Are you a retail sales manager with experience in leading across assisted sales? Are you a retail sales professional that values customer experience? Are you passionate about good quality sleep and really comfy beds!?

Bensons for Beds is looking for a new Store Manager to lead the Bensons for beds team at your local store.

Working on a Full time basis, you will use your experience in store management to play a significant role in helping us to achieve our vision. You will be driven to being a key player in moving our business forward, with a track record of being able to set an example to your team, offer advice to our customers and inspire your team.

So, what will you do?

• Managing all aspects of this successful retail store, ensuring operational, financial and brand standards are upheld.
• Ensuring you have enough staff, resources and products as needed, driving sales, controlling costs, protecting profit. Leading by example in achieving sales targets, coaching your team and motivating on business objectives.
• Using our unique SleepPRO™ technology to ensure our customers choose the right mattress for them, giving them a perfect night’s sleep every night, building rapport with them to advise on Sleep wellness™.
• Taking customers through the sales process and completing the required order paperwork and credit agreements (full training provided).

Working closely with your store colleagues to ensure we offer every customer an outstanding in-store experience, we will give you extensive product training, and ongoing coaching and support throughout your time with us, giving you every opportunity to succeed, progress further and build your perfect career!

What will you get?

In return for your contribution to the store’s performance, we offer a competitive base salary plus uncapped individual commission paid monthly on top of your salary once your minimum sales target is achieved.

On target earnings c£39,000 based on your store sales target, but there is no upper limit to what you can earn beyond that!

In addition to that we offer you all these extra benefits:

• Monthly store bonus potential when your store achieves its target
• *Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
• *Medicash - cashback options for Health and Wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more)
• Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness
• *Pension scheme – provided by Legal & General
• *Discounted Gym membership
• *Cycle to Work scheme
• Annual leave buy & sell scheme – you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you
• *Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
• Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
• Career progression – access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds

Who do we want?

We are looking for an experienced Store Manager to coach and motivate your team with pride, passion and a positive ‘can do’ attitude.Someone who’s devoted, driven and daring!

• Devoted to delivering impeccable customer service with professionalism, ensuring our customers have an outstanding store experience.
• You will be an accomplished business manager, self-motivated and driven, able to manage financial performance, individual and team targets, team development & wellbeing, product knowledge & availability, health & safety and legal compliance, due diligence around company policies and procedures.
• Able to lead by example with resourcefulness and daring to try new things to help your business move forward.

Our busiest times tend to be when our customers are free to come in and visit the store, which includes evenings, weekends and bank holidays. You would be expected to cover some of these as part of your working week but, we understand the importance of a good work life balance so would not be expected to work all of them.

It should be noted that due to the nature of our product, the role will involve you and your colleagues moving products and some cleaning tasks will be necessary to ensure the store and our products are in the best possible condition for our customers.