Assistant Store Manager - Glasgow Fort

Assistant Store Manager

We are hiring for an Assistant Store Manager to join one of our exciting stores based in Glasgow Fort. There’s an established team in place, and you will be working directly with them to help create the best customer shopping experience possible. Footasylum is a business that believes in our front‑end retail staff. An Assistant Manager will be responsible for assisting the Store Manager with the store’s day-to‑day responsibilities, overseeing employees, modelling effective leadership and offering excellent customer service. A primary responsibility of an Assistant Manager is to carry out the Manager’s role in their absence. You will utilise this role to acquire and develop a Store Manager’s duties and ultimately be trained to advance to this position. We invest in training and development and this role will be no different. We support your journey with regular one‑to‑one meetings, training, and support, and we aim to build an environment where employees can achieve, develop, and progress.

About You

• Proven experience in fashion retail, ideally in a managerial role within a fast‑paced environment
• A strong track record of leading, motivating, and developing high‑performing teams
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• The ability to thrive under pressure and adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Exceptional organisational skills and a customer‑first mindset
• A deep understanding of the fashion industry and current market trends

Ideal candidates currently working as a Deputy Store Manager, Retail Operations Supervisor, Store Management Associate, Assistant Retail Manager, or Sales Floor Manager.

Diversity

We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help ensure we have lots of different perspectives when we are providing services to our colleagues and customers. We know that this will help us build a great service, which our customers will love. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences.