Senior Sales Advisor, Anfield Store

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Anfield Store as a Senior Sales advisor. In this role you will be a part of our store management team, working closely with the store manager, assistant manager and supervisor in order to drive the store team to ensure excellent customer service and store performance.

What will you be doing?

• Understanding store targets and KPIs to ensure that targets are delivered.
• Taking responsibility for running departments within the store and running the store and ensuring that all targets are met, and high standards are maintained at all times.
• Managing the shopfloor and back-office areas, including queues, customer issues, stock availability issues and printing issues, to ensure that high standards are delivered and maintained.
• Ensuring all deliveries are received and processed in most efficient manner and the shopfloor is commercially merchandised.
• Undertaking keyholder responsibilities, which will include holding the store in the absence of the Store Manager, Assistant Manager & Store Supervisor.
• Responsibility for running the store and day to day management of the store and store staff and responding to call outs (as appropriate).
• Opening and closing the store, carrying out till counts, investigating, resolving, actioning or escalating any till losses or discrepancies, cashing up, safe counts, banking and managing collections, to complete all of this in accordance with Store standards and compliance checks.
• Reviewing the daily handover documents and daily planner to allocate daily activities to the store team, using this detail to talk through the daily brief with the team, providing key targets for the day and allocating sections and/or jobs to the store team. Reviewing that activities are being actioned and follow up as necessary.
• Completing management paperwork as required, including, but not limited to reviewing store reports and using these reports to implement any action and/or decisions. Ensuring all paperwork and store actions will deliver consistent results above the retail benchmark for Store Compliance Audits.
• Completing customer service observations and floor walks to ensure we maintain high store standards and direct the team to implement any actions.
• Supporting with shopfloor moves and any promotional activities and product launches, for example Kit launch and taking responsibility for any key actions in preparation for key launches/events.
• Supporting the management team in delivering refresher training to the existing store team, whilst supporting the induction and training of new store team members.
• Undertaking all tasks in accordance with our retail standards and to participate in regular meetings and training.

Who are we looking for?

To be successful you will have previous experience working in a retail store and have the ability to motivate and drive a team. You’ll have previous leadership experience in a retail environment. You will also have strong product awareness and understanding of good customer experience. Including worked in a customer facing setting, where you have developed excellent customer service skills.

You will have excellent numerical and analytical skills and be able to solve problems quickly and effectively. You`ll have an eye for detail and be confident working in a fast paced environment, working as part of a team and independently, with the ability to make operational decisions.

Why should you apply?

Liverpool FC Retail is a multi-channel operation, and we have 6 stores located at the Anfield Stadium, Williamson Square, Chester, Belfast, Liverpool One, and Dublin. Liverpool FC Retail has one of the most comprehensive product ranges in world football; we carry at least a thousand different products at one time, which rise during peak trading.

This is a full-time permanent role working 40 hours per week. Your main base will be our Anfield Store.

To reward your hard work and commitment we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays and the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days) and a contributory pension scheme.

You will have access to our benefits kit bag where you can get high street discounts, and a selection of benefit schemes you can join. There are opportunities to get involved with volunteering through our LFC Foundation to give back to the local community.

At Liverpool Football Club, we have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and are always looking to making a positive difference in the communities that we operate within. We are proud of our achievements in this area; maintaining the Premier League Equality Standard Advanced Level, becoming a founding signatory of the Football Association’s Football Leadership Diversity Code and being recognised as a leader in this important area on and off the pitch. We take our responsibilities in this area seriously and through the work being done across the club, we are committed to increasing the diversity of our people and becoming an increasingly inclusive workplace for all. We are committed to hiring great people representative of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills across our entire business. If you share our enthusiasm and passion for inclusivity, then we want to hear from you.

Liverpool FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all Colleagues and Volunteers to share this commitment. This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

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