Manager in Training

Brand Overview

At maurices, we’re all about feel‑good fashion for real life. We’re committed to our service with style promise and to offering affordable fashion that takes women from workday to weekend—and all of life’s adventures in between. With inclusive sizing from 0–24, maurices is known for versatile styles across key categories like denim, dresses, tops, and more.

The Manager in Training (MIT) works with the store manager and store teams to achieve sales goals, drive a customer‑focused environment, manage talent and performance, and execute visual standards. The MIT participates in a training program that prepares them for a store manager position within 3–6 months and is expected to be relocatable to a specific new store or a group of new and existing stores.

• Customer Obsession – Drives and achieves a customer‑focused store environment; creates and demonstrates fashion‑focused store environments by delivering product knowledge and fashion expertise to customers.
• Consistently demonstrates awareness for the customer in actions, priorities and decisions; leads by example through utilizing customer service training resources.
• Driving Sales – Manages sales goals by analyzing store performance using historical reports and adjusting plans and priorities as necessary for achievement of goals.
• Responsible for the performance of the store team; manages payroll hours to support business needs and sustain profitability.
• Assesses visual needs and directs implementation of promotional changes to maximize sales.
• Prepares schedules by assessing business needs, traffic patterns and store activity.
• Directs team to effectively use sales‑driving programs such as associate ordering system and community outreach.
• Talent Management – Makes quality hiring decisions, nurtures talent through strong networks, develops successors and talent pools for all store positions.
• Provides current, direct, complete, and actionable positive and corrective feedback to ensure effective accountability.
• Grows and develops talent using company programs such as orientation, customer service training, MBA program, etc.; accurately appraises strengths and weaknesses and coaches associates appropriately.
• Creates and cultivates an environment that allows others to reach their full potential while fostering a fun and rewarding working climate.
• Operational Execution – Maintains an operationally sound store as measured through opportunity audits.
• Minimizes inventory loss by directing team to effectively use store security equipment, provide excellent customer service, maintain a clean and organized store and thoroughly review daily sales documentation.
• Ensures execution of company direction (POS, Visual, HR, Operations, etc.) and uses resources appropriately.
• Enforces and follows all maurices policies and procedures; responds appropriately to policy and procedural violations and uses HR resources to follow company guidelines.

• High School Degree or GED required; a business or retail merchandising degree preferred.
• Supervisory experience required in a customer‑focused environment; experience in the fashion industry preferred.
• Proven track record of achieving and setting goals and executing company direction.
• Experience in hiring, promoting, and motivating talent.
• Proven ability to lead by example, make sound decisions, and demonstrate professionalism.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship‑building skills.
• Diligence and the ability to persevere in the face of resistance or setbacks.
• Must commit to a specific store location or a group of new and existing stores.

• Work varied hours/days as business dictates.
• Able to reach, push, pull, stand, squat and bend for up to 8 hours or longer as necessary.
• Able to operate and use all equipment necessary to run the store.
• Able to operate a computerized register system.
• Able to move or handle merchandise throughout the store weighing up to 50 pounds.

Store 0680-Central Mall-maurices-Fort Smith, AR 72903

Regular/Full time

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your health,…