Asst Store Manager

Assistant Store Manager – Fashion Retail

The Role:

Maximizes store contribution through exploiting every opportunity to drive sales, reduce stock loss and maintain cost controls. Assists in delivering the highest levels of motivation and development of team members and individual and store compliance with all company regulations and procedures.

Responsibilities:

Maximises sales and exceeds store budgets, through assistance in and supervision of effective and continuous space, stock and seasonal management, and highest possible levels of customer service. Uses sales and space reports to assist in correct allocation of space within store, and seasonally. Advises Store Manager / Operations on out of stock departments / lines, slow sellers or price sensitivities. Assists in planning and organising on-time delivery of key / promotional events. Actively seeks out and exploits any additional opportunities to promote sales. Maintains highest possible standards of in-store visual impact. Follows brand / layout guidelines correctly followed to deliver brand values and ensure corporate x378handwritingx378 is evident in presentation. In conjunction with visual merchandising team, helps ensure up to date lookx378 to window displays. Drives sales floor presentation and housekeeping / recovery principles to the highest standard by regular walk through and corrective action / coaching. Helps ensure store achieves defined stockloss targets. Ensures store accurately carries out all loss prevention activities as defined by stockloss action plans. Constantly seeks to improve staff awareness of stockloss issues. Actively seeks out and implements any additional opportunities to reduce stockloss. Assists in administration of staff issues. Participates in delivering highest standards of instore training including weekly communication, daily de-briefs, product knowledge and on the job coaching. Recommends areas of training need within the store and assists in developing and delivering programs to address them. Helps identify individuals with potential within the store and allocates additional responsibilities to further their development. Ensures store enacts and is fully compliant with all required administrative procedures according to company guidelines and within deadlines. Assists in effective communication of issues and ideas between store and operational management.

Skills

Maximises store contribution through exploiting every opportunity to drive sales, reduces stock loss and maintain cost controls. Assists in delivering the highest levels of motivating and development of team members and individual and store compliance with all company regulations and procedures.

Delegation.

Management .

Multilevel Communication.

Negotiation Skills.

Interviewing Skills.

Commercially aware.

Business oriented

3 years Retail Experience