Area Manager

The organisation
A multi National, award winning, fast paced retailer who offer unrivalled career development and a package to match

The Role
My client are seeking an “up for it” Area Manager!
Making sure a group of stores operates efficiently and generates maximum turnover is a big, big responsibility, so we make no apology for being highly selective in choosing the right person.
We are looking for up-for it, ahead-of-the-game, do-it-better retail professionals who have gained proven experience since graduating and who can develop the role. Experience, though, doesn’t mean you’ve seen it all before and that you can do the job standing on your head. It means you’ve learned the value of fresh ideas and have developed a passion for people management. It’s about strategic-thinking, bar-raising, problem-solving managers who can inspire everyone to be high achievers. If you’ve got it, you’ll get loads back, fast-tracked with a great package and every opportunity to develop your management abilities in a visible role with a keep-it-simple, fast-growing, retail-changing business.
• Develop, coach and inspire your team of Store Managers to fulfil their potential and ensure the stores are running smoothly and efficiently
• Manage all key cost control areas with your stores and provide direction to your management team to enable them to meet their KPI targets
• Problem solve on the spot and use your initiative to maintain great standards throughout
• Strive to create, retain and develop a strong and motivated management team
• Lead by example and encourage your store teams to always be the best they can be
• Drive sales and increase turnover in stores by making full use of promotional tools
• Identify personnel requirements through succession planning and develop high potential employees
• Provide HR management in all of your stores following company guidelines and procedures
• Recruit new employees and manage their expectations/training, as well as that of existing employees
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness, freshness, stock availability and customer service throughout your stores
• Maximise your own KPI targets to ensure deadlines and agreed standards are achieved

The candidate
We are looking for Graduates who have developed a strong management style in their current role and are now looking for their next career challenge.
• Degree educated with a few years of full time work experience where you are responsible for managing people, projects or hold a similar level of responsibility
• Strong customer focus – able to see the shopping experience through the customers’ eyes
• Ability to communicate with clarity and honesty, adapting your style for different people such as employees, customers, colleagues and suppliers
• An enabling leadership style – able to develop others and lead by example
• Methodical approach, excellent time management skills and ability to ‘work smart’
• Ability to analyse a problem and implement the best possible solution
• Proactive, flexible approach and ability to take the initiative
• Strategic awareness to see the bigger picture
• Drive, motivation and willingness to challenge yourself