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About your role

As Store Manager at Åhléns Väla, you lead a department store located in the heart of Väla, one of Sweden's most visited shopping centers. Here, you have the opportunity to develop the business, inspire your team, and create customer experiences that make guests want to return.

In this role, you are responsible for driving sales and creating profitability in your store, as well as ensuring that campaigns and activities are executed with high quality. You are responsible for ensuring that our guests receive a good customer experience and are met by engaged, service-oriented Sales Associates with good product knowledge. Your tasks may include, for example:

• Being an ambassador and creating the best customer experience in your store.
• Developing a well-functioning team that is passionate about Åhléns and sales through coaching and present leadership.
• Delivering results in line with the store's goals and key figures based on business acumen.
• Actively participating in, evaluating, interpreting, and communicating relevant information to employees within the store.
• Being responsible for safety and working environment initiatives in the store.
• Working in accordance with Åhléns' sustainability goals.

You work towards annual, monthly, and daily goals for sales and customer satisfaction, and you convene and lead workplace meetings, sales planning, and union collaboration.

In the store, you become part of a passionate team consisting of Sales Associates, Sales Leaders, and Visual Merchandisers. Together, you create an inspiring environment where service, sales, and collaboration are in focus. You also have close support from an HR Partner and Regional Manager, who is also your direct manager.

Why Åhléns?

Åhléns has been in many Swedish hearts for over 120 years. With a long history in retail, we continue to be driven by constant development. With us, you get to be part of an exciting journey where we combine our history with innovation and new ways of working to create a profitable and sustainable future.

We believe in close and coaching leadership where you are given great trust to drive your store forward. Here, you become part of an organization with high ambitions, strong team spirit, and a culture where we develop together.

What you bring to us:

• At least a few years of experience in a leadership position in sales, preferably within retail.
• Documented successful experience in leading other employees and developing teams.
• Experience in driving work towards set goals with good results.

The role of Store Manager involves a lot of independent work, and we place great emphasis on your leadership skills and personal maturity. We dare to say that you are proactive and have the courage to challenge yourself and others. You are driven by contributing to our success as a company and want to be in an environment where having fun together creates the conditions for good collaboration.

To succeed in the role, you must be customer- and sales-oriented. You create results by helping others develop. You are business-minded, have a strong focus on results, and possess personal drive that manifests in engagement and action-oriented behavior with a coaching approach. You are accustomed to working at a high pace and are clear, communicative, and inspiring in your leadership role. Challenges are something that trigger and motivate you.

Väla is a dynamic trading place where the pace is high and competition is fierce. Here, you have the opportunity to work with your team to create an inspiring store that stands out and makes customers choose Åhléns again and again.

About the recruitment

The position is a permanent full-time employment. We would like you to start with us as soon as possible.

Selection and interviews may take place continuously, and the position may be filled before the application deadline, so send in your application today!

As part of our recruitment process, we use Alva Labs work psychological tests to create a more accurate and fair assessment.

As Store Manager at Åhléns, you become part of a passionate team driven by business acumen and entrepreneurship. We give you trust and the opportunity to grow in a developing environment. With that, we warmly welcome you to Åhléns!