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Retail Store Manager - Shoreditch

Listing ID: 1700660

Retail Store Manager - Shoreditch

Type of Position: Permanent Position
Company / Organisation / Artist Name: Glassworks
Area of Fashion: Retail (store role)
Location: Shoreditch, East London, London
Hours: Full Time
Twitter Handle: @
Deadline: Ongoing
Ad Expires In: 1 month 1 week
About: Founded in London in 2010, Glassworks is a fresh London fashion brand – totally independent, style-obsessed and passionate believers in bricks-and-mortar boutiques as well as streamlined digital shopping. Our design-led stores and website are refreshed weekly with small runs of completely new fashion – meaning a constant feed of exciting new stuff to try on, helped along by the most dedicated and on it staff-turned-stylists on the planet. With the recent launch of our ecommerce site and flagship store expansion, we are focused on scaling our existing channels – all whilst maintaining a strong design aesthetic, stylish atmosphere in store and strong customer focus.

Glassworks London is an independent women's fashion brand founded in 2010. Our design-led boutiques are refreshed weekly with small runs of new-season fashion. We're growing fast, with five London boutiques, a store in Brighton and our sights set on the US.  We're building a brand for the long term, and we want people who want to grow with us.

The Boutique Manager in Shoreditch is a commercial, customer-facing role for a natural leader who runs the floor with energy, knows their numbers inside out, and turns every visit into a sale.  The successful applicant's focus will be on sales, service, team building, and creating a store experience that keeps our customers coming back.

What the Store Manager will be doing:

  • Leading from the shop floor through confident selling, styling and customer engagement
  • Delivering and exceeding weekly and monthly sales targets
  • Coaching your team daily to strengthen their selling, styling and conversion
  • Managing team performance directly, with clear standards and honest feedback
  • Recruiting and developing a team of confident, capable sellers
  • Running rotas, stock and visual merchandising to keep the store trading at its best

The Store Manager's KPIs:

  • Weekly and monthly sales vs target
  • Conversion
  • ATV and UPT
  • Labour cost as a percentage of sales
  • Team performance against individual sales targets

What Glassworks is looking for:

  • Retail management or senior supervisory experience
  • A proven track record on KPIs, with the numbers to show for it
  • Strong leadership and people management skills
  • Sharp commercial instinct and confident decision-making         
  • A natural seller, and the kind of presence customers remember
  • Commercially sharp, with the experience of carrying a target and hitting it
  • A confident people manager who leads with clarity and holds a standard
  • Decisive, self-directed, and energised by a fast pace
  • Genuinely passionate about fashion, styling and great retail                                              

What we offer:

  • £30,000 salary + commission
  • Generous staff discount
  • Pension scheme
  • Real ownership of a store, with clear progression as the brand grows internationally

Glassworks London is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.


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