Retail Assistant Manager
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to be an Assistant Manager in our Fresh store at the University of Bath. We want to hear from you if you excel in people management, task prioritisation, and maintaining high store standards!
Key Responsibilities:
People Management: Lead, motivate, and develop your team to ensure a positive and productive work environment. You will be confident in supporting the team to perform and take corrective action when required to get them back on track
Task Prioritisation: Efficiently manage and delegate tasks to ensure smooth and effective store operations.Store Standards: Uphold the store's highest standards of cleanliness, organisation, and visual merchandising. To be a visible presence on the shop floor and pick up and resolve issues at the earliest opportunity
Accurate Ordering: Ensure accurate and timely stock ordering to meet customer demand and minimise waste.
Planograms: Implement and maintain planograms to optimise product placement and maximise sales.
Stock Control Routines: Oversee stock control routines to ensure accurate inventory levels and minimise shrinkage. To support the planning of term time trade changes and actively plan towards these
Incident Management: Log and promptly follow up on incidents and work requests, ensuring swift resolution and minimal disruption.
If you are ready to take the next step in your retail career and have a passion for excellence in people management and store operations, apply now to become our next Assistant Manager!
Strong people management skills, able to clearly outline expectationsAble to problem solve and remain calm under pressure
Able to coach and support teams to deliver
Able to plan and organise tasks according to priority
What we can offer you: a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balancewe are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.Find out more about our benefits.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award.We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university.
We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
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