Assistant Manager

Frasers Group; Sligo; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly bonus

Quarterly bonus

Pension scheme

Health insurance discount

Incentive scheme

Development courses

Group discounts

Holiday pay

Uniform discount

Job summary

Sports Direct in Ireland is seeking an experienced Assistant Manager to lead our team and drive a world-class customer experience. You will champion our store standards, manage daily operations, and deliver strong commercial results.

The role requires recent management experience, a passion for retail, and a data-driven, target-focused mindset. You will develop the team, provide on-the-spot feedback, and promote Sports Direct values across the business.

Qualifications

• Recent management experience.
• Passion for retail and people.
• Confident leader who can motivate and challenge others to deliver.
• Data led and target driven.
• Detail oriented.
• Ability to communicate at all levels.
• A desire and hunger to be the best.
• Promote the Sports Direct values and our culture to internal and external parties.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team and maintain standards.
• Be a role model for the delivery of a world‑class customer experience and train your team to deliver this consistently.
• Create an engaging working environment for colleagues.
• Develop the best team possible by planning succession strategies.
• Provide on the spot feedback and celebrate success.
• Lead the team to deliver store performance and achieve commercial goals and brand knowledge.

Skills

Management experience

Retail passion

People leadership

Data driven

Attention to detail

Communication

Ambition to be best

Brand values promotion

Job description

€40,000 Per Annum Plus Bonus

Sports Direct is the retail success of the last decade. Our unrivalled growth across ROI, the UK and Europe really sets us apart from the rest. We have no intention of slowing down and we have a mind‑blowing continued expansion plan. Part of our success is owed to our dynamic, commercially driven and passionate managers and with growth comes opportunity, so we are looking for an experienced Assistant Manager to lead our team.

Job Description

At Sports Direct we need our leaders to live and breathe our company values.

• Think without limits - Think fast, fearlessly, and take the team with you.
• Own it and back yourself - Own the basics, own your role, and own the results.
• Be relevant - Relevant to our people, our partners, and the planet.

We want you to bring your skill and passion for retail to constantly evolve how we deliver for our customer. You’ll do this by making a positive impact in the following areas.

Team Leadership & Management

• Lead the team and maintain standards.
• Be a role model for the delivery of a world‑class customer experience and train your team to deliver this consistently.
• Create an engaging working environment for colleagues.
• Develop the best team possible by planning succession strategies.
• Provide on the spot feedback and celebrate success.

Visual Merchandising

• You will lead the team in delivering meticulous store presentation, taking pride in implementing visual merchandising standards that align with the Sports Direct Brand.

Sales and Operations

• You will be fundamental in achieving results and going beyond set goals, driving store performance to its maximum potential.
• Lead the team to ensure they are efficient in always following best practice to support the delivery of commercial goals and brand knowledge.

Your Development

We are committed to developing our people, to help you reach personal and commercial goals. We will support you via our people development offering. Colleagues have continuous support through our learning and development function where we offer a variety of career advancing opportunities beginning the journey with our Frasers induction and then continuous development is offered through a range of courses.

Qualifications

Your Profile

• Recent management experience.
• Passion for retail and people.
• Confident leader who can motivate and challenge others to deliver.
• Data led and target driven.
• Detail oriented.
• Ability to communicate at all levels.
• A desire and hunger to be the best.
• Promote the Sports Direct values and our culture to internal and external parties.

Financial Information

€40,000 Per Annum Plus Bonus.

Additional Information

The Rewards include:

• Fantastic Monthly & Quarterly Commercial Bonuses.
• Company pension scheme.
• 10% group discount for Health Insurance policy.
• Frasers 1200 incentive scheme.
• We offer a wide range of Development Courses with National Qualifications.
• Group wide 20% discount across all Frasers Group brands.
• Holiday Pay.
• 40% uniform discount.