Str Mgmt​/Apparel Dept Leader

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$78,000.00/yr - $98,600.00/yr

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Achieve sales and profit goals established for the department, and monitor and control all established quality assurance standards. Direct and supervise all functions, duties and activities for the department. Support the day-to-day functions of the department operations. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service.

Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others.

• Must be 18 or older
• Effective communication skills
• Knowledge of basic math
• Ability to handle stressful situations

• High school education or equivalent
• Management experience
• Retail/Bakery experience
• Second language (verbal, reading and/or writing)
• Make decisions related to hiring, discipline, and termination or make recommendations and offer substantive input related to the same.
• Develop adequate scheduling to balance customer volume with associate needs.
• Adhere to all local, state and federal health and civil codes.
• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
• Understand the store's layout and be able to locate products.
• Inform and educate department associates about current, upcoming and special in-store promotions, especially promotions that affect the department.
• Implement department period promotional plan by staying current with present, future, seasonal and special ads.
• Maintain an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions; note any discrepancies in inventory.
• Plan, organize and supervise the inventory process.
• Train department associates on inventory/stocking and Computer Assisted Ordering.
• Demonstrate creative merchandising.
• Condition all products in assigned sections according to company policy.
• Ensure implementation of visual merchandising standards.
• Authorize any manager discretion markdowns.
• Understand and perform cashier functions.
• Ensure that all current merchandising, customer service, labor control, expense and supply controls, loss prevention, maintenance, safety, food safety, associate and customer engagement rules are being followed.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures, identifying unsafe conditions, practicing preventive maintenance, properly inspecting equipment, and notifying store management of any items in need of repair and of customer or employee accidents.
• Report all safety risks, or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud.
• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance review and provides feedback to direct reports.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Management and Manufacturing

Human Resources Services

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