Are you ready to take the lead in a dynamic, fast-paced retail environment where fun, teamwork, and customer satisfaction are at the heart of everything we do? We're opening a brand-new store in Interchange Retail Park, Bedford, and we need an energetic Store Manager to oversee the store – bringing smiles to customers and inspiring brilliant toy shop teams every day.
If you live within 45-60 minutes of the store and are ready to bring energy, enthusiasm, and leadership to our team, we’d love to hear from you!
Entertainer Store Location: Interchange Retail Park, Bedford
Salary: £36,200 plus fantastic benefits
Hours: 42.5 hours per week across 5 days out of 7 including Sundays on a rota basis
What You'll Be Doing:
1. Lead the team, driving sales and delivering top-notch service.
2. Be a brand ambassador, building strong relationships within The Entertainer
3. Use your commercial acumen to analyse trade reports and optimise trading space.
4. Manage daily operations – from merchandising to stock management – ensuring everything is on point and on time.
5. Motivate and develop your teams through positive leadership and hands-on coaching.
6. Plan shifts, monitor attendance, and ensure teams are set to deliver exceptional service.
7. Champion health and safety, shrinkage prevention, and store security.
8. Recruit, induct, and train new team members, helping everyone reach their full potential.
How We’ll Reward You:
We appreciate the hard work and dedication of our teams, which is why we offer amazing benefits, including:
9. Buy up to 5 extra holiday days a year, ideal for more rest, adventures, or time for you.
10. Pension salary sacrifice to help you plan for the future.
11. Retail Trust benefits, including a Virtual GP.
12. Birthday Leave plus 33 days holiday.
13. Life Cover for added peace of mind.
14. Generous toy discount.
15. Enhanced maternity & paternity pay.
16. High Street & leisure discounts.
17. Salary Sacrifice Cycle Purchase Scheme.
What We're Looking For:
18. At least 12 months of retail management experience.
19. Proven experience in managing high volumes of stock.
20. Ability to trade the shop floor and make great commercial decisions.
21. A natural leader with experience of managing, developing, and motivating teams.
22. Excellent communication and organisation skills.
23. Familiarity with Microsoft Office and Teams.
24. A UK driving license is preferred.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date, should we receive sufficient applications for the role, thank you.