Job Description Drive Your Career Forward as a Store Manager at Autobarn Are you a people‑focused leader ready to take ownership of your own store? If you thrive in retail, enjoy inspiring teams, and are passionate about delivering outstanding customer service, we’d love to hear from you! This is an exciting opportunity to join the Autobarn family as a Store Manager , where you’ll lead, develop, and motivate a supportive team to achieve sales and service excellence. Automotive experience is an advantage, but it’s your leadership and ability to drive results that truly matter most. About the role As Store Manager, you’ll lead the day‑to‑day operations, inspire a high‑performing team, and create a stand-out store culture. You’ll build team capability to exceed customer expectations while driving results and store performance. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll influence positive outcomes for customers, the team, and the business. You will report to the Area Manager and be responsible for: Health & Safety: Lead a safety work culture by promoting safe work practices, ensuring compliance, reporting risks promptly, and engaging the team in safety programs. Financial & Administration: Deliver strong store performance by managing budgets, margins, rostering and inventory, using scorecards and UKG to optimise results and minimise loss. Leadership: Lead through the Autobarn values, inspiring an inclusive, high‑performing team while driving sales growth, operational excellence and customer experience. Store Standards: Ensure consistent execution of retail processes, VMG compliance, promotional accuracy and presentation standards that enhance the customer experience. Team & Culture: Build a skilled, passionate team by recruiting for values, coaching performance, developing capability and driving service excellence. Who are we looking for? The ideal candidate will have: Proven experience as a Store Manager or senior retail leader, ideally within automotive, specialty, or large-format retail Strong people leadership skills with the ability to coach, motivate, and develop high‑performing teams A sales‑driven mindset with the capability to deliver financial results and KPI’s Exceptional customer service and communication skills A values‑led, collaborative, and adaptable approach, with the ability to lead change and build strong customer and retail relationships Commitment to workplace health & safety, compliance, and risk management practices A current Australian driver’s licence and valid work rights What’s in it for you? We offer competitive salaries , as well as provide continuous training & support with career development opportunities. We also offer a supportive team & network to assist you with leaving your mark on a nationally recognised business. In addition, we also offer: Exclusive team member discounts for car parts and accessories across our brands Industry-leading leave options to support the important moments in your life: including 26 weeks paid parental leave, the option to purchase up to four weeks extra leave per year, paid birthday leave and volunteer leave. Opportunities to grow your career across our garage of brands. Free, confidential counselling through our employee assistance program (EAP) and an annual free flu vaccination. Special fleet pricing, novated leasing and an employee share plan. Have the day off on your birthday! Who are we? At Autobarn, we pride ourselves on offering our people opportunities to develop and grow. For nearly 40 years, Autobarn has provided customers with genuine care & knowledge about everything auto. Today, Autobarn is part of Bapcor Ltd, Asia Pacific’s premier provider of vehicle parts, accessories, equipment & service. We pride ourselves on providing an inclusive, supportive and diverse work environment for our staff, and are committed to living out our companies values every day and in every way: We Do the Right Thing We Are in it Together We Give a Damn We Get it Done Bapcor and Autobarn are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
