Vans: Store Manager - West Mall

Store Manager

As the Store Manager, you inspire, motivate, lead, and develop a store team. You champion business strategies, vision, and values. You impact the overall bottom line by maintaining optimal staffing levels, recruiting, hiring, educating, and motivating the team. You set the example for customer engagement that exceeds industry standards. You maximize store profitability by controlling expenses, protecting company assets, and ensuring that store standards and processes for merchandising, operations, and community participation are well executed.

You create an inclusive environment and always put our internal and external customers first.

• You will strategically lead the team in maximizing and achieving store sales goals and monitor sales progress & results against key targets.
• You will model and foster a consumer‑centric mindset within the store, and model selling behaviors through genuine interactions with consumers for the team to emulate.
• You will attract, recruit, and hire high‑caliber, diverse talent, and maintain a strong succession plan within your store.
• You will provide direct coaching, feedback, training, and supervision of the associates.
• You will demonstrate clear communication, train and coach the team, set expectations for customer engagement, store policies, and procedures, as well as hiring and building a strong team.
• You will manage expenses to maximize sales and profitability, lead an environment of productivity by ensuring the team has the knowledge and skills to meet store goals for sales and customer engagement.

• 3‑5+ years of related professional/retail management experience.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business; will require weekends, evenings, and holidays.
• Ability to meet business goals by driving results through store teams.
• Ability to coach and motivate a team to excel at sales & profit results.
• Proven communication skills.
• Ability to be solution‑oriented and flexible in a fast‑paced environment.
• A formal education and subsequent undergraduate/graduate degrees are nice to have, but we are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements.