Drive the F&F clothing business forward as a Retail Fashion Manager at Tesco in Bangor, UK. This role involves leading day-to-day operations, launching trade events, managing stock, and inspiring a dedicated team in a fast-paced retail environment.
Requirements
Essential: Previous clothing retail experience
Essential: Impeccable visual merchandising standards and creative flair
Essential: Well-developed commercial mindset and results-driven approach
Essential: Effective leadership and team management skills
Minimum years of experience or specific degree requirements are not stated in the posting.
Skills & Responsibilities
Visual Merchandising: Curate impactful displays and maintain store layouts aligned with brand identity and VM guidelines to enhance customer experience.
Team Leadership: Recruit, train, and coach colleagues to build product knowledge, ensure workplace safety, and deliver exceptional customer service.
Commercial Management: Analyse sales data and market trends to drive trade activity, maximize profit, and achieve sales targets.
Operational Oversight: Manage end-to-end stock routines from backdoor to shopfloor and oversee colleague schedules in accordance with the operating model.
Potential transition routes: People from Assistant Store Manager or Visual Merchandiser roles may bring strong retail and merchandising skills, alongside meeting the customer service and leadership requirements of this job.
merchandising,�customer�service�and�team�management�skills.�You�will�have�an�eye�for detail�ensuring�your department is�upholding to�the highest operational standards for our customers. You will be familiar with the fast-paced�environment of�clothing retail and can deliver results under pressure.
As F&F retail fashion manager, you will take a lead role in driving the F&F clothing business forward in your store and be responsible for launching trade events, weekly sales, as well as a team of dedicated colleagues and managing day to day operations.
Recruiting and training the best people for your team, ensuring they have the capability to deliver above and beyond in their role by developing their operational and leadership skills
Coach�your�team�to�be�passionate�and�knowledgeable�about�the�products�in your store,�building its�brand and providing customers with the right range,�quality�and service to ensure they keep coming back
The�safety�of�your colleagues�is your�top�priority,�and�you ensure�your�store�is always�trading�legally�by coaching the team to use all security tools available�to provide a safer place to work
Manage�colleague�schedules�on�F&F�clothing department�ensuring�the�right people�are�in the�right place accordance to our F&F operating�model and trade plan, within agreed hours
Managing and motivating the team deliver on key metrics to support the operation including RFID routines, availability, delivery schedules and stock routines
Making sure F&F clothing department is always clean, tidy and well-presented and merchandised to the F&F clothing principles and standards
You will be an F&F brand ambassador - executing commercial strategies and maintaining store displays that consistently align with brand identity
Being the F&F brand and clothing expert and championing F&F in store, delivering the practical actions to make improvements where necessary by conducting a daily floor walk outlining the tasks to be completed for the day by the team
Analysing product performance and sales data to refine visual merchandising strategies and optimise promotional initiatives ensuring profitability is maximised and sales targets are regularly reached, if not overachieved
Complete market research, analysing trends, competitor activity, and consumer behaviour (including social media and F&F online)
Have a commercial mind-set, knowing your customers and local community, to advertise and regularly change lead ins to entice customers onto the F&F department and adapt product placement to respond effectively to changing market conditions
Curate visual impactful merchandising displays and a welcoming store atmosphere in line with the visual merchandising guidelines set out in your VM guide adapting your store layouts to reflect local customer profile
Building strong relationships with your team (including colleagues who work on F&F clothing overnight), the wider store team and your home and clothing area manager, including providing feedback and sharing future opportunities
You�will need�to be:
You are a great communicator who will share knowledge, experience and best practices, you understand the importance of what you do and work collaboratively with your team to deliver results
You are�natural�and�welcoming�with�customers,�putting�them�at�the�heart�of�whatever�you.�You take�the time�to listen and understand others, building strong relationships�with your colleagues�and customers
You use your energy and resilience to keep momentum going when working in challenging environments. You own�the�decision�making�for the�store,�and�can�act�quickly,�making�decisions�based�on what�is�right for customers and colleagues
You have�energy�and�drive to�deliver�beyond�expectation.�You do�the�right thing whether�everything�is going well or times are tough, and know how to consistently be at your best, you inspire confidence in those around you
You are�aware�of�what�our competitors�are�doing,�with�a�well-developed�commercial�mindset�and�you are always looking for ways to build and deliver new initiatives�to help improve our store for customers
You have attention to detail and a creative flair, drawing on experience to deliver impeccable visual merchandising standards, inspiring and coaching your team to develop their skills in these areas
You are highly organised and have great time management skills, with the ability to prioritise workload and delegate tasks accordingly
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is �Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day�. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.�
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we are a place where Everyone�s Welcome.
We know life looks a little different for each of us. That�s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
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We are proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we are committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click�here.
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Please note
Tesco will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver�s age. To find out the school leavers age for your country please click here�
We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines and spirits, counters, bakery and driving roles.
On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.
