Department Manager Fitness Running Watersports
Lakeside, GB, RM20 3LP
International. Lovers of sports. Team players. Stronger together through our love of sports.
At Decathlon UK, we provide Careers That Let You Play. We are driven by our mission to help more people in the UK get physically active and healthy. We are a part of the DECATHLON Group, one of the world’s leading sporting goods retailers. Headquartered in France, DECATHLON specializes in the creation of sports products and their distribution online and in stores at more than 1,700 locations in 61 countries. In the UK, it has over 50 stores nationwide and an e-commerce site that caters to nationwide delivery.
THE MISSION
As a Department Manager you'll be growing a dynamic business to empower and develop your team; all to ensure that your local customers can get everything they need in your department to practice their favourite sports. Most importantly, you have to ensure they have an amazing shopping experience in the process.
The store life is full of energy. You will face new adventures and challenges every day but with the support of your team, we guarantee that you will surpass even your own expectations. In a nutshell, your responsibilities will include:
- Management: recruitment, training and development of people
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Leadership
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Market research
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Economic analysis and projection
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Financial management
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Commercial merchandising
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Project management
THE PROFILE
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An energetic self-starter preferably with strong leadership skills and a love for sport
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People-centric and has a strong sense of service to help others
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A game changer who can innovate retail
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A motivational person who nurtures the development of others
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Invested in the development of yourself and others
Store life is full of energy where no two days are the same, you’ll be sure to face some challenges but with the support of your team we guarantee that you will surpass even your own expectations. Here are parts of the role where you can make the biggest difference in:
- People practices, including; recruitment, training and development.
- Leadership
- Market research
- Economic analysis and projection
- Financial management
- Commercial merchandising
- Project management
Sound good so far? If so, here's the type of person we're looking for...
Who are you?- An energetic self-starter with strong leadership skills and a love for sport!
- People-centered, with a sense of service to help others.
- A game changer who can rethink and reinvent retail.
- A motivational person who nurtures the development of others.
- An eager learner with a desire to take responsibility.
- Open to relocation for future career progression opportunities.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
As a Department Manager, you will be required to work usual retail hours including evenings and weekends.
ABOUT DECATHLON
International. Lovers of sports. Team players. Stronger together through our love of sports. At Decathlon UK, we provide Careers That Let You Play. We are driven by our mission to help more people in the UK get physically active and healthy. We are a part of the DECATHLON Group, one of the world’s leading sporting goods retailers. Headquartered in France, DECATHLON specializes in the creation of sports products and their distribution online and in stores at more than 1,700 locations in 61 countries. In the UK, it has over 50 stores nationwide and an e-commerce site that caters to nationwide delivery.
We’re an international sports retailer with 2080 stores in 56 countries, and if you look a little closer, you’ll see we’re so much more. Decathlon is dedicated to helping, inspiring and guiding you through your sports experiences. We believe that discovering new sports and being active – well, it’s an important part of life – and living well shouldn’t just be for a privileged few.
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Decathlon is committed to inclusion and non-discrimination, and thus acts on a daily basis in favor of disability, a multi-generational workforce, social diversity, and equality between women and men. If, due to a disability, you require any special accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know. At Decathlon, first and foremost, we are recruiting personality and character.