Retail Store Manager

Retail Store Manager

Retail
Permanent
Full time
Catford
£32,000pa OTE

The Role

In your dream role, you`ll receive:
  • Competitive salary: £32,000 on target earnings
  • Commission: Our uncapped commission scheme recognises the hard work and dedication of our superstar dreamers, with peak incentives to help you rack up the rewards.
  • Discounts: Amazing colleague discount on Dreams products, plus hundreds of brands including restaurants, holidays, and shopping.
  • Buy-in schemes: You`ll have the opportunity to buy extra holiday, private healthcare, or savings and loans.
  • Progression: No matter where your dreams take you, we`ll support your development with the opportunity to progress into different business areas as your experience grows, Whether it`s a bitesize course on our Beducation learning platform or face-to-face training from our L&D team, there are heaps of ways to keep your skills sharp at Dreams.
  • Wellbeing: We partner with the Retail Trust to offer a full wellness hub, including a 24-hour helpline, out of hours GP services and access to counselling.
  • New in 2024 - enhanced maternity & paternity pay
The job:
Managing our Retail team in Catford, you will be responsible for driving team engagement whilst maximising all sales opportunities.
At Dreams, we are passionate about our people, so customers and colleagues are our top priority. Through your exceptional leadership, your team will make sure every customer finds their perfect bed.
Ready to skip the snooze button and get stuck in? Here`s a taste of what you`ll be doing day-to-day
  • Managing and motivating your team to increase sales and ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.
  • Driving a positive environment within your store, ensuring you and your team are regularly involved in business initiatives, sharing best practice and having fun.
  • Proactively leading your team to achieve set goals, expectations and targets through effective coaching and training.
  • Motivating and inspiring all of our valued dreamers.
  • Managing the store rota to ensure we have the right people working at the right times.
  • Walking the floor regularly, ensuring store standards are consistently high so every customer has an exceptional experience.

The Person

This is the type of person we`re dreaming of:
  • Experience: Your previous retail or commercial sales experience will demonstrate your strong track record of store and team management.
  • Commercially minded: You will be commercially focused and results-driven, with an aptitude for decision making.
  • A proven leader: You will be highly experienced at working to performance targets, and be motivated to achieve results for you and your team.
  • Inspirational: Your strong ability to lead will inspire and motivate your team.
  • Communicator: Using your excellent communications skills, you`ll be able to build rapport and establish great relationships with customers and colleagues.
  • Customer-focused: Every day, you`ll live our mission by putting our customers at the heart of everything you do.

About Dreams

About us:
At Dreams, we know your bed is the best place in the whole world. But for the hours between precious sleep, we`d like to make work a special place to be too. We`re the UK`s most loved bed retailer, so it`s important our people feel the love as well.
Together we`ve been making bedtimes better since 1985, with no signs of hitting the snooze button. We`re owned by the world`s largest bedding provider, Tempur Sealy, and sell 14,000 mattresses, bases and headboards every single week. Now that`s a lot of Zzzs.
With over 200 stores nationwide, you`ll lead a team of sleep-savvy Bed Experts in a fun and friendly environment where every dreamer makes a difference. So if you`re bonkers about bed, silly for siestas and keen on your kip, Dreams could be the perfect place for you.
Dreams. Love your job.

We can’t promise breakfast in bed

But, we can promise these:

Wellbeing that works

It’s not something we sweep under the bed – it’s central to how we look after each other.

Perks you can pick

Life looks different for everyone, so we give you options.

Room to grow

Your career should feel as supportive as one of our mattresses.

Extra goodies

Every department has its own set of additional perks too.

Wellbeing that works

Wellbeing that works

Sleep comes easier when you know you’re supported.

Every colleague gets free access to the Retail Trust wellness hub, giving you round-the-clock care for both body and mind. Need to see a GP at 3am? Sorted. Need confidential counselling or expert financial advice? That’s covered too. You’ll also have access to wellbeing resources, self-care tools, and a helpline whenever you need to talk things through. Because life happens, and we’ll make sure you’ve got the support to handle it – not just at work, but everywhere else too.

Perks you can pick

Perks you can pick

We know everyone recharges in different ways.

That’s why we’ve built flexibility right into our benefits. Need a few more duvet days? You can buy extra holiday. Prefer peace of mind? Opt into private healthcare for you and your family. Looking to plan ahead? Make use of our savings and loans schemes to make life’s bigger dreams easier to reach. However you like to look after yourself – time off, top-ups or a little extra security – we’ve got options to make it work for you.

Room to grow

Room to grow

Your career should feel like a journey, not a dead end.

That’s why we invest in training and development that helps you stretch your skills and reach your next goal – whatever that looks like. You’ll have access to workshops, mentoring, leadership programmes and apprenticeships that lead to recognised qualifications. Because at Dreams, growing your career should feel as natural as getting a good night’s sleep.

Extra goodies

Extra goodies

Every department has its own little Dream extras.

In Retail, you’ll find competitive salaries, uncapped commission and peak incentives that make going above and beyond worth it. In Distribution, there are performance-related bonuses and recognition awards for those who go the extra mile. In Bedquarters, you’ll enjoy hybrid working, annual bonuses and colleague discounts. And in our Bed Factory, you’ll get hands-on support and full training to help you master your craft. Wherever you work, you’ll find benefits that fit your role, reward your effort and help you feel right at home.

Where you’ll be working

Here is where you’ll be based, whether that’s Bedquarters, or our Bed Factory or one of our stores.

Dreams Catford

Catford Island Retail Park

Plassey Road

Catford

London

SE6 2DE

Don’t just take our word for it

“My journey is set to go to new heights”

“My journey is set to go to new heights”

“I was invited to the 'Above and beyond awards', which is a huge privilege, where I won the award for 'Customer Journey Champion' for the South! With the support from the team in store and wider, I believe my journey is set to go to new heights."

JackCustomer Advisor

“I will forever be thankful to Dreams.”

“I will forever be thankful to Dreams.”

“I will forever be thankful to Dreams for giving a 16-year-old a sales role in a field I had no knowledge of and supporting and believing in my leadership ability to be the manager of three stores and have a career within the business.”

ReeceStore Manager

“I've had multiple opportunities to travel and learn.”

“I've had multiple opportunities to travel and learn.”

“I've had multiple opportunities to travel and learn with my team, and we all look out for each other like good teams should. I've honestly never had a career I felt genuinely seen. Thank you Dreams.”

NaomiBed Expert

“There’s no better time to work for Dreams”

“There’s no better time to work for Dreams”

"There’s no better time to work for Dreams. It’s a company with a vision that leads sleep innovation, listens, rewards, celebrates and empowers its people to deliver in a customer-centric role."

RichardBed Expert
“My journey is set to go to new heights”
“I will forever be thankful to Dreams.”
“I've had multiple opportunities to travel and learn.”
“There’s no better time to work for Dreams”