Assistant Store Manager - Bendigo

"Introduction: Who are we? Early Settler is Australia's leading furniture and homewares retailer, helping customers create stylish, comfortable homes with affordable, quality furniture and gorgeous homewares. With over 65 stores nationwide, we've built a reputation for exceptional customer experiences and contemporary design solutions. Why Join Us? Here at Early Settler, we are looking for people who share our passion for providing exceptional customer experience. We love what we do and we love to support each other to hit our goals. People enjoy working with Early Settler because we provide a supportive, fun, collaborative team environment where your wellbeing matters, backed by comprehensive training and genuine career development opportunities. We know great Assistant Store Managers are hard to find - so we’re offering a $2,000 joining bonus - $1,000 Early Settler furniture reward after 3 months, and a further $1,000 furniture reward at 6 months (T&Cs apply.) Description: What is the Role? We are looking for a passionate and dynamic Assistant Store Manager to join our Bendigo store and develop your retail leadership skills. This permanent role offers the opportunity to coach a dynamic sales team, work directly with customers on styling solutions, and partner with our Store Manager to drive sales and store performance in our busy, high-performing location. We’re not just hiring for a job — we’re looking for a true leader who’s ready to influence and support the future of our stores. Key Responsibilities: Partner with Store Manager to drive sales performance and achieve targets through effective selling of merchandiseWork with our customers directly to provide styling solutions and recommendations, upsell and cross-sell ascertaining customer needsCoach and guide the retail sales team to achieve targets and create a unique shopping experience that delivers exceptional customer serviceSupport with day-to-day store operations including rostering, financial performance, administrative tasks, recruiting and onboarding of new team membersSupport in developing and implementing strategies that can maximize both sales and customer service targets Skills and Experiences: Who are we looking for? 2-3+ years experience in retail sales with a proven track record of achieving targetsStrong leadership abilities and passion for coaching team members to succeed and achieve their targetsResourceful with a can-do attitude and ability to solve problems and provide solutionsAble to balance customer care, team development and administrative tasksA genuine interest in home-styling, furniture or creating welcoming living spaces is a plus!Be keen as beans to live our values #WeAddValue, #WeAreDistinctive, #WeMakeItPersonal, #WeAreExperts, #WeKeepItReal.As we are a furniture store, the role involves regular manual handling of products including lifting, carrying and moving items of varying sizes. Applicants must be physically capable of safely performing these tasks as part of their daily duties. Applicants must be a AU citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in Australia and therefore hold a valid visa. We understand a lot of time and effort goes into applying for roles and we genuinely thank all applicants in advance. Due to the volume of applications we receive, only successful applicants will be contacted for an interview."