Flagship Store Manager (37.5 hours) Retail · Kingston upon Thames

If you love beauty, you’re in the right place.

As the ultimate curator of over 100 of the most in-demand, highly innovative and boundary-pushing beauty brands, we are the go-to destination for worldwide beauty discovery.

Together through our neighbourhood stores, online presence and loyalty scheme, Space NK has built a flourishing community in which to discover beauty. The customer is at the heart of everything we do, and we will always endeavour to offer everything they need to help them explore, experiment, and enjoy our brands.

Role Overview
Main Purpose of the Role:The Flagship Managers main responsibility is to maximise sales and profitability whilst developing andretaining high performing teams.
They must aim to deliver:
• A customer first approach
• A visually inspiring and inviting store environment
• A fully compliant store, adhering to all company processes and policies
• A focussed and commercial business plan to deliver bottom line profitability

Main Responsibilities:
Customer First
• Delivers a ‘customer first’ experience exceeding customer expectations
• Coaches’ teams to ensure a ‘customer first’ experience is delivered consistently
• Ensures consistent product training and knowledge to provide unbiased customer advice
• Leads the team to deliver a green mystery shop resultKPI’s
• Exceeds sales targets and delivers LFL growth along with ATV, AUS and conversion
• OMNI focus by maximizing O&P opportunities
• Exceeds the company acquisition and participation target for NDULGE
• Manages payroll spend within budget through effective scheduling and people planning
• Manages stock file accuracy – adheres to all stock handling policies to ensure full accuracy andminimise any loss in line with stock loss targets

Communication
• Ensures team awareness of sales targets, ATV, AUS and conversion targets on a daily, weekly andmonthly basis, focusing on their achievement
• Communicates clearly and concisely with all internal and external business partners to drivebusiness opportunities

Commerciality
• Actively identifies innovative opportunities to maximise their business
• Confidently analyses all available business reports to review and assess store weekly, monthlyand yearly performance
• Empowered to make brave decisions to drive commercial excellence ensuring sales, promotions,new launches, VM and rate card executions are carried out to brand standards
• Drive Treatment rooms/chairs bookings and maintain standards
• Stay ahead of current trends, brand specific, social media and have a sound knowledge ofcustomer profile by keeping up to date with external influence\’s I.e., media and local community

Team
• Recruits and retains diverse teams that supports our ‘customer first’ experience
• Creates an inclusive, welcoming and approachable environment for employees to thrive in
• Confidently delivers feedback and manages performance in line with Company processes andusing the NHANCE platform
• Identify key in house ambassadors/specialists to drive results in specific area’s
• Ensuring team members are efficient on all operational tasks utilising best practise and drivingaction lead approach vs problem driven one
• Support with development of management team, succession planning and future growth of thebusiness

Leadership
• Leads, motivates and inspires team – be a role model!
• Coaches and develops the teams and individuals to achieve their full potential
• To undertake any reasonable duties as expected by Regional Manager
• Lead change and innovation supporting new ideas and initiatives to evolve the retail experiencefor customers. Drive sales and provide a unique store experience
• Challenge and inspire the team to elevate every aspect of the store experience through service,stock and VM to display a compelling atmosphere for our customers
• Coach and empower the management team to take the initiative as leaders and oversee alllevels of customer service and operations
• Exhibit floor presence by leading by example
• Conducts thorough floor walk with management and team on a regular basis providing
constructive feedback and setting goals
• Excellent organizational skills, consciously plan, organize, and execute projects by priority
• Assume total accountability for store H&S by overseeing and upholding company procedures,always to protect employees and customers against accidents and incidents

Store Operations
• Ensures the store is maintained in line with Company maintenance and Health & Safety
standards. Communicating all needs, in a timely manner to always to protect employees andcustomers against accidents and incidents.
• Understands and adheres to all Company loss prevention practices

Qualities:
• Ability to deliver a ‘customer first’ experience, demonstrating the leadership to coach andmotivate teams
• Ability to understand and analyse commercial reports to drive business opportunities across thestore
• Ability to identify key performance behaviours and competencies with team
• Ability to build strong working relationships with support office departments
• Strong communication skills
• Strong prioritising and organisational skills
• Leads by example, be a positive role model
• Values honesty and integrity in working relationships
• Ability to manage change
• Flexibility to meet rapidly changing priorities and deadlines
• Ability to delegate tasks and follow up effectively to ensure completion

Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted.

All applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

If you want to find out more about us, what it is like to work for us, all about our benefits, and our pledges on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, please visit our website.

Space NK are an equal opportunities employer.

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