Assistant Store Manager

Early Settler; Nelson; On-site; NZD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team discounts

Holistic wellbeing programs

Career development opportunities

Collaborative team environment

Job summary

Early Settler is seeking a passionate Assistant Store Manager for our Nelson store, working a Sunday–Thursday 40 hour roster. You will lead a retail team, drive sales, and champion a customer‑centric culture while living our values.

Strong leadership and a hands‑on approach are essential to lift team capability and store performance. We look for 2–3+ years in retail, a genuine passion for home styling, and the ability to balance sales with operations.

Qualifications

• 2-3+ years experience in retail sales with a proven track record of achieving targets.
• Strong commercial acumen and a results-driven mindset.
• Ability to coach, guide and motivate teams to deliver exceptional customer service.
• Willingness to handle store administration and rostering tasks.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Store Manager to drive sales performance and achieve targets.
• Help customers realise their home vision with styling solutions and recommendations.
• Coach and guide the retail sales team to deliver an exceptional shopping experience.
• Support day-to-day store operations including rostering, administration, and onboarding.
• Develop and implement strategies to maximise sales and customer service targets.

Skills

Retail leadership

Customer service

Coaching

Team motivation

Problem solving

Administrative tasks

Manual handling

Passion for home styling

Job description

Who are we?

Early Settler is about stylish modern living - We sell furniture and gorgeous homewares that is affordable and designed to help create a home you truly love living in. There’s no place like home and, no matter what your style, we’ve got something to make yours even more comfy and beautiful.

Introduction:

Who are we? Early Settler is about stylish modern living - We sell furniture and gorgeous homewares that is affordable and designed to help create a home you truly love living in. There’s no place like home and, no matter what your style, we’ve got something to make yours even more comfy and beautiful.

Why Join Us?

Here at Early Settler, we are looking for people who share our innate passion for providing exceptional customer experience. We love what we do and we love to support each other to hit our goals.

This is how we get the best of we with the best of me!

To support our most important asset, YOU, we provide you with:

• Amazing team member discounts on our fabulous products
• Holistic Wellbeing programs to support you to be your best self
• Career Development Opportunities
• Fun, Supportive and collaborative team environment

Description:

What is the Role? We are looking for a passionate and dynamic Assistant Store Manager to join our Nelson store working a Sunday - Thursday 40 hour roster

The Assistant Store Manager role is a dynamic retail leadership position where your retail expertise and leadership capability will be pivotal in supporting our Store Manager drive store performance, foster customer centric culture and uplift team capability, all whilst living our Early Settler Values

We’re not just hiring for a job — we’re looking for a true leader who’s ready to influence and support the future of our stores.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with Store Manager to drive sales performance and achieve targets through effective selling of merchandise
• Work with our customers to make their vision for their home a reality - Savvy with the details and can provide styling solutions and recommendations, upsell and cross-sell ascertaining customer needs
• Coach and guide the retail sales team to achieve targets and create a unique shopping experience that delivers exceptional customer service
• Support with day-to-day store operations including rostering, financial performance, administrative tasks, recruiting and onboarding of new team members
• Support in developing and implementing strategies that can maximize both sales and customer service targets thereby driving store performance

Skills and Experiences:

Who are we looking for? With a strong retail background, commercial acumen and passion for customer service, you are someone who thrives in a team environment and knows how to bring out the best in people. You bring energy, resilience and a hands-on approach to everything you do - and you are ready to take the next step into retail leadership!

• 2-3+ years experience in retail sales with a proven track record of achieving targets
• Strong commercial acumen and a results-driven mindset that turns strategies into success stories
• Ability to coach, guide and motivate teams to deliver exceptional customer service
• Resourceful with a can-do attitude and ability to solve problems and provide solutions
• Able to balance customer care, team development and administrative tasks
• A genuine interest in home-styling, furniture or creating welcoming living spaces is a plus!
• Be keen as beans to live our values #WeAddValue, #WeAreDistinctive, #WeMakeItPersonal, #WeAreExperts, #WeKeepItReal.
• As we are a furniture store, the role involves regular manual handling of products including lifting, carrying and moving items of varying sizes. Applicants must be physically capable of safely performing these tasks as part of their daily duties.
• Applicants must be a NZ citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.

We understand a lot of time and effort goes into applying for roles and we genuinely thank all applicants in advance. Due to the volume of applications we receive, only successful applicants will be contacted for an interview.