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Retail Area Manager | Central North Island - Lead. Inspire. Perform. Shape the Future of Retail.

LocationWhanganui, New Zealand
Work TypeAny Employment
Job no: H4TD9

About the Role… Step into a role where strategy meets action — leading stores, growing profitability and building high-performing teams across your region. 

What You’ll Be Responsible For

  • Driving Sales & Profitability - Own regional performance by delivering sales, margin and wage targets while unlocking productivity and profitability opportunities across your stores.
  • Commercial Leadership - Use data, financial insight and strategic thinking to drive smarter decisions, coach Store Leaders and continuously improve business outcomes.
  • Inspiring People Leadership - Build high-performing, inclusive teams through strong coaching, clear expectations and meaningful development pathways.
  • Customer First — Always - Champion exceptional omni-channel experiences by leveraging customer insights and empowering teams to put customers at the heart of every decision.
  • Leading Change & Building Relationships - Lead transformation with confidence while building strong stakeholder partnerships and ensuring disciplined execution of key initiatives.

 What You’ll Bring

  • 5+ years’ retail experience, with multi-site leadership exposure.
  • Proven success managing large teams and competing priorities.
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen with the ability to translate insight into action.
  • Exceptional leadership capability — coaching, development, performance management and succession planning.
  • Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach.
  • Confident communicator who influences with impact.
  • A growth mindset, curiosity, and passion for delivering outstanding results through people. 

Why Join Us? You’ll be part of a business that values leadership, development and innovation — where your impact will be visible, your voice will matter, and your career can truly grow. 

If you’re ready to step into a role where you can lead boldly, drive performance and make a real difference — we’d love to hear from you. Application Close Date: Monday 9 February 

Our Culture of Inclusion: Super Retail Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We support, promote and celebrate diversity and we recognise the benefits a culture of inclusion brings to our workplace and customer experience.