts the team before the self and strives for the good of all
• Passionate about sales and service and want to give the customer the best shopping experience
• Loves to work in a team, lead and collaborate with others to reach goals
• Detail-oriented and high standards are paramount, has a sense of aesthetics/visual merchandising and interior design as well as good organisational skills
• Previous experience as a leader in retail
• Has commercial acumen and knowledge of sales KPI's
• Can delegate, train and coach with succession planning in mind
• You are at the age of 18 or older
  
• Knowledge of local marketing, events, social media awareness and influencer understanding is meritorious
  

To be able to follow our development journey, we are looking for you who are flexible, can easily change focus and re prioritise. No two days are the same, and if you, like us, love challenges and working at a high pace, it is you we are looking for!