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We are currently looking to recruit a full-time Store Manager to support our Retail Team, based at our brand-new outlet in Braintree. OKA Braintree is our third outlet, following the successful introduction of the brand within the Bicester Village Garden Centre in 2025.
About Us
We know the best work is done by people who enjoy their jobs, so we create a fun and nurturing environment where everyone feels valued and is able to thrive. We are looking for an agile and proactive Store Manager with a positive attitude and entrepreneurial spirit who can help us nurture this company culture.
Reporting to the Retail Area Manager, the Store Manager is responsible for the management and performance of our new OKA retail space. The Store Manager will support the business in preparing our Braintree store for opening in July 2026 and will be responsible for managing all sales and operational requirements of the store. Supported by your Area Manager and the broader Retail management team, you will lead and deliver best‑in‑class customer experience, while driving sales by empowering the store team to surprise and delight our customers.
Key Responsibilities
Store Operations
- Organising and executing all general daily activities and operational requirements of the store
- Proactively motivating and leading the store teams to exceed targets and KPIs
- Working with our Visual Merchandising team to update and maintain exceptional standards of store presentation and organisation
- Working with Business Leads to ensure smooth operations
Customer Service
- Role‑modelling the provision of exceptional customer service to OKA customers
- Leading the store teams to deliver the highest possible standards of customer service – both face to face and via phone – in the most efficient and effective manner
- Establishing meaningful, long‑term relationships with our customers via clienteling and customer loyalty initiatives
People and Culture
- Maintaining a key presence on the shop floor to role model excellent service standards
- Recruitment and onboarding of a passionate, dedicated and dynamic retail store team
- Managing store staffing levels, workload and schedule
- Managing store team performance and leading them to achieve revenue targets and objectives
- Provision of training, learning and development and regular performance reviews for your retail store team to support their professional development
- Creating a culture of recognition within your store team, celebrating achievements and contributing to high levels of morale and employee engagement
- Responsibility for legal compliance and health and safety
- Partnering with our Trade, Interior Design and Marketing departments, to provide open and welcoming support with sales, customer queries and hosting a regular schedule of campaigns and events
- Role‑modelling our Company Values and Behaviours
Our Values
- Put the Customer First – provides exceptional internal and external customer service at all touchpoints
- Be In It Together – approachable, personable, committed to shared success
- Think Big – creative, innovative, solutions orientated
- Own It – curious, persistent, drives results
- Stay Playful – energises others, focuses on positives and opportunities, finds room for spontaneity
About You
- Experienced retail Store Manager with proven track record, ideally gained within a luxury furniture or homeware retail environment
- Passion for delivering exceptional customer service
- Good commercial awareness
- Confident communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
- Natural flair for interiors and store merchandising
- Experience and enthusiasm for high‑end retail environments
- Extensive selling skills and the ability to motivate others
- Good eye for detail
- Flexible approach to working hours as the sector demands
- Tenacious, hardworking and reliable
- Strong leadership, management, and organisational skills
- A creative, problem‑solving spirit
- Passion for the OKA brand
Our Benefits Package
- 33 days holiday (including bank holiday entitlement), plus Length of Service increases
- Day off for your birthday
- Health Cash Plan
- Generous staff discount
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eligibility for a discretionary company Bonus Scheme
- Plus a suite of additional employee benefits including Company pension scheme, life assurance cover, free eye tests, cycle to work scheme, interest free travel loans, social events, online wellbeing centre and more.
If successful you will become part of the OKA family, a fast‑paced and dynamic business. If you would like to apply for this position, please send your CV and details of your salary expectations, notice period and right to work information via the link provided.
About OKA
Founded over 20 years ago by three entrepreneurial women with a passion for beautiful, practical and comfortable homes, OKA is more than a furniture and homeware retailer: it is a love affair with living well.
We inspire people to confidently create a home that reflects their personality, a space where nothing should be too precious or perfect to be enjoyed with family and friends. British‑born, today we have 15 stores across the UK – an established Interior Design and Trade business, a mail‑order service and a thriving website.
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