Store Leader

Store Leader Korinthos 

A career springboard opportunity

YOUR OBJECTIVE: TOTAL AUTONOMY, 360° RESPONSIBILITY Build and manage an ambitious store project that supports Decathlon's strategies serving profitable and sustainable growth by sport

Are you currently a Store manager ? Do you possess strong potential, high energy, and the desire to step into a Store Leader role and fast-track your progression?

Korinthos can be your launch pad.

With a turnover of around €4M, Decathlon Korinthos might feel like the size of a large department in a big store in Athens and not really an evolution path. But make no mistake: the job is completely different. Here, you won't have a Store Leader next to you to validate your everyday choices or catch you if you stumble. You are the ultimate decision-maker. This is a true 360° management role where you will drive your own steering, sharpen your business acumen, and build complete operational independence.

Because we view this role as a career accelerator, this is a short-to-medium-term mission (1 to 2 years) and a step to later take over a large-scale flagship store or transition into strategic country-level services.

About the Role:  At our core, we believe in growing our people from within to ensure our culture and values are lived every single day. However, to support our thriving Corinth store through an upcoming leadership transition, we are exceptionally opening our doors to an experienced external leader.

If you are a seasoned Store Director / Store Manager who shares our passion for people, sport, and performance, this is a unique opportunity to lead one of our key locations.

To ensure your success, you will not be thrown into the deep end. You will step into a highly structured, intensive 6-month onboarding and training program working side-by-side with our current Store Leader until their departure. Your official handover and full takeover of the store keys will be on January 30th.

YOUR MISSION:

• Absorb & Adapt (First 6 Months): Deep dive into our unique company culture, operational tools, and values through a hands-on, intensive training period.

• Lead the Transition: Ensure a seamless leadership handover, maintaining stability and trust among the existing team.

• Drive Performance: Keep the Corinth store on its high-performing track by executing commercial strategies and optimizing day-to-day operations.

• Develop the Team: Coach, support, and empower your store team to help them reach their full potential.

YOUR 2 MAIN CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Continue developing the business and growing the market share of the store: Complete Operational decision making: Own 100% of the decisions. You choose your recruitment, your layout mass plans, your product ranges, and your local commercial strategy.

• Talent Developer: Nourish, train, and empower your 15 teammates to grow their autonomy, and make sure you have the right team to reach your ambitions.

What We Are Looking For, WHO ARE YOU?

• Sport Enthusiast: You live and breathe the values of sport—team spirit, challenge, and responsibility.

• Proven Experience: You have a solid track record as a Store Director, Store Manager, or Retail Leader with strong business acumen.

• People-First Mentality: You are an inspiring manager who excels at team development and maintaining high engagement.

• Managerial Courage & Independence: As Korinthos is located away from the Athens HQ and the core of Decathlon Greece, you must be capable of standing firmly on your own feet, making bold decisions, and managing operational hurdles solo.

• Value-Driven & Adaptable: You are open to learning a new retail philosophy, eager to embrace our corporate culture, and willing to invest time in a comprehensive 6-month training phase.

• Cultural Pillar: You lead by example through Vitality, Responsibility, Generosity, and Authenticity, keeping the company heart beating strongly even at a distance.

• Contagious Energy: You are concrete, pragmatic, highly positive, and possess an innate ability to rally a team around a shared vision.

• Intrapreneurial mindset

• Language: Fluent in English.