Assistant Store Manager

Who are we?

Early Settler is about stylish modern living - We sell furniture that is affordable and designed to help create a home you truly love living in. But we're not just about fantastic furniture, we're also about gorgeous homewares.- Be it lighting, artwork, rugs and heating or locks, bolts and latches. 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:

• Enviable team member discounts on our fabulous products
• Holistic Wellbeing programs to support you to be your best self
• Discounted health insurance with a leading health insurance provider for our AU team
• Fun, Supportive and collaborative team environment
• We don't do late night trade this means work/life balance for you

What is the Role?

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.

You will lead by example, ensuring every customer feels inspired the moment they walk through our doors. You will support team development, implement strategies that maximize sales and store performance and bring our store vision to life through operational excellence and service leadership all while demonstrating the Early Settler Values.

This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract Role for Parental Leave Cover.

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

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

• Demonstrated 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, we need someone who can undertake lifting and work in a physical environment.