Retail Store Manager
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Position Overview & Specifications
Managing our Retail team in Bury St Edmunds, you will be expected to drive team engagement whilst ensuring all sales opportunities are maximised. Customers and colleagues are the priority and through your leadership and passion, you will lead your team to ensure a better sleep for all.
What you'll be doing:
- Managing and motivating your team to increase sales and provide the highest level of customer satisfaction.
- Drive a positive environment within your store, ensuring you and your team are regularly getting involved in business initiatives, sharing best practice and having fun.
- To proactively lead the Store Team to achieve set goals, expectations and targets through effective coaching and training. Motivating and inspiring with daily briefings.
- Rota the team to ensure we have the right people working at the right times.
- Walk the floor regularly, ensuring store standards are maintained and the store looks exceptional for our customers
- You should have previous retail or commercial sales experience with a proven track record of Store and Team Management.
- Commercially focused and results driven with solid decision-making aptitude.
- Strong ability to lead, motivate and inspire teams.
- Experienced at working to individual or team performance targets and be personally driven to achieve results
- Excellent communication skills
- Be able to demonstrate that they put the customer at the heart of everything that you do.
- £36,000 achievable earnings (uncapped)
- Uncapped commission and peak incentives
- Amazing company discount on Dreams products
- Discounts on 100's of high street & online brands including restaurants, holidays, and shopping
- Optional buy in schemes including additional holiday, Simply Health, Savings and Loans
- Life Assurance
- Opportunities to progress throughout the wider business
- Access to the Retail Trust, our well-being platform - offering a 24-hour helpline for a variety of support services to you and your household
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Home Furniture & Housewares Stores
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Retail Store Manager roles across Dreams LTD's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Home Furniture & Housewares Stores.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £36,000 - £36,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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