Assistant Manager - Wellington

Are you looking for your next opportunity in retail?

Opportunity to progress your career
Training and development on our products
A fun, friendly team environment

Lighting Direct is the largest lighting retailer in New Zealand, with 26 stores nationwide. Working at Lighting Direct you'll enjoy a fun team environment, competitive remuneration and staff benefits that are designed to reward hard work and results. We offer plenty of opportunities to shine and develop your retail career with us.

We are currently looking for a unique individual with a positive attitude to work in our Wellington City branch, who can fully support the Branch Manager in motivating and leading a team to maximise sales. You will need to have a proven track record in retail, with a high level of customer service skills. You will be helping customers one on one in a sales consultative capacity and providing product knowledge and advice to ensure that customers leave the store with the right lighting solution for their needs.

In the Managers absence you will be hands on in the day-to-day running of the store and will need to have excellent time management and organisational skills.
To ensure your success in this role you will:

Assist in merchandising, ticketing and inventory; some physical work will be required
Have computer skills and the ability to learn new computer programs
Previous experience with SAP and a retail POS system is an advantage
Be reliable and able to work both week days and weekends (Sunday to Thursday roster)
Have previous retail experience
Be able to provide support to the manager and give guidance to the team in line with our company vision and values
A cheerful, upbeat and motivated approach and willing to go that extra mile
Have good selling skills

We are looking for a retail Superstar!

We are looking for an enthusiastic, results driven person who has a genuine customer service focus; so if this sounds like the opportunity you have been looking for, then don't hesitate, apply now and light up your career!