Job Description
Welcome to a different kind of role and a different kind of company. Ranked as one of Irelands best workplaces, by Great Place to Work, Harvey Norman, is a high-profile, leading-edge retail brand with over 289 stores worldwide selling furniture, bedding, electrical, and computer goods. With 18 stores in Ireland, we are growing, and have plenty of opportunities for talented people. If you think you have what it takes to thrive in a dynamic retail environment, we want to hear from you. ABOUT THE JOB: This is an exciting opportunity to grow your retail managerial career and experience unlimited earning potential in an innovative, team-orientated environment. If you want to learn how to run a business rather than just work in one, then we believe that there really is no better place to work. Our Assistant Managers have a passion for our products, are full of energy and drive to get things done, motivate their teams and drive performance, build great people, keep our customers at the heart of everything they do, and have an entrepreneurial spirit. We offer a positive, optimistic, and fun place to work where colleagues become friends, great people and great teams are recognised, and milestones are celebrated. An experienced career focused, ambitious, and determined person will have the potential to grow from this Assistant Store Manager position to further career prospects within Harvey Norman. A hardworking, conscientious and self-motivated person will fit into this strong leadership role. YOUR JOB: Assistant Managers(2ICs) are responsible for assisting and deputising for the store manager to ensure the smooth running of the department and team. The Assistant Manager will, therefore, need to make certain that standards of customer satisfaction are maintained at all times thus ensuring revenue is optimised. YOUR PROFILE: You are action oriented and results driven Engaged and full of energy and drive to get things done. You motivate others creating a culture and environment in which others want to do their best, you drive performance and encourage loyalty, pride, and engagement within the business. You manage with courage provides open, honest, constructive feedback in a timely manner and confidently addresses any problems directly. You are customer focused Understanding that great customer service is not a one-size fits all proposition and that excellence is about doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. You identify & develop talent understand the strengths of the people in your team and create development plans for each of your direct reports. You manage your time and priorities use your time effectively and efficiently to concentrate your efforts on the most important priorities which deliver results. YOUR QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE: Strong Leader of People: Demonstrating strong leadership skills which help provide direction, build loyalty & trust, and maintain motivation & focus within a team. Sales and Performance Coaching: Enhancing individual and team performance by raising awareness and responsibility, creating a culture of ongoing development with a focus on developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes to positively influence performance, potential, results, and the achievement of company objectives. Hardworking, Conscientious, and Self Motivated: Ability to focus efforts and energy on successfully achieving standards of excellence in delivery of goals and objectives. Problem Solver / Analytical: The ability to reduce a problem effectively to its root cause, and then use a logical approach to find a workable, practical, and affordable solution. Strong Sales Experience Ideally you will have a strong background in sales or customer facing roles, and a hunger to excel at sales, meet goals, achieve targets through a proactive and dynamic sales or customer approach. Industry and product knowledge in any of the categories sold by Harvey Norman such as furniture, interiors, cooking, technology, and appliances is preferred - but not essential. WHY PEOPLE JOIN US: Were dynamic and growing! Fun, high energy work environment. Culture of developing and promoting from within the company. Our entrepreneurial spirit. Generous staff discount. Generous commission system. Additional Information: This is a Full Time 11 month Fixed Term Contract with a potential for permanency. We need employees to be flexible about when they work, covering store opening hours, including days, evenings, weekends, and public holidays. The successful candidate will be required to attend a company induction day. Skills: Leadership Skills Performance Coaching Problem Solver Management team player