Retail Store Manager in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire

About us: At Dreams, we know your bed is the best place in the whole world. But for the hours between precious sleep, we’d like to make work a special place to be too. We’re the UK’s most loved bed retailer, so it’s important our people feel the love as well. Together we’ve been making bedtimes better since 1985, with no signs of hitting the snooze button. We’re owned by the world’s largest bedding provider, Tempur Sealy, and sell 14,000 mattresses, bases and headboards every single week. With over 200 stores nationwide, you’ll lead a team of sleep-savvy Bed Experts in a fun and friendly environment where every dreamer makes a difference.

In your dream role, you’ll receive:

• Competitive salary: £34,000 on target earnings
• Commission: Our uncapped commission scheme recognises the hard work and dedication of our superstar dreamers, with peak incentives to help you rack up the rewards.
• Discounts: Amazing colleague discount on Dreams products, plus hundreds of brands including restaurants, holidays, and shopping.
• Buy-in schemes: You’ll have the opportunity to buy extra holiday, private healthcare, or savings and loans.
• Progression: No matter where your dreams take you, we’ll support your development with the opportunity to progress into different business areas as your experience grows.
• Wellbeing: We partner with the Retail Trust to offer a full wellness hub, including a 24-hour helpline, out of hours GP services and access to counselling.
• New in 2024: enhanced maternity & paternity pay

The job: Managing our Retail team in Dumfries, you will be responsible for driving team engagement whilst maximising all sales opportunities. At Dreams, we are passionate about our people, so customers and colleagues are our top priority. Through your exceptional leadership, your team will make sure every customer finds their perfect bed.

Here’s a taste of what you’ll be doing day-to-day:

• Managing and motivating your team to increase sales and ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.
• Driving a positive environment within your store, ensuring you and your team are regularly involved in business initiatives, sharing best practice and having fun.
• Proactively leading your team to achieve set goals, expectations and targets through effective coaching and training.
• Motivating and inspiring all of our valued dreamers.
• Managing the store rota to ensure we have the right people working at the right times.
• Walking the floor regularly, ensuring store standards are consistently high so every customer has an exceptional experience.

This is the type of person we’re dreaming of:

• Experience: Your previous retail or commercial sales experience will demonstrate your strong track record of store and team management.
• Commercially minded: You will be commercially focused and results-driven, with an aptitude for decision making.
• A proven leader: You will be highly experienced at working to performance targets, and be motivated to achieve results for you and your team.
• Inspirational: Your strong ability to lead will inspire and motivate your team.
• Communicator: Using your excellent communications skills, you’ll be able to build rapport and establish great relationships with customers and colleagues.
• Customer-focused: Every day, you’ll live our mission by putting our customers at the heart of everything you do.