Department Manager

Because you’re the team’s glue. Motivate our way! Expanding teams, capabilities, and ambitions. And thanks to our incredible size and scale, more opportunities for you and more amazing experiences for our customers. As a Department Manager at Primark, progress is yours to own at the forefront of expanding this fashion revolution in the United States. Our strong values run through everything we do. We’re caring, dynamic and we succeed together. There’s real accountability and ownership here as you shape your team’s futures and encourage sales. Because you thrive outside your comfort zone. What You’ll Do As a Department Manager, you will own a department, and focus on maximizing its sales, inventory, and standards. Department Managers have the power to impact the business daily, by managing inventory, moving product in accordance with customer demand, reviewing and managing planograms and period layouts, and by being commercial (meaning that you’ll know what is trending and thus order your merchandise daily to drive sales). You will keep an eye on the local market to maintain a competitive advantage in price, product, and shopping experience. You will use data to gain full knowledge of your department’s performance to drive sales and meet targets and manage stock file accuracy for your department. As the leader of your department, you will hire, train, coach and motivate a team of Sales Associates and Team Leaders. This is crucial to ensuring your department delivers an exceptional shopping experience for every customer and a positive work environment for every colleague. What You’ll Get We’re committed to your success and will provide you with a robust onboarding period. Here, you’ll be empowered to succeed. As we rapidly expand across the globe, we’ll give you the tools that you need to excel. We’ll also offer you competitive benefits and work life balance - we know your life outside of the store is important. What You’ll Bring To be successful in this role, you will have at least 2 years of retail leadership experience in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and demonstrate strong commercial acumen. Our Department Managers typically join us with retail experience as either a Store Manager, Assistant Store Manager, or Department Manager. You are nimble and adaptable, being able to flex your plans and priorities in a fast-paced environment. You will have strong communication skills and the ability to relate to customer’s needs. A role model who can lead, motivate, and inspire the team, who builds confidence and enthusiasm, enabling the team to deliver excellent store standards and customer service. Resilient with a proven ability to lead a team and confident in giving constructive feedback to others. Commercially aware with an understanding of local market, key competitors and how the use of relevant systems and tools can improve option control and drive sales. Good planning and organizational skills, prioritizing and working within agreed timescales. Experience supporting store management with the protection of people, property and premises by securing cash, stock and property. Keyholder responsibility including availability for emergency call outs. Ability to effectively manage difficult situations and have good problem-solving skills. #J-18808-Ljbffr