Stock Manager

STOCK MANAGER - PERMANENT

up to £17,000 per annum

JOB ROLE

This role is to effectively manage the stock room, shop floor operations and to meet customer service expectations.  In this role you will also deputize for the Retail Store Manager. You will be a key manager in a business with annual turnovers ranging from £1 million to £13 million. To be successful in this role you'll need a genuine passion for retail and customer service and excellent leadership and coaching skills.  Your enthusiastic and energetic approach coupled with the ability to plan and prioritize will drive tangible results and in turn your own professional success.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Develops future strategy, effectively formulates action plans

• Strong Vision and communication skills

• Strong leadership skills, developing team working and displaying a proactive management style

• A proactive and effective management style with the ability to make effective business decisions

• Encourages personal development

• Strong Interpersonal skills

• Ability to develop a customer service focused environment

• Coaching and mentoring management style

• Passionate about meeting Customer and Company expectations

• Excellent Influencing and negotiation skills

• Passion and energy, promoting an energised environment

• Commercial drive and awareness with the ability to identify potential sales opportunities

• Ability to prioritise, anticipate changes and implement recommendations

• Gains commitment from team and maximises contributions from others

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supporting the Retail Store Manager to maximise store performance through the effective management of KPIs, ensuring trends are identified and opportunities exploited

• Ensuring effective administration support to sales team to support customer service delivery in line with Company Standards

• Driving customer service standards to achieve sales and ensure customer satisfaction targets are exceeded

• Communicating and managing corporate policies, legal requirements, procedures and instructions so changes are managed effectively

• Assisting with staff selection, retention, training and performance issues ensuring a skilled and motivated workforce is able to deliver

• Identifying people potential, managing and driving staff development and supporting staff and managers to achieve their potential

• Creating a safe and secure working environment ensuring compliance with company and legislative standards

• Deputising for the Retail Store Manager and act as Duty Manager as and when required

• Managing the stock ordering and receiving and administrative functions in order to meet stock holding and availability targets

• Proactively manage out of stock processes and fully investigate all out of stocks to satisfactory conclusion

• Action all stock moves in an accurate and timely manner

• Release stock deliveries within agreed timescale to support retail operations

OUR CLIENT

Our client is one of the most successful blue chip retail companies in the UK, a market leader in their field they are focused on and committed to driving the impressive growth they have achieved to date by investing in their employees. They have a strong commitment to training and developing their staff and where possible seek to promote from within and offer fantastic opportunities for future progression allowing individuals to forge successful careers.

Our client is a unique retailer recognized for choice, value and convenience. It sells general merchandise and products for the home from over 700 stores throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland. There customer-focused approach combines convenience and competitive pricing with innovation.

This role is being handled by McCarthy Recruitment, award winning specialist retail recruitment consultancy covering the whole of the UK. McCarthy is like no other recruitment agency you will have worked with, our difference is our commitment to providing a professional and personalized recruitment service of the highest quality.

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