Customer-oriented store manager offering several years of experience in retail operations, sales and service team leadership and profitability strategies. Organized and skilled at prioritizing daily tasks and following through to achieve performance and productivity goals. Recruits, trains, develops and manages team of store associates and assistant managers.
-have have been the store manager for the dublin suffolk street location the dundrum store and the airport location in my time with Superdry.
- Motivated, inspired and developed the existing team to promote the Superdry culture to deliver on the Superdry values and behavior.
- Maximized Sales through excellent service by leading, coaching and deploying staff in the store using our SAS training guide and service sprints.
- Daily feedback and 1 -2-1's every 3, 6 and 12 to review encourage and manage growth leading to some internal promotions and some Performance improvement plans.
- store award in 2023 for the best store growth YOY in UK/IRL sales on 2022 by +23%.
-The KPI for average basket value has currently been increased from 2023 by +8.8% YTD and currently trading +14% on Forecast YTD.
- Review and action commercial decisions weekly to gain sales while maintaining the stock file with RFID.
- Promoted from the airport location to the 8,500sq ft Dundrum store September 2018, and then 1200sq ft suffolk street location 2021 where i took the store manager role in 2023.
- Mindfulness and creating a work life balance was encouraged and explored to maintain positivity and team moral.
Key Responsibilities
Trained over 100+ staff
Key Achievements:
Senior Manager
- Maximized sales and profitability through ensuring excellent service was done with effective management over four units, my team and stock.
- Trained motivated and developed the team, encouraging internal promotions.
Several of whom went on to manage smaller units for the company.
- Mystery shop results for 2016 where not below 92% YTD.
- The current KPI'S increased from 2015/2016 with sales higher than expected and growing over the 2 current units in the airport.
-Deputized for the Area Manager also, supporting with new opening of shops and shop closers, recruitment, grievance's, disciplinary, and general HR duties.
- Developed stores In Germany and Venice in 2015.
- Developed stores in Dublin airport and helped establish better communications to the UK based head office.
- Stock management -1% across the 2 airport stores from -3.5% in 2015.
RETAIL TRAINER
- As well as a Senior Manager I was a Retail Trainer for Ireland and Scotland.
- Inducted, trained and developed new Managers, Sales advisors etc into the company.
- Exceeded sales turnover by motivating staff to drive Ultimate customer ser.'ice and initiating incentives.
- Maximized branch sales through consistently promoting culture of customer service excellence.
- Designed training tools for use in stores to improve staff customer service.
Key Responsibilities: