Offices and Specialist Jobs

Features on this page mention office or field-based roles which may suit former Head Office, Castleton or Swindon Office colleagues. You can hop straight to an entry that is of interest by clicking the links below:

Austin Reed Group, Country Casuals, Sally Salon Services, TUI (Thomson Holidays), Vue Cinemas, WHSmith Careers

*Vue is pronounced view

Austin Reed Group is a specialist retailer of premium quality products for men and women.  The Group comprises of 3 businesses:  Austin Reed, CC and International Licensing. We have offices in London and Thirsk, Yorkshire.  Our Head Office is based on Regent Street, London above the Flagship Store.  For more information on Austin Reed and CC please visit our websites www.austinreed.co.uk and www.ccfashion.co.uk

All advertised Austin Reed Group JDs can also be downloaded together in a single PDF file here.

You can follow the links in the table above to download a PDF copy of the job description for any of the roles. (If you need a free copy of Adobe Reader to open a PDF please click the link below).

If you would like to apply for one or more of our Head Office vacancies, please email your CV to Shazeen Suterwalla Shazeen.suterwalla@austinreed.co.uk  

We are also aware of various positions, including Retail Operations, Buying and Quality Control based in Kuwait through our franchise partners.  For these positions you can also send a CV to Shazeen Suterwalla Shazeen.suterwalla@austinreed.co.uk  who will make sure it reaches the right person.  Please be sure to indicate which vacancy or vacancies you are applying for and whether you are interested in working in Kuwait.

Head Office Opportunities

Our Head Office locations are:

High Street Business – Greenbridge Road, Swindon, Wilts, SN3 3LD

Travel Business – Wardour Street, London, W1F 8FY

All current vacancies are advertised on our careers website www.whsmithcareers.co.uk

However, we are always keen to speak to commercially focused Buyers who share our passion for retail.  Ideally you will be experienced within our core markets of Stationery, Books, Entertainment, Newspapers / Magazines, but more significantly is a proven experience of managing suppliers, strong negotiation skills, an understanding of the demands of the business and the ability to meet the needs of our customers.
So if this is you then we would be happy to receive your CV, stating whether you are interested in Swindon or London.

Please send any enquires to Maxine Roberts Maxine.roberts@whsmith.co.uk marked “Woolworths” in the subject line.

Store Management Opportunities

We have stores nationwide, on the high street, airports, railway stations and hospitals

All current vacancies are advertised on our careers website
www.whsmithcareers.co.uk

Please apply on-line; you will then be contacted by a member of the Recruitment Team

Here at Sally Salon Services we are a wholesaler and retailer of Hair and Beauty products. We have vacancies both at our Head Office in Winnersh Triangle, just outside Reading, Berkshire, and in the field both at District Manager and store level. We have 287 stores across the UK and over 3,5000 worldwide. Our biggest presence is in North America, with our global Head Office in Texas. We are keen to support Woolworths colleagues at this very sad time.

Despite retail sales showing a general decline, we are in a business growth situation and as a result have a number of interesting employment opportunities at our Head Office and in stores based across the county.

Vacancies at our Head Office: Winnersh Triangle, near Reading, Berkshire

Senior Category Buyer (Beauty) - Salary £45k to £50k
To meet target levels on all measurable parameters such as movement, sales, and gross profit, as well as met targets on overall company EBIT and service level. Responsible for the negotiation of all sales through promotions/deals within categories.

Product Development Manager (Own Brand) - Salary £32k to £37k
To development own brand products from conception, to on shelf for the UK and Germany and determine own brand needs within business.

Training Manager (HR) - Salary £30k to £35k
Responsible for identifying the training needs across the business. To create training resources and deliver training to the whole business.  To monitor and report the effectiveness of the training to the business.

Product Training Manager (Marketing) - Salary £28k to £32k
To ensure that customer training operates within the business by the overseeing and evaluating of programmes closely linked to vendor funding. Devising and managing budgets for all projects.

Field-based vacancies

District Manager                Salary £27k to £30k

We are looking for highly motivated, hands on individuals, who thrive in a busy en environment. Across their group of stores our District Managers are responsible for

Scotland District Manager covering the following area: Aberdeen, Dundee, Elgin, Inverness, Perth, Stirling

Northern District Manager covering the following area; Darlington, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesborough, Newcastle, Peterlee, Stockton, Sunderland, Whitley Bay

Store-based vacancies

Store Managers     Salary £16k to £18k

If you are looking for an exciting new management opportunity within retail, we would love to hear from you! As a Store Manager, you will be responsible for managing and training a small sales team, driving sales, developing customer relationships and maintaining excellent standards within your store.

§      Experience in retail management is essential
§       Hair or beauty knowledge is a great advantage!

TUI

TUI is the parent company of internationally famous Thomson Holidays. Their prestigious Head Office is in Luton, Bedfordshire. You can find out more about the Company at their on line job site: http://www.tuitraveljobs.co.uk.

Additionally they currently have forty IT vacancies and are actively seeking

| Infrastructure Architects | Programme Managers | Project Managers | Business Analysts |

| Information Security Consultants | Voice & Data Managers | Release Analysts | Solution Architects |

To find out more about these vacancies please contact Steve Hunt - IT Recruitment on 01582 648 953 (direct line) or 07712 047 137 mobile or email steve.hunt2@thomson.co.uk