At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and inspire a network of 13 stores in Melbourne CBD, ensuring top-notch service and team performance.
- Company: Join Petbarn, Australia's leading pet retailer, passionate about pets and customer happiness.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth opportunities, and a vibrant team culture.
- Other info: Exciting opportunity to foster a positive culture and drive business success.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the pet retail industry while leading a passionate team.
- Qualifications: 3-5 years of multi-site retail management experience and strong leadership skills.
The predicted salary is between 75600 - 92400 $ per year.
At Petbarn, Australia's speciality pet leading retailer, we're passionate about making the world a happier place through the love of pets! This great opportunity as an Area Manager across our Melbourne CBD region will suit a pet-passionate, multi-site, retail leader looking to lead a successful network of stores. Strong retail multi-site leadership experience is essential to be successful in this role!
This is a rare and exciting opportunity for an experienced retail area manager to join our team and lead our Melbourne CBD stores, encompassing all aspects of retail area management leadership across 13 stores in the region.
Your current experience will demonstrate that you have a minimum of 3-5 years of multi-site, retail (high volume specialty or FMCG) area management experience and a strong retail management history.
Your primary objective will be to lead, guide and motivate passionate store managers and their teams within the region. You must be a people-focused leader that thrives on building a positive culture, where the team is the centre point of your role.
The opportunity:
- Manage the day-to-day operations of your area group, ensuring consistent service excellence and compliance with company policies and procedures.
- Lead, coach and develop store management teams to maximise individual and store performance.
- Closely monitor sales, inventory, operational metrics and customer satisfaction to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Collaborate with the central Petbarn team to plan and execute regional business initiatives.
- Foster a positive, customer-centric culture across your area of responsibility.
What we need:
- A self-sufficient leader that needs minimal supervision but thrives on achieving goals. You love creating succession plans and having teams that drive for success.
- You will be from a high-volume retailer and must possess a minimum of 3-5 years multi-site experience (you will be managing up to 14 high volume, fast-paced stores).
- A similar volume inventory environment will be highly regarded.
- Have a proven ability in achieving budgeted sales, margin and EBIT targets, whilst presenting results to the senior leadership team.
- Be someone that loves creating strong morale and driving your team to support sales, profit and customer focus initiatives.
- You will be both strategic and operational in your approach to profitability and business expansion.
- Have exceptional relationship building and decision-making skills with a down to business attitude that creates an environment for an effective team.
- Have the ability to negotiate and influence at all levels of the business, both support office and store level.
Applications for this role will close on the 7th of August.
Area Manager employer: Petbarn
At Petbarn, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work culture that values passion and dedication in pet grooming. Our Morayfield salon provides a supportive environment with comprehensive training, career progression opportunities, and a strong commitment to employee well-being, including competitive remuneration and a bonus program. Join us to make a meaningful impact on pet health while enjoying attractive benefits and a stable income throughout the year.
