Store Manager, Retail & Store Manager

About the Position

With over 430 retail stores worldwide, our Store Leadership Teams are essential to our business. From ensuring effective store operations, strategies, and procedures, to guiding and developing team members, our Store Leadership Teams help create memorable customer experiences while supporting and helping drive the company’s mission of "Connecting Active People with Their Passions." As the Store Manager, you will be a leader who plans and directs day‑to‑day operations of the store aimed to develop strategies to improve customer service, drive store sales, increase profitability, and execute marketing and promotional directives that will increase sales and grow our existing customer base.

This role is responsible for maintaining high store standards, fostering a positive environment, forecasting staffing needs, and developing a recruiting strategy.

• Lead the store team to develop, evaluate, and coach staff as necessary to maintain a high level of service and quality to meet customer experience expectations.
• Inspire, educate, guide, and develop associates and keyholders to meet short‑ and long‑range growth plans and career paths within the store, field, and general office.
• Deliver operating budgets and manage expense control within division guidelines to deliver positive results and meet profitability expectations.
• Ensure accuracy of all functions related to store operations, including both front‑ and back‑house operations.
• Maintain accurate and timely store records related to applicants, new hires, payroll, coaching, disciplinary actions, and terminations and perform recordkeeping associated with applicants, new hires, payroll, performance reviews, and terminations.
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels through effective replenishment, organization, shrink control, and communication.
• Communicate regularly with Area/District Manager, providing relevant market information and employee successes and challenges.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree, or applicable certification or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of functional experience.
• Experience managing individual contributors and a department, or has acted as a lead.
• Strong problem‑solving skills, with ability to resolve technical, operational, and organizational problems and drive decisions that impact finances, efficiency, and effectiveness of the store.
• Skill operating a Point‑of‑Sale (POS) system and various software packages.

• Frequently required to be in a more active environment, physically moving about and occasionally lifting items up to 40 lbs.; may use specialized equipment and may be exposed to dust and noise.
• Occasional travel (approximately 5%) for meetings and to support business needs.
• Availability to work a flexible retail schedule, which may change seasonally and in response to location‑specific business trends or forecasts.

Hiring Range: $77,020 - $113,300
* Pay decisions are determined by multiple factors, including what the market is paying, a candidate’s capabilities and skills, years of experience ,and internal equity.

Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities.