Supervisor

Coach Stores Limited; Ashford; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive work environment

Internal mobility & career progression

Volunteer day per year

Ambassador Programme

Regular social events

Employee discount

Incentive programme

Job summary

Coach is seeking a Brand Ambassador to energize the sales floor, drive sales targets, and deliver an exceptional customer experience. You will embody Coach values, lead store initiatives, and foster a collaborative, inclusive team environment.

With 1+ years in a lead retail role, you will support recruitment, staff development, and performance feedback while maintaining strong brand standards and a focus on customer satisfaction across all store activities.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of equivalent experience in Managing Competitive Retail Space at the Lead Supervisor level
• Ability to bend, reach, stretch and lift at least 25 pounds; may lift up to 50 pounds

Responsibilities

• Maintains leadership on the sales floor to achieve sales targets and deliver exceptional customer experiences.
• Leads implementation of Company initiatives and supports full operation of the business.
• Supports recruitment, interviewing, performance evaluation, training as needed, and holds team accountable.
• Fosters an inclusive, collaborative environment and promotes a positive customer experience.
• Develops a customer-centric culture with clienteling strategies to build long-term relationships.
• Champions company resources to support a healthy work environment for internal and district teams.

Skills

Retail leadership

Sales targets

Customer service

Job description

Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941. Inspired by the vision of Creative Director Stuart Vevers and the inclusive and courageous spirit of our hometown, we make beautiful things, crafted to last—for you to be yourself in. Coach is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible. Our company name Tapestry, represents the diversity of our brands and the diversity of our people. We know that having a diverse range of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences makes us more innovative and successful and it brings us closer to our consumer. Our goal is to create a culture that is equitable, inclusive and diverse - where all of our employees, customers and stakeholders thrive. Visit Our People page to learn more about Tapestry's commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity.

Brand Ambassador

• Maintains strong leadership presence on the sales floor to achieve sales targets and deliver an exceptional customer experience
• Serves as a Brand Ambassador embodying of Coach values and increasing brand awareness
• Leads implementation of Company initiatives and support full operation of the business
• Maintain a growth mindset for business and personal development initiatives

Create Winning Teams/Drive results

• Establishes trust, maintains integrity, and supports an environment of collaboration within store and throughout the organization to promote a fair, positive experience, and an inclusive culture amongst the team
• Monitor and analyze sales data, identify trends, and make recommendations to enhance store performance and implement individualized team development to increase overall customer experience
• Exemplifies strong business acumen and executes forward-planned strategies to achieve leaderships initiatives surrounding store goals / KPIs
• Supports the store with recruiting, interviewing, performance evaluation, high-level training as needed
• Provides necessary feedback and guidance geared to improve individual performance on all levels; holds team accountable for achieving individual and business goals
• Adheres to and enforces team compliance of Company policies and procedures in addition to store operational procedures

Customer Focused (internal and external)

• Assists in executing innovative strategies for exceptional customer experiences for both internal and external partners
• Create a customer-centric Culture that prioritizes customer satisfaction and mentor team on clienteling strategy to build long-term customer relationships to meet business goals
• Provides HR and conflict resolution support to team and in district in absence of leadership team
• Champions the company resources to support a healthy work environment for internals customer

Qualifications & Requirements

• 1+ years of equivalent experience in Managing Competitive Retail Space at the Lead Supervisor level
• Can bend, reach, stretch as well as lift, carry and move at least 25 pounds and, at times, lift and carry product, cartons, props or fixtures up to 50 pounds

What Coach can offer you:

• An inclusive, innovative, and fun working environment
• Internal mobility & career progression
• 1 paid volunteering day per year and opportunities to volunteer with global projects.
• Learning & development opportunities with our Ambassador Programme
• Regular social events
• Equity Inclusion & Diversity initiatives which include employee resource groups & regional inclusion councils.
• Attractive employee discount
• Compelling incentive programme

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

Tapestry is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. Visit Tapestry, Inc. Base Pay Range: £31,200.00 - £34,000.00 The salary range shown represents the full-time equivalent base pay for this position at the time of posting, in line with the EU Pay Transparency Directive. For part-time roles, the salary will be pro-rated based on contracted hours. Actual compensation will be determined using objective, job-related criteria.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people.

Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.

At Tapestry, we bring together the iconic brands of Coach and Kate Spade New York—uniting bold ideas, diverse voices, and boundless creativity to stretch what’s possible.

Driven by dreamers and makers, we turn passion into progress.

By embracing differences and pushing boundaries, we create with purpose, uplift one another, and shape a more inclusive, sustainable future—together.

Our Brands Spark Personal and Emotional Connections Our brands go beyond products—they inspire confidence, encourage self-expression, and build lasting emotional connections with consumers. Through constant innovation and deep customer insight, we anticipate where shoppers are headed and adapt to meet them with personalized, seamless experiences. Our digitally powered, unified shopping journey allows our brands to become part of people’s lives—meeting them when, where, and how they choose to shop.