Area Concessions Manager - West London & Western M25 Corridor

JOB TITLE: Area Concessions Manager

LOCATION: West London and Western M25 Corridor looking after approximately 21 Concessions

CONTRACT: Permanent, Full Time

HOURS: 40 hours per week over 5 days

SHIFT PATTERN: 8 hours per day

PAY RATE: Starting from £34,000 per annum (Full-Time Equivalent)

Role Overview & Purpose

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Apricot family as an Area Concession Manager, covering our concessions across West London and the West M25 corridor.

This is a hands-on and varied role where no two days are the same. You’ll take ownership of the performance and presentation of our concessions, working across a number of leading high street host stores.

You’ll be responsible for maximising sales, maintaining excellent visual merchandising standards and ensuring our Apricot brand is represented consistently across your area. From managing stock and implementing campaigns to building strong relationships with host store teams, you’ll play an important role in driving the success of our concession network.

Regular travel across the area is an essential part of the role, so a full UK driving licence is required.

A company car will be provided with business mileage expenses paid in line with company policy. It will be necessary to use public transport on at least 1 day per week with all travel expenses paid.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Managing and prioritising your own workload and daily schedule to meet the needs of your concessions

• Working strategically and commercially to maximise sales and performance across your area

• Managing stock, including stock takes, replenishment and stock recalls

• Ensuring our concessions consistently meet high standards of visual merchandising and reflect the Apricot brand

• Implementing marketing campaigns, promotions and new initiatives across your concessions

• Building positive and effective working relationships with host store management teams

• Monitoring sales performance and working towards agreed sales targets and KPIs

• Completing day-to-day and ad-hoc administration

• Working closely with Head Office to communicate updates, share feedback and support the ongoing development of our concessions

• Travelling regularly across West London and the West M25 corridor to support and maintain your concessions

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who is commercially aware, self-motivated and confident working independently.

You’ll ideally have:

• Demonstrable experience in a retail supervisory or management role

• A strong commercial mindset and an understanding of what drives retail sales

• The ability to think strategically while also being happy to get stuck in and take a hands-on approach

• Excellent organisation and time-management skills, with the ability to manage your own workload effectively

• Experience of building positive and productive working relationships

• An understanding of visual merchandising and the ability to represent the Apricot brand consistently

• A confident and proactive approach to problem solving

• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

• A full, current UK driving licence

Why Apricot?

At Apricot, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re looking for someone who will take ownership, embrace the variety that comes with working across multiple locations and make a real difference to the performance of our concessions.

If you're commercially driven, love retail and enjoy working independently while being part of a wider team, we'd love to hear from you.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment or interview process, please let us know.

We look forward to hearing from you and hopefully welcoming you to the Apricot family!

Good Luck!