Store Manager

Booming Hardware/Tools Retail brand - new store opening in the Nth West
- Build the culture where 'people' & 'customers' are always at the forefront
- Empowerment to 'run & lead the store' as if it's your own

**What's in this for you?**
- **Everything; this is a role of a lifetime, in a brand-new store, with a national retailer who is booming & growing at a ‘rate of knots’**:

- **The opportunity to take on the lead role from the early days of the store opening; where you will be empowered to build the store culture, develop the team, set the standards, layout the store, create the in-store rhythms and so much more**:

- **To be part of a large retail group where the career progression possibilities are endless**:

- **To be well rewarded for your leadership experience, authenticity, love for customers and hunger for building a culture where ‘people’ & customers are at the forefront of everything**

**Your prospective employer**:
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This national retail brand is the one to watch and has quickly become a trusted name amongst the retail trade. In the highly contested hardware category, they are tackling their market opponents ‘head-on’ with exceptional breadth and quality ranges and advice in well over a hundred prime locations across the nation. Momentum like this can only be driven and sustained by the talented teams, working at the front line. With a new store shortly to open in the North West (in an awesome location), there couldnt be a more exciting time to get on board and play a key role in bringing the store to life. As such, an outstanding opportunity presents for a Store Manager to join what will quickly become an iconic, high performing store within the group.

**What will you do in an average week?**
- Take on full 'end to end' store accountability for driving sales, building customer relationships, managing store KPI’s and promotions and ensuring merchandising standards are at a superior level
- Influence, build, motivate and inspire y a ‘high performing’ team to deliver an exceptional retail experience and service to customers that will ensure they keep coming back, every time
- Use your solid retail skills to ensure the fundamentals are exceptionally executed, including full stock on shelf, cleanliness, customer service, VM, inventory management and loss prevention
- Communicate effectively and positively with the store team to execute change initiatives and implement new ideas (whether yours or that of your team)
- Be a valued brand ambassador and the ‘face’ of your store.

**Here’s what it will take**:

- **You are a credible Store Manager**: with years of proven experience in a medium to large format retailer
- You have a **strong affinity with hardware/tools**; whether through your retail career or personal interests
- **You are a culture builder**: You get the best out of your team by celebrating discretionary efforts, creating purpose and a sense of belonging and by building trust. You listen and you project openness and approachability
- **You’re a performer & you deliver in the right way**: You have led large teams and can articulate how you have been able to enhance business efficiency and performance to deliver outstanding results
- **You have strong business acumen & financial literacy**: You can manage a P&L and understand the financial levers across all aspects
- **You are impactful**: you naturally translate the ‘vision’ into day-to-day performance
- **You are considered**: a coach and mentor and you can foster a culture of evolution and change
- **You are a strategic thinker**: you know how to get the ‘rubber to hit the road’
- **You drive accountability**: you achieve this in how you develop the competencies and capabilities of your people through effective leadership techniques
- **You are passionate and self-driven**: You thrive taking ownership and working in a proactive/forward thinking manner. You like to get things done
- **You love customers**: they are centric to everything you do
- **You genuinely care**: For your team, the business and importantly for providing the best possible service outcome and product solution for your customers
- You have **well-honed operational skills** across inventory planning and management, and shrewd financial control and authenticity oozes from your every pore
- You are practical in nature and can turn your hand to anything during the course of a day. **Hard work** is part of your DNA