Stockroom Manager, adidas Brand Centre, Stratford, London

Job description

Country: United Kingdom
Job Function: Retail (Store)

State / Province: England
Position Type: Full time

City / Location: London
Brand: adidas

Relocation:

Somewhere, in one of our workshops right now, the future is taking shape. We are constantly working to redefine the way clothing and footwear transforms the pitch, court or course. This is what drives us: the feeling of discovery and the urge to innovate. When we create a product that makes our hearts beat faster, we know we’re onto something.

If this sounds inspiring, you might be one of us: Someone who loves to create the present, as well as shape the future. There’s a reason adidas has been at the forefront of defining sport for more than 60 years: We never stand still. Everyday, we work to improve everything we create.

At adidas, interesting, amazing and inspiring aren’t just ideas. They are what we do every single day.

PURPOSE & IMPACT ON ORGANIZATION:

Contributes to meeting or exceeding store sales and KPI targets by:

 Maintaining an effective and organized stockroom area

 Executing store operations with particular focus on product flow to and from the sales floor

 Using his/her expertise and experience to provide feedback and support to selected team members

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Is aware of store targets and actively works to meet or exceed these by using all the resources available inside and outside of the store

 Uses retail and commercial expertise to maximize sales opportunities by prioritizing merchandise flow to the sales floor

 Is a role model for stockroom operations and completing deliveries quickly and accurately while adhering to stock protection procedures

 Accurately records and manages all inter-store and warehouse inventory movement and does this in a timely manner

 Ensures adequate supplies to create an effective stockroom environment and continually maintains this (including all merchandise) within and around the vicinity

 Complies with store policies and procedures to maintain a safe shopping and working environment

 Identifies improvement opportunities and communicates suggestions to store management to drive commercial success

 Guides and trains selected members of the store team on basic stockroom processes and behaviors

 Collaborates productively and respectfully with team members to meet or exceed store goals

 Makes himself/herself available to support other team members when needed

 Communicates a desire to learn and seizes all available opportunities to drive his/her development and increase performance

AUTHORITIES:

 Not Applicable

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

 Customers

 Peers and Supervisor

KNOWLEDGE, CAPABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE:

 Stepping into Management Competencies

 Fine-tunes communication techniques to provide advanced level service to internal customers

 Flexibly adapts approach to accommodate the needs of multiple internal customers at the same time

 Deals professionally with difficult internal customer situations

 Uses retail and commercial expertise to drive overall store sales by prioritising the flow of merchandise to the sales floor

 Supports teammates by actively helping the sales floor team when directed by Store management

 Is thorough and detail oriented in maintaining a clean and organised stockroom

 Stockroom management or people management experience is highly desirable

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

 Minimum 12 months work experience in a sports/fashion customer- and commercial-focused retail environment with advanced selling experience and comprehensive product, retail and industry understanding, [as well as with first supervisor experience]

 Intermediate numeracy and literacy and advanced verbal communication skills

 Minimum 6 months experience in a Stockroom role