Assistant Store Manager

Zachary Daniels; Ireland; On-site; EUR 27,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Daniels in Cork is recruiting an Assistant Manager for a rapidly expanding retail client. You will lead a strong team, drive turnover and store revenues, and manage day-to-day operations with a focus on KPI delivery and customer service.

Salary up to €45,000. The role involves acting as Duty Manager, maintaining store standards, stock control, health and safety, and using management information to inform decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Customer service oriented with a proactive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Managing the day-to-day running of a department.
• Acting as Duty Manager in the Store Manager's absence.
• Assisting Store Management in achieving KPIs.
• Ensuring the team delivers exceptional customer service.
• Maintaining store standards in presentation, stock control and compliance.
• Adhering to Health & Safety policies.
• Using management information to drive strategic decisions.

Job description

Assistant Manager | Cork | Up to €45,000

RAPIDLY EXPANDING and the MARKET LEADER in their retail sector! If you thrive on pace, people, processes and passion, then drive your career forward with this rapidly growing retail business.

Our client is a high-profile volume retail store, renowned for value-for-money and excellent customer service. Our client is very much on an upward trajectory, having undergone an impressive new store opening programme over the last few years. Our client is looking for future Store Managers.

As an Assistant Manager reporting to the Store Manager and responsible for a strong team, you'll be tasked with driving forward both turnover and revenues from the store based on lean principles. Keeping a close focus on financial KPIs, including wages, wastage and shrinkage will form a key element of the role, together with non-financials such as customer service/feedback, internal audit and standards and compliance.

Managing the day to day running of a department

Acting as Duty Manager for the entire store in the absence of Store Management

Assisting Store Management in achieving company KPI's

Ensuring your team delivers exceptional customer service

Delivering exemplary standards in store presentation, stock control, shrinkage and administration compliance

Complying with all Health & Safety policies and legislation

Use management information to make strategic business decisions

The ideal Assistant Manager candidate;

Have a proven track record in a fast paced retail environment.

Enjoy being on the shop floor- No sitting in the office for you!

Be able to demonstrate a high level of operational, leadership, planning, organisational, interpersonal and communication skills

Be target driven and customer service orientated

Be highly motivated and ambitious

Be a self starter with a can do attitude