The White Company - Assistant Manager
Our Story
From its inception in 1994, Chrissie Rucker’s vision was to build a company that specialised in stylish, white,
designer-quality items for the home that were not only exceptional quality, but also outstanding value for
money. In addition to this devotion to simplicity, it was imperative the customer was put at the heart of
everything and provided with a second-to-none shopping experience - and so The White Company was born.
Today, the company that began as a 12-page mail-order brochure has become one of the UK’s fast-growing
multi-channel retailers and a leading lifestyle brand with 66 stores across the UK and a highly successful online
business.
Our Role
As an Assistant Manager for The White Company, you will play a key role in supporting the Manager and assuming
responsibility for your store as required.
What you’ll be doing
• Maximise contribution by helping to achieve budget sales and controlling costs.
• Assist the Manager in managing store costs without jeopardising stores objectives.
• Assist with training, development and motivation of staff in order to achieve highest possible levels of
customer service and performance.
• Manage the customer experience
• Manage customer queries and complaints in a timely and efficient manner.
• Ensure that customer service standards are adhered to and business opportunities are maximised.
• Manage the store presentation including cleanliness, visual display and merchandising so it is reflective of
the brand.
• Maintain open communication up and down within the store, across to other departments and ultimately
the customer.
• Responsible for adherence within the store of all company policies and procedures, as per the policies and
procedures manual.
• Responsible within the store for health and safety compliance.
The skills & experience that you’ll need
• Supervisory experience
• Exposure to your current stores KPI’s and objectives with an understanding of how they are performing
• Retail or service industry experience
• People management
• Communication
• Interpersonal
• Self-motivated
• Commercial awareness
• Problem solving
Our Equality Diversity and Inclusion statement of commitment
At The White Company we are committed to creating an inclusive culture that welcomes and celebrates a
diversity of backgrounds and identities.
We are working together to ensure our environment is one where people can bring their authentic selves to
work, where their contribution is valued, ability enhanced, and perspective appreciated. Where difference is
respected, encouraged, and celebrated. Where you can feel you belong.
We are committed to an active Equality Diversity and Inclusion Policy, which starts with our recruitment and
selection process.
We'd love you to join us on our journey.
PRIDE – in everything we do
P – Passionate – We look for team members who are passionate about their expertise or role, who bring the
best of themselves to work and have fun with it. We need people who are passionate about offering
impeccable service to customers and colleagues
R – Resourceful – We love hearing from people who use their initiative to solve problems or make processes
more efficient. We value people who use their industry knowledge to support the success of the team, and
those who care about sustainability.
I – Imagination - The best people at The White Company bring creative ideas and offer solutions to problems.
We encourage everyone, no matter how junior, to share their ideas and have a voice
D – Dedication – We look for people who want to go above and beyond for their team and the business. We
love seeing evidence of drive from people who are dedicated to being the best in their field of expertise.
E – Everyone – We all want The White Company to do well and we do that through a One Team, inclusive
approach. We need team members who are supportive, respectful – people who share ideas and support
team wellbeing
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What We Are Looking For...
- Drive sales & maximise profit - you will be responsible for identifying opportunities to increase your stores contribution. From ensuring you implement company layout to a high standard to analysing your reports, you will be accountable for the success of your branch. Conducting daily floor walks & delegating effectively, you will be on top of competitor activity and will communicate trade feedback to all levels.
- Connect with our customers - you will ensure every customer receives a world class shopping experience in your store! Leading by example, you will motivate your team to give genuine service to our customers & encourage them to maximise opportunities to up sell across all areas of the store.
- Recruit & retain the best talent - you will be passionate about your team & will be responsible for their career development. You will recruit the best team for your store & will invest your time to train & coach them, driving succession through your branch, creating future managers for the business. You will also play a key role in managing the performance of your team.
- Control costs & manage loss prevention - you will drive productivity of your team by effectively managing your payroll, having the right people in the right place at the right time. You will ensure your team protects profit by deterring theft through service. You will be responsible for ensuring your store is operationally sound with effective stock management controls in place.
- Have a proven track record in managing store KPI’s including sales, payroll, controllable costs, stock loss and service
- Be a great communicator across all levels
- Have great leadership skills
- Be passionate about delivering a world class experience to our customers
- Have previous experience at Manager level or be an experienced Deputy Manager looking for your next step up
Jo Malone London Stylist - 7.5 hours per week
Jo Malone London Stylist
7.5 hours per week
Jo Malone London is a British fragrance house known for elegantly simple scents with unexpected ingredients and a unique twist. As well as coveted colognes, Jo Malone London creates luxurious scents for bath, body and home. Distinctive yet understated. Perfect alone or artfully layered with Fragrance Combining™. Synonymous with gift giving, Jo Malone London is a thoughtful and generous statement, from a small token to the grandest of gifts. Wrapped in our iconic cream and black box, tied with grosgrain ribbon.
In this role you will truly be the host with the most, entertaining visitors from across the globe and showcasing The World of Jo Malone London™ to our customers, global colleagues and corporate clients. Creativity is our day to day. From the signature Hand and Arm massage to hosting wedding consultations where you will help bottle some of their most precious memories.
You will also like working as part of a high performing team to create, organize and execute in-store events and to ensure that the store always achieves our high standards of visual merchandising to stand out against our competitors.
The ideal candidate will share our passion for bespoke, luxury fragrance and service expectations. As a Stylist you will be able to meet and exceed service and sales goals established by Jo Malone London.
You main duties will be achieving service goals and building long-term customer relationships by delivering fragrance experiences that amaze.
You will have:
- Relevant retail and/or customer service experience
- A passion and energy to provide inspirational, authentic and personalised customer service
- An approachable, friendly with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
- Confidence in speaking to customers, get to know them and understand their needs to best cater to them
- Flexible availability across days/hours. We want all of our team to have a good work-life balance, please discuss your availability further with the hiring manager before/during the interview.