Assistant Manager
Now Hiring | Fast -growing Australian Retailer | Canberra
The Brand |
Our client is a fast-growing Australian retailer known for delivering elevated customer experiences, premium products, and a culture rooted in confidence and empowerment. With exciting expansion underway and new stores opening, we are seeking an inspiring leader to join the Canberra team as Assistant Store Manager.
The Role |
As Assistant Store Manager, you will be the driving force behind exceptional customer experience, operational excellence, and team development. You will recruit, coach, and empower a high-performing team while maintaining a warm, inclusive, and personalised in-store environment.
You will uphold brand service standards, deliver expert product knowledge, execute visual merchandising directives, and ensure smooth day-to-day operations. This role requires a leader who can balance people, performance, and process, while consistently achieving sales, salary, and shrink targets.
The Skillset |
The ideal candidate is a confident, customer-centric leader with a passion for retail excellence. You are experienced in managing or supervising within a fashion, beauty, lifestyle or service-driven environment. You thrive in a fast-paced setting and bring a strong coaching mindset. In addition, you:
Have a customer-first mindset and the ability to create a premium, personalised shopping experience.
Are a hands-on leader who inspires, motivates, and leads by example.
Possess proven ability to achieve KPIs, sales targets and operational goals.
Bring strong recruitment, training and team-development capabilities.
Demonstrate excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise confidently with key stakeholders.
Have a keen eye for visual merchandising and can execute brand briefs cohesively.
Are diligent with loss prevention, health and safety, rosters, salaries and stock management.
Can manage performance, identify talent, and build an engaged, capable team.
The Offer |
Tuesday - Saturday roster.
Competitive salary plus performance bonuses.
Seasonal wardrobe allowance.
Be part of a supportive and collaborative leadership culture that values empowerment, development, and an exceptional customer experience.
Run, don't walk, to be included for this dream job! Email lucy@thetalentmill.com.au for a confidential conversation.
The Talent Mill Recruitment division is a bespoke recruitment consultancy and talent acquisition specialist within the fashion, lifestyle, and retail industries. With more than 10 years of specialist expertise with luxury retail, Australian & Contemporary designer, beauty, and lifestyle brands globally, we discover, recognize, and connect inspiring individuals to the most desirable brands as trusted support to founder-led start-ups, SME's, and multinational corporations within the fashion & retail industry.
Recruitment - but make it ethical, not transactional. Quality over quantity - always. Truly consultative and delivered at pace. We hold a genuine passion and expertise for the industries we support and offer a unique and modern recruitment proposition - one where we develop long-term, meaningful relationships with all stakeholders.