NZ Uniforms is a family owned New Zealand business with 17 retail stores from Auckland to Dunedin.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate Retail Store Manager for our thriving Whakatane Store.

You’ll need energy, a thirst for a challenge, a get it done attitude and a desire to provide our school, club and business customers with an exceptional in-store experience.

On any day you could be fitting a student for a new school uniform, working with a business on a new uniform range or with a sports team needing kit for a tournament. No two days are the same.

You will need the skills to coach and motivate your own small local team and you will have your own coaching and support from the National Retail Manager and other Store Managers as well as the wider NZ Uniforms HQ team.

Key job responsibilities:

• Sales, sales, sales - achieving retail & wholesale sales budgets and KPI targets
• People management
• Customer relationship management
• Training and development
• Inventory management
• Visual merchandising and maintaining store presentation standards

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Ability to lead, coach, motivate, develop and manage a small team
• Excellent inventory management skills
• Intermediate and above computer skills
• Strong visual merchandising skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Great time management and organisational skills
• Attention to detail
• Energy, drive and a passion for customer service
• Retail management and/or business to business experience.

The successful candidate will:                       

Join a growing business and be part of a great team working towards the same goal. You’ll receive ongoing training and continual support along with a competitive salary, an exciting incentive programme (achievement is rewarded) and excellent staff discounts.  Plus you will get to work with a variety of customers – schools, students, parents and whanau, sports teams, businesses – everyday. As an extra bonus, we close during the Christmas and New Year break and most other public holidays – no working Boxing Day or New Years!

If this sounds like you then we want to hear from you now! Be part of the NZ Uniforms Whakatane team.