Assistant Manager

Job Summary:

The Assistant Store Manager partners with the Store Manager to coach the store team to deliver an excellent and consistent shopping experience for all customers and their pets. In this position you will be required to support the Store Manager in communicating, and be able to articulate our vision, values, and priorities to the team. The position is responsible for ensuring the well-being of all pets while contributing to the success of the store through the adherence to operational standards to meet and exceed sales goals.

This position requires you to follow and enforce all company policies and procedures communicated by the Sunrise Store Support Office.

• Assist in driving sales, service, and customer experience initiatives in store to achieve sales, KPIs and other store performance goals.
• Regularly monitor customer service and selling models within their store to ensure all staff interact with customers in a professional manner; resolve all customer complaints. Directing work as needed.
• Celebrating and recognizing the team's efforts and accomplishments.
• Maintain a high level of professionalism and positive attitude in the workplace, including conducting oneself appropriately when communicating verbally, in writing, or by email.

• Protect employees and customers by maintaining a safe and clean store environment. Required to maintain cleanliness and well-being of all livestock including animal care and feeding. Accountable for the protection of all company assets both tangible and intangible.
• Motivate, coach, develop and performance manage teams focused on the expected customer experience and selling model.
• Review all store communications and distribute information to their store employees as appropriate and ensure any required actions are completed.
• Ensures the company values are upheld and accurately represented within their store.

• Ensure Brand Standards and operational excellence are maintained and sustained.
• Responsible for maintaining the fish system, including inventory, ordering, and adhering to budgets.
• Inventory management - Assist the Store Manager to order within budget and appropriate to drive sales.
• Partner with the Store Manager to ensure physical inventories are accurate and shrink goals are met.
• Create a team-oriented environment through customer service role plays and developing in-store contests.
• Provide support to Store Manager in the management of labor hours to meet customer needs and completion of all required operational compliances.
• Support overall training to ensure all training plans, new hire checklists, sales techniques, and new product launches are executed.
• Support the day-to-day assignment of tasks while training and developing store associates for future success within the organization.
• Partners with Store Managers with performance management concerns to course correct performance as needed with team accordingly within a timely manner.
• Assist Store Manager with hiring needs. Maintain talent pipeline by developing and maintaining proactive staffing plans for their store; plan and coordinate hiring (pre-screening, interviewing, reference checks) and interviewing candidates as needed.
• Partner with the Store Manager to plan and execute community events and develop mutually beneficial business relationships with various rescue agencies.

• Understand the business. Regularly monitor business throughout the day / shift. Needs to be able to react to business needs.

• Minimum 2 years in a retail management role
• Enjoy working with and around animals.
• College…