Retail Manager, Pickering City Centre

Job Type: Full-time, 6-Month Contract
Hours: Approximately 40 hours per week
Wage: $24.10 per hour
Do you love chocolate?

Do you love chocolates? As a proud Canadian Chocolatier, we create connection and joy through the power of chocolate and have a great deal of fun doing so. We truly value diversity in our workforce and therefore, welcome applicants of all ethnic groups, genders, races, religions, abilities, and backgrounds.

About the Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic Shop Manager to join our new pop-up shop in Pickering City Centre. The Shop Manager is responsible for achieving overall profitability, maintaining efficient shop operations, and providing effective leadership and management to the retail staff. This position serves as a liaison between the shop and the Purdys Support Office and positively supports its policies, programs and initiatives. Your success in this role will come from your ability to lead and coach your team, engage with customers, and drive sales through strong selling behaviours, including product recommendations, upselling, cross-selling, and promoting current campaigns and initiatives.

This is a full-time, 6-month contract position that requires open availability for all types of shifts (days, evenings, weekends, and holidays). The successful candidate will begin training in Oshawa in early October, with the new shop expected to open in late October.

You will have the opportunity to:

Use sales drive to achieve profit goals

Provide Customer Obsessed Service and Sales through leadership by example, training, coaching, managing and scheduling others

Select quality team members by effectively recruiting, interviewing and hiring

Train and develop team members to become productive and promotable internal candidates

Control inventory levels of product and supplies to meet daily requirements.

You will be a good fit if you are:

Passionate about chocolate and have at least two years of progressive management experience in a fast-paced retail/hospitality environment

Results-driven with a strong focus on sales and overall shop performance

Confident coaching, developing and motivating a team

Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Self-motivated and driven for results, enthusiastic about selling a quality product

Dedicated to providing a great customer experience

Energetic and enjoy meeting new people.

Get ready to enjoy:

Extended Health & Dental Plan

Sick Days

Profit Sharing

RRSP matching

Health Spending Account and Personal Spending Account

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Employee Gifting Program

Employee discount

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