Manager- Kilkenny Store fixed term

EZ Living Furniture; Bennettsbridge; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established furniture retailer is seeking a Manager for their Kilkenny store. The ideal candidate will manage a team, drive sales, and ensure exceptional customer service in a fast-paced environment. This role requires strong communication and coaching skills, with a focus on team development and sales targets. Benefits include a generous staff discount, pension scheme, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous staff discounts

Pension scheme

Bonus Scheme

Educational Support Scheme

Discounted corporate healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Well-being initiatives like Bike to work scheme

Continuous professional development

Annual holidays up to 23 days

Travel saver tax saving initiative

Employee discount card for shops, hotels, and gyms

Qualifications

• Experience in people management is preferred.
• Furniture experience is beneficial but not required.
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Manage the team effectively and drive sales.
• Ensure sales targets are met consistently.
• Deliver exceptional customer service at all times.
• Motivate the team and ensure product knowledge is up to date.
• Complete regular reports for senior management.

Skills

Exceptional communication and coaching skills

A proven people manager and team player

Excellent administrative & organisational skill

Proficient Microsoft Office user

Ability to work flexibly including evenings and weekends

Initiative in escalating issues to senior management

Job description

The Company

EZ Living Furniture was founded in Galway in 1998. We are a family run Irish retailer operating nationwide, as well as a full online shopping experience offering delivery throughout Ireland. We are the largest independent Furniture Retailer in Ireland employing over 360 people.

Manager for our Kilkenny Store

This is a fixed term contract.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Managing the team.
• Demonstrate a highly determined drive for sales, always leading by example.
• Ensuring sales targets are delivered.
• Working with the marketing team on marketing suggestions.
• Continuously communicate with & motivate team.
• Deliver exceptional customer service at all times.
• Hold responsibility of being the first point of contact for the store when liaising across internal departments.
• Continually coaching team to ensure that product knowledge, company policies and our brand values are reviewed and reconsidered at all times.
• People management activities, working in liaison with HR & senior management.
• Completing regular reports for senior management.

Skills & Qualifications

• Exceptional communication and coaching skills
• A proven people manager and team player
• Excellent administrative & organisational skill
• Proficient Microsoft Office user, with an easy ability to learn our in-house systems.
• Available to work to a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Furniture experience would be a benefit but not essential.
• Ability to use your own initiative, escalating issues to senior management when appropriate.

Why Join Us?

• Our Growth culture
• Fun, fast paced & high energy work environment
• Culture of developing and promoting from within the company
• Our Generous staff discounts
• Our pension scheme
• Our Bonus Scheme
• Our Educational Support Scheme
• Our Discounted corporate rate health care
• Our free Employee Assistance Programme
• Our well being initiatives like our Bike to work scheme
• Career Development Opportunities
• Continuous professional development with dedicated training resources
• Up to 23 days holidays a year.
• Our Travel saver tax saving travel initiative.
• Enjoyable challenging work where your ideas and suggestions are listened to.
• Our annual Christmas party, Our social events, Our sponsorship of community and charitable cause.
• Employee discount card that can be used in shops, hotels and gyms.

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