Store Manager

**Store Manager - Chippenham Store - Base salary of £23,000 with the potential to earn up to £34,000 with On Target Earnings (pro rata) - We are a business that embraces flexible working so, a range of part time hours are available as well as fulltime hours (40 hours per week) - You will help us achieve our vision, driven to being a key player in moving our business forward with your natural ability to engage the team, inspire and ensure our customers choose the bed that suits them best**

**The Role - Store Manager**

We are currently looking for an experienced Store Manager to join our retail team. You would play a significant role in helping us to achieve our vision, driven to being a key player in moving our business forward, with your natural ability to set an examplefor the team to engage, inspire and offer advice to our customers to ensure they choose the bed that suits them best

Your role as Store Manager will involve:

- Managing all aspects of this successful retail store, ensuring operational, financial and brand standards are upheld.
- Ensuring you have enough staff, resources and products as needed, driving sales, controlling costs, protecting profit. Leading by example in achieving sales targets, coaching your team and motivating on business objectives.
- Using our unique SleepPRO technology to ensure our customers choose the right mattress for them, giving them a perfect night’s sleep every night, building rapport with them to advise on Sleep wellness.
- Taking customers through the sales process and completing the required order paperwork and credit agreements (full training provided).

Working closely with your store colleagues to ensure we offer every customer an outstanding in-store experience, we will give you extensive product training, and ongoing coaching and support throughout your time with us, giving you every opportunity to succeed,progress further and build your perfect career

**In return for your contribution to the store’s performance, we offer a competitive base salary plus uncapped individual commission paid monthly on top of your salary once your minimum sales target is achieved.**

**On target earnings c. £34,000 based on your store sales target (pro rata), but there is no upper limit to what you can earn beyond that**

Our busiest times tend to be when our customers are free to come in and visit the store, which includes evenings, weekends and bank holidays. You would be expected to cover some of these as part of your working week but, we understand the importance of agood work life balance so would not be expected to work all of them.

It should be noted that due to the nature of our product, the role will involve you and your colleagues moving products and some cleaning tasks will be necessary to ensure the store and our products are in the best possible condition for our customers.

**Skills needed**

We are looking for an experienced Store Manager to coach and motivate your team with pride, passion and a positive 'can do’ attitude.
Someone who’s devoted, driven and daring
- Devoted to delivering impeccable customer service with professionalism, ensuring our customers have an outstanding store experience.
- You will be an accomplished business manager, self-motivated and driven, able to manage financial performance, individual and team targets, team development & wellbeing, product knowledge & availability, health & safety and legal compliance, due diligencearound company policies and procedures.
- Able to lead by example with resourcefulness and daring to try new things to help your business move forward.

**Our Benefits**
- In addition _to that we offer you all these extra benefits:_
- Monthly store bonus potential when your store achieves its target
- *Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
- *Medicash - cashback options for Health and Wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more)
- Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness
- *Pension scheme - provided by Legal & General
- *BUPA Private Healthcare
- *Discounted Gym membership
- *Cycle to Work scheme
- Annual leave buy & sell scheme - you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you
- *Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
- Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
- Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
- Career progression - access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds
- *Long service awards and 'Love to Shop’ voucher rewards to spend as you like

**About Bensons for Beds**

We're Bensons for Beds We put Sleep Wellness at the heart of everything we do. With 100 years of experience in sourcing the best quality beds, frames and mattresses, at Bensons we understand how to design the perfect, tailored sleep experience. We have170+ locations and employ c 1800 colleagues. Under new ownership of Alteri Investors we have an ambitious 3 year plan to grow the business further and achieve our mission.