Retail Team Leader - 73&74 Thomas Street Stores

at  Vision Ireland

Vision Ireland Retail with over 130 stores nationwide and Ireland’s 2nd Largest Charity Retailer is now recruiting for a Team Lead .
Want to work somewhere that makes a difference for our community? Our Retail business contributes over 30% of the funding needed to provide essential services to the 55,000 service users around the country.
The ideal applicant will love to work with a diverse team based in two stores, have a passion for coaching and developing those around you. The success of the store is based on the management team becoming a part of the local community and able to build excellent relationships not only with the instore team but those in your community and your area of stores.
If you have had experience in a supervisory role , can clearly demonstrate a motivational leadership style, deliver excellent store standards , and exceed store targets than this may be the career path for you.

Staffing:

• Recruit, train and inform all volunteers of their expected duties and to actively source volunteer staff
• Maintain a positive and happy atmosphere with particular attention to customer service and public relations
• Ensure shop staffing cover is adequate to the needs of the business and taking into account seasonal trends and daily busy periods of trade
• Promptly report to Store Manager , any difficulties that may be experienced with volunteers and Workers
• Responsible for monitoring and restricting pilferage of all merchandise from the moment it arrives on the premises until sold or recycled
• Assist with training or coaching of staff from the shops

Shop Management
Support store manager that shop meets the sales and other targets that are set for it
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- Ensure that all window displays are attractive and changed weekly (plan yearly celebrations and events)
- Support store manager with visual merchandising in store.
- Support store manager with donated goods and ensure proper presentation and merchandising to the fullest potential, including security, washing, ironing and cleaning where necessary, pricing, ticketing and stock rotation Ensure the shop is kept clean and tidy at all times
- Ensure that no goods are offered for sale that are not top quality (no broken zips, bobbled clothes etc)
- Selling furniture and merchandising of various retail categories.
- Support store manager on training and managing social activation scheme employees as well as volunteers

Financial Management:

• Support store manager for the shops accounting procedures including banking procedures, till receipts procedures, to ensure that the correct transactions and cash handling procedures are adhered to at all times including staff purchases
• Responsible for the inventory and security of all equipment and fittings on the premises
• Arrange and support on-going fundraising events and activities and meet specific targets
• Support store manager for proper inventory and accounting of “Bought In Goods”

Promotion and Marketing:

• Promote the Vision Ireland Retail brand and the shop locally, through a variety of channels in a cost effective way

Communications:

• Undertake shop related duties and other ventures as might be required from time to time including attendance at meetings (in particular the Annual General Conference), evaluations & training courses etc

Other:

• Ensure you report your day off/sick leave/annual leave and other time off to your store manager
• Be flexible with working hours when required by the needs of the business (cover sickness, holidays, promotions and other shop)
• Be flexible to work weekends and bank holidays.
• Any other reasonable duties that may be requested by the store manager