A Little Bit About the Role… As a Full Time Store Manager at Watergardens, you’ll be the heartbeat of the store — leading your team, shaping culture, and driving performance.

You will:

- Lead with vision - setting the tone for the entire store and inspiring your team to live Kathmandu’s purpose around adventure and sustainability.
- Drive strategic commercial performance - planning for long‑term growth, analysing KPIs, forecasting, and using local insights to maximise results.
- Develop people at every level - coaching your ASM and 3ICs, building capability, and creating a strong succession pipeline.
- Champion operational excellence - ensuring compliance, safety, stock integrity, and brand standards are consistently met.
- Build community connections - representing Kathmandu locally, forming partnerships, and championing sustainability initiatives that strengthen our reputation.

Every day is an opportunity to lead with purpose, grow a high‑performing team,



and help customers gear up for their next adventure.

What We’re Looking For… You’ll thrive in this role if you:

- Bring strategic leadership - setting direction, motivating your team, and aligning everyone with Kathmandu’s goals.
- Have advanced commercial acumen - confidently analysing KPIs, identifying opportunities, and making decisions that lift performance.
- Excel at people development - coaching leaders, building capability, and creating a team that can run the store even when you’re not there.
- Hold robust operational governance - ensuring compliance, safety, and brand standards are consistently met.
- Lead with community and brand pride - building local partnerships and championing sustainability to strengthen customer loyalty.

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📌 Kathmandu Full Time Store Manager: Watergardens (Melbourne)
🏢 Kathmandu
📍 Melbourne