Retail Area Manager

360 Resourcing are currently looking for a self motivated and people focussed retail area manager with experience in driving sales through people for a very successful national high street retailer. Covering the South West London you will be accountable for driving profits and performance for up to 20 high street stores.

An area manager within this company needs to be very engaging and dynamic and constantly striving to achieve sales growth through effective people management, leadership and business planning.

• You will be hands on when conducting site visits and look to really understand what is going on in your store.
• Work with HR to develop succession planning and deal with underperformance.
• Full accountability for all your regions KPI's and take ownership of the area.
• You need to demonstrate entrepreneurial flair particularly when looking at ways of marketing the products and developing additional revenue streams.
• Change management will be key in this role as this client moves from service to a sales led operation.

Covering the North Wales Region you will ideally be located near - Wrexham, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Anglesey or Chester.

To be considered for the area manager role we are keen to hear from candidates with:

• Multi site retail area management experience preferably from an assisted retail sales environment
• A history in managing bad debt would be a distinct advantage
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to inspire, coach, develop and motivate people to achieve KPI's whilst delivering excellent customer service.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to execute and communicate the retail plan set by the senior team
• Full P&L accountability and able to use the information in a way that helps define how you manage your area.
• In addition you must be able to demonstrate a strong background in managing underperformance.

This role is more about how you effectively manage and inspire your people daily rather than your ability to manage a product.

What's on Offer?

• Up to £30,000 basic salary (Depending on experience and performance)
• OTE circa £35,000 - £40,000
• Car allowance, Laptop, Pension and other excellent benefits.

If you are an area manager, multi-site manager, regional manager, retail operations manager, cluster manager, or district manager within a retail setting and would like to apply please do so today.

This company will be conducting interviews in February and looking for someone to start ASAP.