Retail Area Manager

About Us

The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, whose values  it is to shape a more just and compassionate society. 

We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services.  Our employees are recognised for their achievements and offered promotional opportunities on a meritocracy basis within a collegiate and values driven team environment and culture.  The Society recognises the value of an inclusive work environment and believes that our diversity is a strength in the work we do with our local communities. 

Your Role

• Great career opportunity for an experienced retail manager
• Support Vinnies’s mission to deliver vital community services
• Not-for-profit salary packaging benefits that lower an employee’s taxable income and increase their take-home pay.

The Retail Area Manager will be based in Port Macquarie and will be responsible for overseeing a network of Vinnies stores from Tea Gardens up to Coffs Harbour and surrounding areas.  You will provide strategic direction and guidance to achieve and exceed sales/business objectives and grow strong retail teams.  Your proven success in managing multiple stores, achieving sales targets and leading and inspiring team members are highly critical to this role.

Your Responsibility

• Leading, growing and developing teams of paid employees and volunteers
• Ensuring extraordinary customer service is provided to every customer, every time
• Embedding exceptional operational and visual merchandise standards
• Meeting and exceeding sales and KPI performance of the stores
• Champion the voice of the donor by upholding the highest standards in product sorting, pricing, and placement
• Building and supporting the volunteer workforce and engaging with the local community
• Role-modelling a 'safety first' culture in stores
• Use the company’s mission and values to support decision making, act as a brand advocate inside and outside of the stores.

You Will Need

• Relevant tertiary qualification/s in business, management and/or retail and demonstrated significant experience working in the management of large retail outlet/s.
• Demonstrated ability in successfully leading retail and supply chain operations.
• Proven people management skills including leading, motivating, coaching and developing teams.
• Proven ability to review and analyse business data and analytics to enable effective reporting and decision-making on operational performance.
• Financial acumen and experience in managing P&L
• High-level understanding of current issues facing the retail sector and not for profit industry.
• NSW driver licence and ability to travel across the region. 

Apply Now

If this sounds like you, don’t wait - apply now, we are interviewing as we receive applications.

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages. If you are a candidate with disability please let us know if you require any support to participate in the application and recruitment process.

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society’s commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check & Working with Children check. A health / medical assessment may be required for some roles.