About the Role
As a Store Manager, you will maximize sales, drive efficiencies, and achieve performance targets by leading and inspiring your team. Every day will be varied, fast-paced, challenging, but ultimately rewarding. People are at the heart of what we do, so your experience in leading, coaching, and motivating a high-performing team will be crucial to your success. We invest in your personal development from day one, and flexible working options are available.
Responsibilities
- Lead and inspire your team to be their best.
- Provide an atmosphere where delivering amazing service, achieving performance targets, and accurate stock processes is at the core of everything you do, in an environment which is commercial, operationally efficient and safe.
- Demonstrate a hands-on approach for all operational and commercial activities alongside the team.
- Form part of an area team reporting to the Area Manager, playing a part in the growth and success of the brand by identifying opportunities and adding value.
- Ensure communication is up-to-date and accurate at all times in order to meet business needs.
Requirements
- Passionate about customers, people, and products, with an energetic approach that inspires others.
- Exceptional commercial understanding with the know-how to create a fantastic shopping experience.
- A team player who thrives in a results-driven, fast-paced, and challenging environment.
- Adaptable to change and able to bring the team on board with new objectives.
- Great communicator, able to work naturally with people at all levels.
- Calm and approachable under pressure, with realistic expectations of others.
- Confidently problem-solves, makes sound business decisions, challenges processes, and generates innovative ideas.
- Experienced in leading and coaching a high-performing team and effectively dealing with people issues.
- Effective multi-tasker who can plan, organise, and prioritise workload.
- Must evidence right to work in the UK.
- Not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.
- Must not have had an unsuccessful application for a similar role in the last 6 months.
Skills
- Leading teams
- Coaching
- Motivating teams
- Customer service
- Stock management
- Operational efficiency
- Commercial awareness
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
- Adaptability
- Multi-tasking
- Planning
- Organising
- Prioritisation
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
- Flexible working options
Experience Level
- Management experience
- Experience in leading and coaching a high performing team
Benefits
- Fantastic rewards for doing a great job and achieving great results
- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Sharesave Scheme
- 60% off a generous (optional) working wardrobe allowance to buy clothes to wear for work (minimum 6 week contract)
- Early VIP access to sale stock
- Hot deals and exclusive offers from over 3,500 retailers through our online benefits platform
- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
- Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Life assurance
- Discounted health plan for you and your family
- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
- Apprenticeship - Earn, learn and gain a qualification (England stores only)
- Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more
About the Company
- Next is a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people.
- The UK's 2nd largest fashion retailer and the market leader for Kidswear.
- Operates over 450 stores, plus Next Online, with international online sales in over 80 countries.
Equal Opportunity
- We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary.
- Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 479 2223 / 0044 116 479 2223 (line opening times are Monday to Thursday 9am - 5pm; Friday 9am - 4.45pm; Saturday 9am - 5pm & Sunday 9am - 4pm. Excludes bank holidays).
