• Monday - Friday, 40 hours Per Week, North & South Island Stores
• Additional Monthly Incentives, Travel & Car Allowances, Staff Discounts & more.
• Structured training, ongoing L&D, Make your mark in a growing brand!

Taking Shape is one of Australia and New Zealand’s premier retailers, constantly striving to innovate and create a memorable customer experience. Our purpose is to create awesome, unique and fabulous fashion and curate the customer experience to support this.

We have a unique opportunity for a passionate National Area Manager to join our Tribe and support the North & South Island stores. Responsible for maximizing potential across service and sales, our Area Managers drive a customer first culture, while continuing to innovate.

This role will be Auckland based and travel will be a large requirement of the role.

With a total of 19 Stores, 14 located in the North Island and 5 in the South Island, you will be responsible for liaising with Store Teams, VM, Retail Support Centre (RSC) Teams & customers.

Our Taking Shape values are at the very foundation of our business. With a focus on exceptional service culture both internally & externally, continuing to cultivate a culture based on integrity, respect, spirit & innovation is a key aspect of this role.

Our Area Managers:

• Establish and drive a culture of exceptional customer service, ensuring teams create a memorable experience and understand our customer needs
• Are innovative, always looking for new and better ways to improve service and sales
• Are confident and stylish, acting as ambassadors of the Taking Shape brand
• Build belonging and a community spirit, within their peers, team members and customers
• Are inspirational leaders, and focus on coaching and mentoring their teams
• Translate company goals into relevant working targets and practices for their Area
• Are commercially minded, regularly reviewing performance in their Area to ensure business success
• Build strong relationships internally and externally to achieve commercial goals, and foster a culture of collaboration

Join us if you:

• Have an affinity with the Taking Shape brand, and live, love and breathe our product
• Possess demonstrated Retail Management experience within multi-site and remote Area Management
• Have a customer first mentality, and establish and promote a high service culture within your teams
• Are an exceptional people leader, with an ability to mentor and develop team members
• Are flexible and adaptable to a fast paced environment, using your time management skills to effectively prioritise
• Have a strong commercial acumen and business nous, with the ability to drive performance within your teams
• Have exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence internal and external stakeholders across different levels

Taking Shape offers you:

• The opportunity to work with our Tribe, where our employees and customers are celebrated
• Amazing Reward and Recognition opportunities
• A fun work environment where we believe in play as part of your day
• Structured Learning and Development Programs
• Generous Staff Discounts

We are on the lookout for talented and inspired people to join our tribe - people who share our vision, who recognize the importance of making a difference and who want to be part of something special.
If you have the innovation and dedication to help take us to the next level, we invite you to apply today!