Zachary Daniels
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Store Manager | Outdoor & Sports Retail | Reading | £35,000
Are you an experienced Store Manager, Retail Manager or Assistant Manager with a passion for the outdoors, sport or specialist retail? We're recruiting a Store Manager for a specialist retail business in Reading, offering the opportunity to lead a team, drive sales and deliver an outstanding customer experience.
Whether your background is in outdoor retail, sports retail, leisure or another customer-focused environment, we're keen to hear from commercially minded retail leaders who enjoy developing teams and delivering results.
What's on offer?
- £35,000 salary
- Up to 40% staff discount
- A hands-on Store Manager role with full responsibility for store performance
- The opportunity to work in a specialist retail environment
- A varied role combining team leadership, sales and customer service
- An opportunity to develop your retail management career
The Role
As Store Manager, you'll take ownership of the day-to-day running of the Reading store, leading your team, maximising sales and maintaining high standards across the business.
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Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading, coaching and developing a team to deliver excellent customer service
- Taking ownership of store sales, KPIs and overall commercial performance
- Driving sales and motivating your team to achieve targets
- Creating an engaging customer experience through product knowledge and expert advice
- Managing rotas, stock control, administration and health and safety
- Maintaining high standards of store presentation and visual merchandising
- Managing colleague performance, training and development
- Building strong customer relationships and encouraging repeat business
- Resolving customer and colleague issues professionally
- Working with the wider management team to achieve business objectives
About You
We're looking for a commercially focused, people-oriented retail manager who leads from the front and enjoys working in an active, specialist retail environment.
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You'll ideally have:
- Experience as a Store Manager, Retail Manager, Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager or similar
- Strong team leadership and people management skills
- A proven ability to deliver sales targets and improve KPIs
- Excellent customer service and communication skills
- Good commercial awareness and an organised approach to retail management
- An interest in outdoor activities, sports, leisure or specialist products
- The confidence to engage with customers and develop product knowledge
We're also open to experienced Assistant Managers ready to step up and hospitality managers with strong leadership and commercial experience looking to move into retail.
Interested?
If you're an experienced retail manager with a passion for sport, the outdoors or specialist retail, we'd love to hear from you.
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