Area Manager

Locations: Antrim - Junction One, Banbridge, Bray, Dublin - O'Connell St, Galway, Killarney, Letterkenny, Limerick, Omagh, Sligo, Tralee, Waterford, Wexford

We are a highly successful outdoor retailer who have been trading in Ireland for 20 years and have been offering quality outdoor clothing and equipment at the lowest prices since 1997. We now have over 350 stores and more than 3000 employees.

It’s the teams that make the stores…ours are really important to us and therefore we are looking for a passionate, forward thinking and People focussed Country Manager to lead our teams across the whole of Ireland and support the next steps of our growth within the Ireland market.

The role

• Driving sales to achieve business budget and profit growth
• Supporting business growth across Ireland through new stores and growing space in existing markets
• To establish and maintain best practice in Customer care
• Build a people Development strategy to support succession
• Support and coach improvement in Visual Merchandising to achieve company standard
• To deliver operational compliance across your stores
• To act as a liaison between Ireland and our UK Head Office, building and encouraging relations
• To ensure adherence to company procedure and policy, protecting the company’s assets and brand and build a strong relationship with our people partners in Ireland
• Build strong relationships with key Head office partners to develop a robust strategy in Ireland
• To recruit, coach, develop and manage a high performing team to the standard required by Mountain Warehouse
• Visit stores on a regular cycle to ensure consistency leaving a footprint to support actions and target increased visits to reverse under performance
• Constantly looking for opportunities to grow profit by reducing costs

A typical week

• Driving Key Performance Indicators through the Store teams and ensuring stores are commercial for the Irish Market
• Analysing business results and trends taking appropriate action to drive sales and profitability
• Visiting stores and adding value by leaving clear and supportive actions to meet the business strategy and directions of your line manager
• Recognising outstanding sales performance across your teams
• Developing, sharing and implementing best practice across the area
• Communicating regularly with the Regional Manager and Head Office, concerning problems and highlighting opportunities
• Being an inspirational leader, demonstrating positive service and management techniques

We would love to meet someone with

• Proven successful track record in delivering service, sales and profit expectations at field level
• A minimum 2 years field management experience, preferably in the Retail or Service Sector- apparel experience would be a huge advantage
• Proven people management, communication and leadership skills
• Demonstrated track record of managing a project such as opening stores successfully and dealing efficiently with issues as they arise

Core Benefits 

• Bonus scheme
• Company Car
• 50% Employee Discount across 2 brands
• Twice-yearly uniform allowance
• Employee Referral Incentive
• Employee Assistant Programme