Store Manager, Oxford

Are you ready to encourage a team to deliver inspirational customer experiences and build the LEGO brand? Create an environment in our new LEGO Retail Store at Oxford Westgate where creativity and imagination define the future of play and strive for outstanding results in both guest experience and sales performance.

Core Responsibilities

• As Store Manager for Oxford Westgate, you will understand the demands of retail management and know how to create a welcoming environment.
• An inspiring leader and team builder, you will combine confidence, passion and energy with the empathy and listening skills that make all the difference.
• Financially and commercially aware and a strong people manager, you will know how to juggle tasks and collaborators with ease:

• Be a role model in store for guest experience and a true ambassador for the LEGO Brand. 80% of your time will be invested right on the shop floor.
• Ensure the execution of our service model, strive to complete all monthly mystery shops, maximise repeat business by creating NPS promoters, inspire store staff to consistently deliver outstanding branded experiences.
• Lead, inspire and develop teams for continued success. Recruit and develop a highly productive and collaborative team, communicate through active coaching and performance management, inspire to deliver signature experiences and ensure continuous learning by providing product knowledge and service training.
• Drive Store results. Meet and exceed Key Performance Indicators (CR, UPT, ATV etc.), deal with uncertainty, supervise business processes, maintain impeccable merchandising and cleanliness standards and improve efficiency & profit by maintaining sound operational practices.
• Build rapport and a collaborative environment within the store and with the LEGO Group partners on both operational and people aspects such as Retail Marketing, Retail operations, EHS (Health and safety) and Human Resources.

Do you have what it takes?

• Experience in store management coming from an international retail environment.
• High interest in learning an innovative way of retailing and delivering pinnacle brand experience.
• Experience managing and delivering commercial results.
• Demonstrated leadership ability and proven record of developing staff; gets a lot of happiness to develop people; experience training new staff at all levels.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Knowledge of and experience with retail POS systems and operations; knowledge in budgeting, profit & loss statements, scheduling, loss prevention and cash management is an asset.
• Be able to work flexible hours; occasional travel may be required.

What's in it for you?

• Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (e.g. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children's Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children's Rights. Just imagine building your dream career. Then make it real. Join the LEGO team today.