Assistant Store Manager (Central London)
Join a dynamic and motivated team
Your objectives
As the Store Manager's right hand, you will assist them across the full range of their duties.
Main missions
- Ensure the day-to-day running of the shop in the manager's absence
- Follow the Store Manager's instructions and help them carry out their daily tasks and meet their objectives
- Contribute to turnover growth and the achievement of the shop's targets
- Take part in the management and training of the teams
Main tasks and responsibilities
- Assist with the daily team briefing to communicate collective and individual daily tasks for meeting objectives
- Help the Store Manager ensure all procedures are followed
- In the Store Manager's absence, act as the head office point of contact, including for sending staff-related information
Achieving turnover targets
- Contribute to performance development and the achievement of targets set by the group (both quantitative and qualitative)
- Get the team on board with individual and/or collective objectives and set targets for the team, monitoring progress
- Track results and put in place actions to meet the targets set by management, in line with budgetary control
- Coordinate all activity, liaising with all departments across the company
- Know the GEOX products and patents, and learn the capsules (to help boost sales)
- Understand the strengths and challenges of our brand and our business
- Be able to analyse our business and translate strategy into a concrete action plan, following through on its implementation
Desired experience, training and skills
- Proficient in office software (Word, Excel)
- Skilled in stock management techniques
- Ability to anticipate
- Strong interpersonal skills: listening to colleagues to help organise the stockroom and monitor bestsellers
- Ability to self-reflect and adapt
You're a natural salesperson with a passion for retail. Pragmatic, you want to be part of a genuine company project.
You're also comfortable with figures and analysing them.
With a business-related qualification, you have at least 2–3 years' experience in this type of role.
Company overview
GEOX, LA SCARPA CHE RESPIRA ("the shoe that breathes")
Founded in 1995, Geox is an international, family-run Italian company.
The company has a network of 6 shops in the UK and 1,127 worldwide.
Joining our teams means being part of a challenging project and belonging to a Group at the cutting edge of innovation in the footwear and ready-to-wear sector, recognised for its expertise.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £15.00-£15.50 per hour
Experience:
- retail/vente prêt-à-porter chaussure: 2 years (required)
Work Location: In person
