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This is your opportunity to join an iconic brand. We are looking for an Assistant Manager to join the leadership team at a flourishing retailer in the Ambleside area. If you have experience within the clothing and outdoor wear sector, then this could be the ideal career move for you.
The employer invests in their people and tailors their career development plan to suit you and your aspirations. This is a great place to work and you will get to meet many interesting people along the way (bakers, dog walkers, book worms, students, parents, travellers, movie buffs, foodies, festival goers, musicians and more).
Sustainability is at the core of everything this employer does, and you will have the opportunity to support their company wide sustainability committee and put ideas into action and really make a difference to the world we live in!
After your training and induction period:
* You will deliver a first-class customer experience, tailored to people’s individual needs
* With your warm personality and enthusiasm, the store will always be friendly and inviting to both regular and new customers.
* Clothing and accessories will be replenished and displayed with your intuitive merchandising skills
* Your in-depth product knowledge of features and benefits allows you to provide expert advice on what customers need for all their adventures
* You’ll provide valuable operational support to your Store Manager, with a motivational and supportive approach to the store team ensuring consistently high standards are maintained
Requirements
About you
* Warm and friendly and love of people!
* Retail background (even better if it’s in the clothing or outdoor clothing sector)
* Previous experience supervising and motivating team members within a retail environment (essential!)
* Happy to work retail hours
* Live within traveling distance Ambleside / Hawkshead
Salary and benefits
* Starting pay £13.10 per hour / 35 hours per week
* Additional pay increases in line with company development programme – earn as you learn!
* A monthly bonus based on store performance
* Brand new kit provided each season to wear in store
* Up to 70% discount
* Fantastic monthly and annual awards to recognise individual and store achievements
* 28 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays & pro-rated for weekly hours)
* Holiday pay based on your average hours worked
* Long service awards, including meals and trips away as well as an extra day of annual leave!
* Meaningful internal and external wellbeing initiatives and support available
* A charity fundraising matching scheme as well as long standing partnerships with charity such as the Alzheimer’s society
* Store events within the local community
To apply for any of our jobs, you must already have the legal right to live and work in the UK. We do not offer visa sponsorships and we are unable to provide immigration advice.
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