National Retail Manager – Expanding Business – Christchurch Based

Opportunities like this in Christchurch don’t come up very often! Here’s your chance to make your mark on brilliant company that is on a mission to become even more successful and continue to grow. Its an influential role where you get to make all sorts of great improvements.  You will be rewarded with a competitive salary and the opportunity to work with a market leader who is going in an exciting direction!

This is an amazing opportunity for an experienced retail leader who can engage, coach and support the retail teams to deliver on all business goals.

Our Client is a well-established national retail company. They are a highly focused close knit team of retailers who are operating out of Christchurch. They pride themselves on being market leaders with a real edge, this team is continuously sourcing new products from around the world to complement the New Zealand lifestyle no matter what the style or budget.

Soon you could be:

• Leading and inspiring the retail operations team, including an area manager, in developing and carrying out all business plans
• Managing all stores across the business with more to come in 2017
• Creating/managing/ and achieving all sales targets, managing expenditure
• Overseeing and managing all store fit outs, running all aspects of the HR and recruitment at store level
• Managing monthly audits as well as maintaining all company manuals.

This role is suitable for an enthusiastic, organised and motivated individual, who wishes to make their mark on a growing, well established company. You definitely won’t be a wallflower, you’ll be someone who rolls up their sleeves, wants to make a difference and stands out in the crowd.

To be successful for this role you must have the following:

• Demonstrated experience in Retail Regional and or National management level within a successful retail environment.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Confidence and the ability to be professional and to relate to people on all levels.
• Highly developed organisational skills, including the ability to delegate, meet deadlines, with the ability to work both autonomously and in a team environment.
• A clean Driver’s License with the ability to travel nationally
• Great planning and problem solving skills.!

Your sense of humor and a passion for your work will ensure you fit seamlessly into a team who are energetic, driven and down to earth.

If this sounds like you, please apply now or contact Nicole on nicole@theswitchagency.co.nz for further details.