Assistant Store Manager - Animates Gisborne
Who are we?
At Animates, we’re passionate about helping pet parents give their pets the happiest, healthiest lives possible.
Animates is New Zealand’s largest pet care specialist, with 48 retail stores, 34 grooming salons and 15 vet clinics working together across communities to support the wellbeing of pets. Every day our teams empower pet parents with trusted advice, quality products and expert services so they can make informed decisions for the animals they love.
Located in the sunny East Coast Bays, our Gisborne store is a busy, vibrant hub, with in-house grooming and dog-wash services.
This is a full-time, permanent position, working 40 hours per week, from Sundays through to Thursdays.
What you'll be doing?
This isn’t your regular customer service role. Here at Animates, the advice you give and the products you sell make a real difference to the lives of pets.
As an Assistant Store Manager, you'll provide the Store Manager with the support they need to deliver customer service excellence, drive sales, coach the team whilst meeting the high operational standards and financial targets we expect.
Our values-led culture and extensive training will also develop your expertise to provide specialist nutrition advice, suggest educational toys and know what fish species make good tank-mates + much more!
What we’re looking for:
Passion for developing and supporting your team. You’ll also pride yourself on delivering customer service excellence, proactively seek solutions and be committed to ongoing learning.
To be successful you’ll also have:
- Proven experience coaching and developing others
- Supervisory or store Management experience preferred but not essential
- An exceptionally friendly and engaging manner to build a regular customer base and grow sales
- Operational experience to identify key priorities, meet deadlines and delegate
- Experience in a customer facing role (retail experience preferred)
- Physical ability to lift stock (up to 20kg)
- Flexibility to work weekdays, weekends and public holidays
- A positive attitude and dedication to being a valuable team member
What we offer:
- A leadership bonus scheme
- Ongoing learning and development
- Various career progression pathways
- Generous discounts at our retail stores and vet clinics
- Parental leave benefits to support your growing family
- Give back to your chosen charities through our ‘Paws for Good’ volunteer leave
- Paid bereavement leave following the loss of a pet
- Access to free counselling through our Employee Assistance Programme
- Stability. Be part of a business that’s growing and thriving
Why you will love Animates:
We’re proud to offer a genuinely supportive and inclusive culture, where our leaders care deeply about the wellbeing of their teams and everyone lives our values of passion, authenticity, care, knowledge, and togetherness. As a Rainbow Tick Certified Employer, we encourage you to bring your whole self to work.
We’re also honoured to be the first organisation in Aotearoa to achieve Gold level recognition in the Mental Health First Aid Workplace Recognition Programme. This reflects how seriously we take mental health and wellbeing—through training our people in Mental Health First Aid, creating safe and open environments to talk, and making sure everyone feels supported, connected, and able to look out for one another every day.
If you’re looking for a leadership role where you can grow and support your team, run a successful store, and make a real difference to pets and their people, we’d love to hear from you.
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