Address- Career progression
- Open to candidates based in Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne or Adelaide
- Paid Volunteering & Wellbeing Leave
- Staff discount across Australia & New Zealand
- Employee Assistance Program
Execute and support our operational strategies across 8+ regional retail sites across Townsville, Mackay, Sunshine Coast, Ballina, Newcastle and Canberra as our new Area Manager – Regional Stores .
Reporting to the Head of Operations – Travel Essentials, you’ll lead from the front ensuring that our 85+ employees across our regional retail/warehouse sites are engaged, supported and trained to the highest standard, to provide unparalleled customer service across our retail brands including Relay , News@ , Merchant , Amuse Beauty Studio , News Travels and The Townsville Store .
Working as part of a broader management team, you will:
- Provide clear and effective communication and direction to Store Management
- Ensure overall performance targets are achieved
- Ensure our brand is well presented and our customers' needs are fulfilled.
- Apply leadership and strategic planning capabilities
- Foster a team-oriented approach to the development of employees
- Build enduring value-added partnerships with our landlords
You’ll bring:
- 5 years+ leading large teams across multiple retail sites - ideally FMCG
- Strong commercial acumen
- Strong analytical, interpersonal and leadership skills
- Sound knowledge of financial management processes and procedures
- Experience in supporting the implementation of business plans & budgets
- Proficiency in Microsoft applications - Excel, Word, Outlook & Teams
- Experience rostering with extended trading hours & maintaining compliance with the General Retail Industry Award
- Experience with employee disciplinary procedures & performance management
Lagardere AWPL is the Pacific region's largest and most experienced Travel Retail operator. Located in Australia, New Zealand and Noumea we have 150 store locations and 40 unique concepts across four Business Lines: Travel Essentials, Specialty, Duty Free & Luxury and Food Service. Two is better than one, and together, the people of Lagardere AWPL work hard to deliver on our promises to our customers, our partners, our teams & ourselves. We are guided by our values of Excellence, Adventure & Respect, which help us make decisions, challenge ourselves and create magical moments for everyone, every day.
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