Assistant Store Manager

JD Sports Fashion plc; Solna kommun; On-site; SEK 320,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday Allowance

Discretionary Bonus Scheme

Staff Discount

Pension Scheme

Personal development opportunities

Job summary

A leading sports retailer is seeking an Assistant Manager in the Mall of Scandinavia. This position involves supporting the Store Manager with daily operations, motivating and training a team, and ensuring excellent customer service. Key responsibilities include achieving sales targets, handling customer complaints, and maintaining visual merchandising standards. Ideal candidates will have prior retail management experience and strong communication skills. The role offers attractive benefits including a holiday allowance and staff discounts.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in a retail management role.
• Experience in training and developing team members.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient with IT tools: Outlook, Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Store Manager in daily operations.
• Train and develop internal employees.
• Ensure the store meets KPIs and sales targets.
• Handle customer complaints in a professional manner.
• Maintain visual merchandising standards.
• Support visual merchandising and accurate pricing/display.

Skills

Retail Management experience

Experience in leading and motivating a team

Excellent Time Management skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

IT skills - Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Are you our new Assistant Manager?

Are you crazy about streetwear and sneakers like us? Who loves to lead and motivate a team and provide customers with the best customer experience possible? Do you have experience being a team leader and loves motivating colleagues?

If yes, keep reading as we are looking for a new Assistant Manager in Mall of Scandianavia.

Role Overview

In this role, you will assist the Store Manager in the day to day running of the store. Taking ownership of a number of duties while making sure that the stores KPIs are achieved.

Key duties/ responsibilities

Employees

• Train and make career plans together with the store manager for internal employees and promote progression within the group.
• Assist with store recruitment, new starter inductions, and staff training.

Sales

• Ensure and analyze the store's dashboard to achieve targets and KPI and, where possible, exceed them.
• Supervisory help is always available on the sales floor, selling personally where necessary.
• The staffing structure in the branch allows adequate floor coverage at all times taking into account normal peaks and troughs in the sales pattern.

Customer Service

• Motivate and train the team to ensure that customers are given courteous, considerate and responsible advice.
• Deal with all customer complaints, whether out of service or merchandise, according to company policy, ensuring that they are handled promptly, courteously and objectively.
• Support the Team in making the customers encouraged to return as a result of courteous and competent service.

Visual Merchandising

• Attract, engage and motivate customers into making purchases in store by using the latest visual techniques.
• Ensure that all merchandise is correctly priced, price amendments are actioned and all POS is correctly displayed.
• Keep stock on display clean and presentable at all times.

Skills/Experience/Knowledge Needed

• Retail Management experience.
• Experience in leading and motivating a team.
• Excellent Time Management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• IT skills - Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.

We know our employees put a great effort into making JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

Benefits

• Holiday Allowance.
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme.
• Staff Discount on JD Group and other brands within the organisation.
• Pension Scheme.
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.