Assistant Store Leader- Retail

We are a footwear company, a health and wellbeing company, and we're looking for an Assistant Manager at our Neal Street Store with a strong retail background to help us make this dream into a reality.

The Assistant Manager plays a key role in bringing our store to life every day. You’ll support the store manager in leading the store with confidence and care, taking full ownership of the store when they’re not present. This includes opening and closing the store, guiding the team through the day, and ensuring everything runs smoothly from start to finish.

As our Assistant Manager you’ll be comfortable handling transactions, cashing up, and managing weekly banking procedures with accuracy and integrity. As a senior member of the team, you’ll lead by example to deliver outstanding, human-first customer experiences and build meaningful connections with every customer.

You’ll take pride in developing a deep understanding of our products and purpose, sharing our story with authenticity and helping customers find what truly works for their feet, their movement, and their lives.

• Securely opening and closing of the store and following store opening and closing procedures.
• Confidently setting up the tills in the morning and closing them in the evening.
• The Supervisor should have a fantastic knowledge of store product and be able to communicate this information well to our customers.
• Dealing with customer complaints.
• Ensuring that as a team the store (shop floor and back of house) is kept clean and presentable.
• Experience of working in a Store as an Assistant Manager or Supervisor.
• You'll be looking for full time work in a retail environment and will be able to work on any day as you'll share a rota.
• Friendly and approachable, and understanding of conflict management to ensure a happy and respectful work environment.
• Basic understanding of Excel to complete daily and weekly cashing-up procedures.
• Able to confidently delegate tasks to ensure the smooth running of the store.
• Happy to travel to other stores and events where needed.

Benefits include:

• 25-day holiday allowance (pro rata), 4 additional days each year to volunteer, get outdoors or focus on your wellbeing, and a day off for your birthday.
• Private Medical Health care, including mental health, dental and eye care.
• Free seasonal Vivo footwear and discounts for you, your friends & family.
• Pension matched to 5%.
• Travel Allowance to support connection days.
• Generous gender-neutral parental leave.
• Death in service plan up to 6 times your salary.

Vivobarefoot believes that diversity is the essence of its ecosystem. We encourage diversity of thought and believe that it enables creativity and innovation to flourish. We believe that feedback and fostering collaboration will allow employees to blaze new trails and enjoy every aspect of the Vivobarefoot community.

Every opportunity for recruiting a new member of the Vivobarefoot family should be an opportunity for us to introduce fresh perspectives, talent and skills into our community. Therefore, our commitment is to recruit regardless of race, colour, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, mental health illness, disability, marital or parental status, national or social origin, gender identity, age or any other characteristics protected by law.