Area Manager: Sarasota​/Tampa

Area Manager:
Sarasota/Tampa

Core Accountabilities:
• Prioritizes and delegates tasks to meet all selling, visual, and operational needs
• Builds product confidence by creating accountability and expertise through use of basic and seasonal educational tools
• Supports and executes all product, visual and marketing directives, and maintains standards set by the company
• Maintains a clean, well-organized, replenished store and stockroom, promoting a safe working and shopping environment to maximize the customer experience
• Anticipates and determines customer needs and "solves for yes" in order to ensure customer satisfaction
• Fosters an environment that delivers an engaging, positive and authentic selling experience to ensure customers return to the store
• Accountable to self and others for achieving all company sales, metric and operational goals
• Understands key business reports and payroll tools to evaluate and urgently communicate action steps to drive performance, both topline and expense
• Creates shortage action plans to minimize loss and achieve shrinkage goal
• Drives and executes all digital sales strategies including ship from store and BOPIS within the store
• Drives efficiency in all store processes
• Communicates store and customer feedback to the District or Market Manager to grow the business
• Consistently coaches the Management and Associate teams to ensure alignment and motivation around the company's strategies and goals
• Accountable to performance manage underperforming members of his/her team by partnering with their supervisor, and when required, HR
• Reflects the Pac Sun brand by demonstrating passion and affinity for product, brands, fashion and trends
• Recruits, hires, develops, retains and promotes relevant top talent to support all store needs
• Demonstrates willingness, aptitude, and initiative to learn what is unknown about product, brands, fashion and trends Leadership Expectations:
• Operate with the highest level of conduct, integrity, and confidentiality; setting the example for leaders and associates. 1 Last Updated 04/27/2021
• Develop and nurture strong cross functional partnerships; driving business results and inspiring a culture of transparency, collaboration, and accountability.
• Serve as a Pac Sun advocate in the industry and marketplace.
• Recruit, identify, develop, and retain talent that delivers performance excellence.
• As a manager, serve as a leader of company culture, norms, and conduct.
• Ability to balance a strong management presence with a high level of approachability, encouraging and eliciting associate feedback and interaction. Education/Experience

Required:

• Passion for product, brands, fashion and trends
• Four-year college degree or equivalent preferred
• Effective written, verbal and presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to communicate at all levels
• Proven ability to drive sales results in a high sales volume environment
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to interpret all policies and procedures to resolve customer and associate issues
• Willingness to travel periodically to attend meetings/workshops (overnight may be necessary)
• Proficient in math and possesses strong computer skills
• Minimum five years retail experience required, with a proven ability to drive sales results
• Minimum of two years of retail management experience required

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that are required by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• The associate must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.
• The associate must frequently sit/stand for long periods of time and climb ladders as needed.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to talk or hear. The associate is frequently required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; as well as reach, twist or squat.
• Ability to maneuver around sales floor, stockroom and office areas.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job…