Store Manager 40 Hours - Lewes

By adopting the values of Style & Truth across the whole business - from recruitment to product - we safeguard the long term health of the brand and we create more than just fashion. Founded in 1970, Jigsaw was the first premium fashion brand on the high street. Since then, the company has expanded worldwide to work with the finest mills, cutting edge photographers, up and coming models and renowned architects. But the search for the best in the industry never stops. As our journey continues, we are looking for a warm, passionate, talented and friendly Store Manager to join our Lewes store on a full time basis. You will be working 40 hours per week.

Here, you'll learn about Style & Truth: a set of values that sets us apart from the rest of the high street, a belief that everyone should feel empowered to embrace their own style, be true to themselves and not slavishly follow the fashion world - this means putting style before trends and truth before hype. This is a fabulous opportunity for someone who wants to start or resume a career in fashion - whether you've taken a career break, looked after your family or simply have an interest in fashion - we want to hear from you! Similarly, if you have any challenges or need any reasonable adjustments for an interview, please let us know and we can make sure the interview is right for you.

What you’ll be doing:

• Have a real connection with your local community driving local events and initiatives to drive the store forwards through attracting new customers and delighting existing ones.
• Develop a strong personal relationship with your store’s top customers to maintain strong brand engagement.
• Have an omnichannel mentality - delight our customers through all our channels: Store, Tablet, One Stock and Click & Collect.
• Attract, recruit and retain people with passion and an uncompromising commitment to delivering a fantastic experience for our customers.
• Inspire the growth and development of your teams through regular performance reviews.
• Create a culture of rest & relaxation to inspire and motivate your teams.
• Manage stock levels and make key decisions about stock control to minimise loss and ensure accuracy of the stock file.
• Optimise the in store experience by ensuring team members are efficient in all operational tasks, utilising brand best practice - driving an action led approach versus a problem driven one.
• Effectively manage your payroll budget to deliver wages to the sales budget for your store.
• Feel empowered to make brave decisions that deliver commercial excellence, ensuring promotions, sales and visual merchandising guides are carried out to brand standards.
• Work with KPIs to evaluate the store’s performance and identify development areas.
• Ensure the store complies with requirements in all areas of operational activity, policy and procedure with specific regard to stock and cash security.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties identified by the Regional Manager.

What we look for:

• Experience in team management.
• Positivity and readiness to take on anything.
• A passion for putting people at the heart of all that we do - customers and our team.
• A willingness to learn, resourcefulness and the desire to explore opportunities for growth.
• The ability to inspire, motivate and lead a team.
• A strong commitment to customer service and maintaining excellent store standards.

Benefits:

• Fantastic staff discount schemes - up to 50% (and 70% on 5 items per season).
• Generous seasonal uniform allowance.
• Access to our renowned industry benefits provider, for a whole host of resources, support and discounts.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications are encouraged from individuals regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marriage.