Founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people's lives with our high quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all - a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment.
As a company driven by purpose and strong corporate values we pride ourselves to be listed among the World's Most Ethical Companies since 16 consecutive years. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do - acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation and treating each other with trust and respect.
- We are seeking an experienced Assistant Store Manager with a passion for luxury to help lead our new pop up store at Springfield, Spalding on a fixed term contract, commencing in July 2024 until January 2025.
Position: Assistant Store Manager - Full Time (Fixed term)
Location: Springfield, Spalding
Hours per Week: 37.5
Salary: £26,000 - £27,000 per annum
What we offer to our Assistant Store Managers:
- A retention bonus of £750 upon successful completion of your contract
- A 50% staff discount to use on all of your favourite Molton Brown products
- Up to to 25 days holiday (depending on years of service) + Bank Holidays
- A day off on your birthday!
- A monthly store bonus scheme up to 0.70% of retail sales if store targets are reached
- Free product allocation every quarter up to 5 Molton Brown eligible items!
- Enhanced family leave
- Wellbeing Support
- Recognition Awards
- Exclusive access to our e-Learning platform (including access to qualifications, certifications and memberships)
The Assistant Store Manager role:
- An Assistant Store Manager for Molton Brown will support in being the driving force of our business demonstrating a will to win, passion for people and demonstrates exceptional standards of execution
- Has sound strategic and analytical thinking in order to make commercial decisions to support the Store and team achieving sales, KPI's and business profit through inspirational motivation
- Is a role model in delivering the principles of our customer service programme, knowing what excellence looks like whilst motivating others to achieve also
- Supports the Store Manager to develop a highly effective team through engaging communication, coaching and training, empowering individuals to reach their full potential
The Perfect Assistant Store Manager Candidate:
- Minimum of 2 years retail management experience
- Experience within the fragrance and beauty retail environment is desirable
- An excellent communicator
- An engaging and successful leader
- Proven commercial acumen
- Customer Centric approach
- Flexibility in working arrangements to suit business requirements including some travel to meetings and to support other locations
Molton Brown is part of Kao founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people's lives with our high-quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all - a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do - acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation and treating each other with trust and respect.
How we work: Having been selected among the World's Most Ethical Companies for 18 consecutive years, we are a company with a purpose and strong corporate values. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. At Kao, each employee can actively shape their job and their career. We work collaboratively to achieve our common goals, always aiming to deliver the best for our customers.
Hiring Process: Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.