Store Manager Designate - London

Store Manager Designates - London

We want to make Majestic the only place people think about when they want to buy wine.

If you’ve got at least two years experience in sales and people management along with a passion for wine, customers and operational excellence, we want you to apply to be one of our Majestic retail leaders.

After six months of product training and an extensive and intensive learning and development programme we will expect you to be able to compete to run one of our stores as if it was your very own business.

What will I be doing?

Our job at Majestic is to help customers discover and buy wines that they will love!

You’ll spend your time -

Delivering exceptional service to every customer.

Using your growing wine knowledge to help us dispel the belief that wine is a pompous product, bring wine to life and help our customers find and buy wines they love.  

Be able to run a smooth operation, ensuring your store is spick and span, fully stocked, fully staffed and a great place to shop. You'll know all about margin and gross profit and will have written many business plans and profit and loss statements..

Being a great Manager of people, leading your team to success and regularly hitting sales targets. You will also be able to coach and develop your people and inspire them to success.

Learning. With plenty of hands on experience and regular visits to the Support Centre, we’ll arm you with all the knowledge you will need to become a Majestic superstar. As for wine, through training, tastings and study we’ll give you all the tools and support you need to sit the WSET Level 2, and pass with flying colours to become a fully fledged wine guru.   

Is it for me?

Our people come from all walks of life but there’s a few things that we all have in common.  

At Majestic we are…

• People people.  A natural leader, you’re humble, more than happy to roll your sleeves up and muck in, and you enjoy working hand in hand within a close-knit team. And of course you like having fun.
• Customer champions.  You live, think and breathe customer.
• Wine lovers. You certainly don’t have to be an expert, but you have a real enthusiasm for learning about wine, and sharing that with our customers and your team.  
• Natural salespeople. People want to buy from you and they buy into your ideas.
• Proven relationship builder - able to build the future growth of Majestic by developing long term business relationships.
• Doers. You have a strong sense of personal responsibility and accountability.  You make things happen.
• Determined. Retail is hard work, it suits active people. You love and crave working relentlessly hard, and do it with a sparky, gutsy, determination.
• Smart. You have a degree or relevant qualification in any subject, or proven and relevant work experience in management, leadership and delighting customers. 
• Good drivers. You have held a full driving license (that’s valid in the UK) for at least 12 months, and are over twenty years old.
• Committed.  From working busy weekends to studying for industry-recognised wine qualifications, it’s a long way from a Monday to Friday, 9 till 5 desk job.
• Passionate. We’re a customer business, a retail business, a wine business and a people business. We love all 4, and you will too.

Location

London - multiple roles to start as soon as convenient.

What you’ll get

• 29 days holiday, including public and bank holidays.
• Up to 20% staff discount, for you and two of our family or friends, free lunch Fridays and a 16-25 Youth Railcard
• Store bonus schemes
• Industry leading training and WSET Qualification/s, invites to wine tasting events and educational travel opportunities
• A contributory company Pension Plan
• Free shares to share in the future success of the business
• Life Assurance (3 x salary)
• Our best performing Managers, that regularly hit their KPIs, get to pitch to become Majestic Business Partners. Majestic Business Partners can achieve a salary of £50,000 OTE.

APPLY: Our online application involves a written application form and a personality survey. Completing both parts should take between 45 minutes and an hour.