Retail Supervisor - Prestwich, United Kingdom - HSL Chairs

HSL Chairs

Verified Company

Prestwich, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

At HSL, our customers are the heart of everything we do. We love nothing more than delighting each one by helping them feel comfortable and making their lives easier. We do this through handcrafting beautiful chairs, sofas and beds that make a positive impact to their wellbeing and happiness.

If you have a passion for leading and inspiring a friendly team to provide excellent customer advice, then we would love to hear from you.

We're recruiting a Team Leader who'll make our customers feel special, valued and cared for.

You and your team will help them to not only discover our 'feel good furniture' through an exemplary customer experience, but also listen and help find and sell the right furniture solution to meet their needs.

Location:
HSL Prestwich, 472 Bury New Road, Prestwich, M25 1AX

Hours:

Full Time: 35 hours per week

Salary:
£22,100 per annum
Vacancy closing date: 05/01/23

Interview date: 09/01/23

A day in the life of an HSL Team Leader
As a Team Leader you'll motivate your team to passionately sell our lovingly handcrafted sofas, chairs and beds. You'll oversee a team who does this both at our beautiful showrooms or in our customers' own homes.

You'll also be:

Sharing your expert product and brand knowledge to help our customers to find the best furniture for them
Motivating your team and encouraging them to exceed sales targets by providing the very best customer service
Carrying out a chair fitting service to support 7 key areas of the body expert sales and product training would be provided
Encouraging a love and appreciation for our fantastic products by having extensive knowledge of what makes our furniture so special
Plan and deliver regular training to develop a culture of improvement and a team of experts
Managing the performance of the team through providing timely feedback and regular reviews, inspiring your team to exceed their objectives and sales targets
Processing customer orders and ensuring your team are following internal procedures correctly
Keeping our beautiful stores and products looking fresh, clean and welcoming
Planning the schedules for the team to maximise sales opportunities
Manage the communication of the team, keeping colleagues up to date with everything they need
Be an active voice in the wider HSL family, sharing knowledge and feedback to encourage best practice

Our stores are open every day, so it's important to you'll need have flexibility to work during at the weekend as well as weekdays.

You'll be a people person and have a passion for the customer experience and leading a team of wonderful colleagues to be the very best they can be.

You'll love meeting new customers each day, listening to their needs, and you'll be great at helping them feel at ease quickly.

You'll have empathy and compassion, and be an excellent listener.

You'll be prepared to take accountability and responsibility for your role as a Team Leader. You' will be comfortable using data and commercial insights to drive your team's performance.

You'll love listening to each customer, building trust in the products and the HSL brand. We want our customers to feel delighted with their visit, and you'll be pivotal to this.

If you've got relevant retail experience with leading a team and helping customers find the right purchase, that's wonderful, but even if you haven't, we'd still love to hear from you if you're able to quickly build rapport with people.

About HSL
HSL are a proud Yorkshire-based family business, with 53 stores across the UK.

For over 54 years, our craftspeople have lovingly handcrafted chairs, sofas and beds that make a real difference to the wellbeing and quality of each of our customers' lives.

We believe our furniture can make life and overall wellbeing that little bit easier and happier.

At HSL, every colleague is part of our family. It's a place where everyone matters and we have a truly inclusive culture where everyone is welcome. We cherish the fact that all our colleagues are unique, with different skills, personalities and styles.

Some of our employees have stayed for nearly 40 years, so you know you're in a work family you can grow old with.

Everyone is valued and by taking care of our customer and colleagues, we will look after you.

Benefits

In return for all your commitment and hard work, we offer you a beautiful work environment, an immediate first-class welcome, and an amazing, friendly team to lead, work with and learn from.

Besides becoming part of a truly, wonderful family culture, you can also expect:

Contributory pension
Deathinservice cover (qualifying period applies)
30 days' holiday (pro rata) including public holidays increasing to 33 for longstanding service
Discretionary bonus (usually paid annually & qualifying period applies)
Health cash plan giving cashback on optical, dental, physiotherapy and more
Discounted sho