Store Manager

New Look Group; Wigan; On-site; GBP 25,000 - GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent fashion retailer in Wigan is searching for a Store Manager to lead their team and enhance the shopping experience. You will be responsible for inspiring your team, managing store performance, and ensuring customers enjoy exceptional service. The ideal candidate will have previous management experience, strong leadership skills, and a passion for fashion. This role offers a dynamic work environment with great opportunities for personal growth and a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Generous staff discount of 40%

Access to discounts from top retailers and gyms

Contributory private pension scheme

Performance-related bonus scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Healthcare cash plan

Cycle2Work scheme

Life assurance policy

Qualifications

• Previous store or deputy management experience required.
• Proven track record in effectively leading and managing a team.
• Strong ability to deliver and exceed KPI’s and objectives.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to create a customer-obsessed atmosphere.
• Accountable for store performance and KPI impact.
• Inspire a team to deliver great results and exceptional service.

Skills

Store management experience

Team leadership

Commercial acumen

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Customer engagement

Job description

Overview

We’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK. By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.

From our first store in the 1960s, a little Taunton shop with great clothes and even better prices, to an omni-channel business serving millions of customers… we\'re New Look. Our purpose is always to inspire That New Look Feeling and we believe that starts with us. Our values motivate us every day: we play to win, we’re customer-obsessed and we work as one.

It\'s a busy and exciting time for the brand and we’re on the hunt for a Store Manager to join our growing Wigan team.

The Role

In your high street store you will lead your team to create a customer obsessed atmosphere. You will be genuine in your delivery of a shopping experience that helps our customers express their individuality, personality and unique style through fashion. You will create and lead a team who support one another and deliver results… whilst having fun along the way!

You will be fully accountable for your store performance, by working alongside your Territory Leader to continually identify opportunities which will impact KPI’s, customer service, team development and overall sales – so that we are playing to win!

The Store

As our Wigan Store Manager you will lead and inspire a team to deliver great results through your commerciality, collaboration, resilience and being customer obsessed. You\'ll have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our customers\' shopping experience. Take the reins, inspire a team of fashion enthusiasts, and create an unforgettable shopping journey. Don\'t miss this chance to shape the future of fashion.

About you

• You have previous store/deputy management experience
• You have a track record of effectively leading and managing a team
• You identify yourself as a New Look brand adorer
• You have a history of delivering and exceeding KPI\’s and key objectives
• Commercial acumen
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with customers and provide exceptional service.
• Exceptional organizational skills to handle inventory management, stock control, and order replenishment efficiently.

Why New Look?

The amazing people, the fashion – there are so many reasons to love working at New Look. We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals. Being part of the New Look Team means you get access to a great range of benefits & perks …

Being part of the New Look Team means you get access to a great range of benefits & perks …

• 👗 You\’ll love our generous staff discount – 40% off for you and a loved one, and 25% off for up to 12 friends and family members!
• 🛍 Get special access to hundreds of discounts from top retailers and gyms, along with free workout classes, on our rewards platform Runway.
• 💰 Plan for your retirement while you work with our contributory private pension scheme.
• 💰 We\’re all about celebrating our success, so we have a performance-related retail management bonus scheme.
• 🧸 Our family-friendly policies include enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave.
• 👩🏻⚕ Claim money back towards the cost of medical care that you pay for yourself and your children with our healthcare cash plan, paid for by us.
• 🚲 Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme.
• 👩👩👧👦 All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one.

Please note – these benefits and perks are non-contractual and may be changed from time to time.

We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change. We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We\'re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.

We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.

We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we\'re keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.

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