Job Assistant Manager - Portsmouth - Temp / Maternity Cover

Assistant Manager - Portsmouth - Temp / Maternity Cover Job id: 38673455
Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Salary: Competitive
Company:Birthdays
Job type: Temporary
Date posted: 03/06/2008 10:34


Description: Birthdays are the leading greeting card specialist throughout the UK and Ireland and as part of the Clinton Card Group we are an established and well loved brand in the high street with over 350 stores offering both quality products and value for money.After a number of business changes the future for Birthdays looks strong and exciting as we continually review and improve our product offering and increase our sales. Life in Birthdays is busy, demanding and lots of fun working with fantastic products and focusing on the best possible delivery of service for all our valued customers.As part of the Birthdays store management team you will be developing your people to help you run your store to maximum efficiency whilst finding new and creative ways to increase sales and drive the business forwards to achieve its challenging targets.If you are ready for a change to a retailer who can offer an exciting environment, development and support and lots of change and progress, then Birthdays is where you need to be.Job DescriptionResponsibilities:To work alongside the Branch Manager to run a Birthdays shop within guidelines provided by the Company with the aim of achieving high levels of profit, standards and customer service.§To instruct employees to ensure that the branch trades to maximum effect within Company guidelines.§To assist the Manager to recruit, train and motivate and develop branch staff to enable them to run the branch in your absence.§To ensure that staff are fully briefed and have the ability to carry out the tasks required of them, including the communication of instructions given by H.O. and Area Management. §To work with the Manager to carry out all administration in line with Company procedures.§To assist the Manager to ordergoods as required and indicated by the stock control systems, so as to offer for sales the full range of goods carried by the Company with stock levels maintained as indicated by your Area Sales Manager.§To assist the Manager with sock deliveries, with maintaining stock in the branch in an organised manner and ensuring the Company stocktaking is carried out to Company requirements (normally 2 per annum).§To ensure that all company policies and procedures are adhered to and that all employees understand these and the implications of non-compliance.§To be familiar with and comply with instructions given through communication from H.O. in the form of the Procedures Manual, Talking Cards and other forms of communication. §To notify your Manager of the branch sales and other information relating to the branch as requested.§To ensure that branch expenses are kept to a minimum whilst maintaining standards. §To assist your Manager to ensure that sales targets are achieved whilst working within the given wage budgets as dictated by your Area Sales Manager.§To comply with health and safety legislation with regard to self, employees and customers of Birthdays.§To maintain the branch to the Company standards therefore providing a clean, tidy, safe and pleasant environment for our customers to shop.


Contact: LEANNE OUTRAM
Reference: job/Assistant Manager - Portsmouth