New Store Opening, Queenstown

Join us in a world where tradition and innovation create a delicious Chocolate experience!

We believe in individual brilliance of every team member who can create memorable moments for their customers and contribute to creating a great work environment with their team.

We're seeking Retail Store Leaders who build great teams, drives a dynamic people culture creating strong connections and has a preference and passion to work with an international brand in a fast-paced environment.

About the Role:

As our Store Management team, your role involves overseeing our Lindt Chocolate Shop which retails an extensive range of Lindt Chocolates and has a takeaway offering of Lindt hot and cold chocolate drinks, coffee, and ice cream.

Lead the store's performance, fostering a supportive team environment, achieve sales and manage expenses to deliver profitability, guiding and coaching our ambassadors to deliver on brand expectations, and managing day-to-day operations. This includes multitasking between customers, inventory management, food safety compliance, visual merchandising, preparing take away drinks and ice cream all with an exceptional customer centric approach.

Initial hours of trade are 10am to 9pm and up to 11pm on weekends, requiring flexibility with rostering to work late nights on going.

We're looking for proactive leaders who motivate their team and delivers an unparalleled customer experience, reinforcing our brand whilst adhering to local compliance in food handling, health and safety.

What we would like you to bring:

• Previous experience in a Store Manager role in a fast-paced QSR, Retail or hospitality environment
• Experienced knowledge in work force planning from recruitment to preparing rosters, achieving labour budgets for a store team of approx. 20 employees
• Competent and thrives working autonomously, whilst proactively communicating into the State Manager based in Australia
• An ability to grow your local community and drive return sales through your charismatic and positive personality that is infectious with your team leadership
• Strong time management skills, ability to work effectively and independently with deadlines with a calm and consistent approach in a demanding high-volume environment
• Strong rapport building abilities to lead and coach a team
• Understanding of quality assurance and competent in Food Safety Standards 
• Previous barista experience or interest will set you up for success
• Previous retail experience in inventory management, stocktake, visual merchandising and store presentation principles highly regarded

What we can offer you:

• Career opportunity! Be the Store Manager of our first store in New Zealand, with potential to become our New Zealand Multi site Leader as we expand
• An engaging and creative workplace full of passionate individuals that embraces diversity and thinking differently
• A paid day off on your birthday every year
• Free hot drinks all working days and 50% staff discount

We'd love to get to know you!