Job Description

Overview

The Barbour story began in 1894 in the Market Place in South Shields. Today the 5th generation family owned business remains in the North East, with Barbour\'s headquarters located in Simonside, South Shields.

Barbour now has retail stores presence in over 40 countries worldwide including the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Holland, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Argentina, New Zealand and Japan.

Collections cater for men, women, children and now even dogs! Broadening out from Barbour\xe2\x80\x99s countrywear roots, today our heritage and lifestyle clothing brand produces clothing that is designed for a full lifestyle wardrobe. As well as jackets and coats, the Barbour wardrobe includes shirts, dresses, knitwear, footwear, accessories and more.

Barbour remains true to its core values as a family business which espouses the unique values of the British Countryside and brings the qualities of wit, grit and glamour to its beautifully functional clothing.

Responsibilities

- Open and close the shop independently.

- Delegating staff members and making sure high quality customer service is delivered to each and every customer.

- Working as part of the management team to run a successful retail store.

- Creating and going over KPI reports to monitor financial performance and making sure the brand is ahead of targets.

- Visual merchandising to suit current stock, as well as the current season.

- Addressing customer issues and create soloutions that suit both the customer and the brand.

- The hiring of new staff, including interviews, key training and monitoring probationary periods.

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