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🟢 Actively Hiring · Posted 24d ago ⏳ Closes in 67 days UK Corridor 🛡️ UK Work Eligibility 🏢 FULL_TIME

Store Manager

Salary Range
£28,000 - £32,000
£2,333 - £2,667 / mo

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Location Base
Kingston upon Thames, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

About the role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Wonderlust team! We are looking for a Store Manger to lead our store in the Bentall Centre in Kingston upon Thames. You will be responsible for the operations of the store, ensuring the store achieves targets and delivers results with commercial excellence. A love of sequins is encouraged!

Day to Day you will:

  • Delegate responsibilities and tasks throughout sales team to ensure they deliver to a high standard and in a timely manner
  • Manage the overall store operations and performance
  • Manage regular performance reviews and probation reviews
  • Organise the long-term store goals
  • Manage stock levels and ensure minimal loss on stock
  • Lead the store team to deliver exceptional customer experience
  • Ensure promotions, sales and visual merchandising directives are carried out to required standards
  • Communicate clearly important information of promotions and product launches to team members
  • Hold daily team briefs and share store KPI’s amongst the team
  • Inspire the team to ensure targets are met and customers have an excellent experience

What you’ll bring:

  • Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work under pressure and guide a team
  • Capable of increasing and improving overall business performance
  • A highly visual individual with excellent commercial product management skills
  • Confidence working under pressure and ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent organisational and decision-making skills
  • Self-motivated and driven to achieve goals individually and as a team

Experience:

  • Management Experience (preferably in retail): 1 year required

Competitive salary dependant on experience.

Benefits:

  • Staff Uniform
  • Staff Discount
  • Career progression opportunities within the business

About us:

Wonderlust is a luxe fashion label based in West London, founded by Sarah Milmine in 2015, with a mission to change the way we feel about clothes and make casual glamour accessible to all.

Our pieces are carefully curated so that they can be loved endlessly. We are proud to manufacture our collections in our studio and locally throughout London, our pieces are produced in small batches and where possible the fabrics used are sourced from deadstock materials to minimise our overall waste.

Since 2018, we now have a permanent headquarters in Teddington, a flagship store in Kingston, have expanded our studio to a new location and are excited to be taking on a third store and newest venture in Westfields.

If you want to be part of a new team and venture at Wonderlust, now is your chance - apply now!

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £28,000.00-£32,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Employee discount

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday
  • Weekend availability

Experience:

  • Management: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

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.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

⚖️ Official regulatory reference: UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) & Home Office Sponsor Register.

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Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Store Manager roles across Wonderlust London's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to General.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £28,000 - £32,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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