Vans: Assistant Store Manager - Salinas; Northridge Mall

Assistant Store Manager

As the Assistant Store Manager, you provide leadership and direction to the store team while successfully executing the company's vision and values under the direction of the Store Manager. You assist in maximizing store profitability by achieving store sales goals. You ensure store standards and processes for merchandising, operations, staffing, and community engagement are well executed. As needed, you will assume responsibility for the store in the Store Manager's absence and create an inclusive environment, always putting our internal and external customers first.

What you will do:

• Maximize store sales, achieve store sales goals and monitor sales progress & results against key targets.
• Inspire and model a consumer‑centric mindset by exemplifying selling behaviors through genuine interactions with customers for the team to emulate.
• Support the Store Manager with networking, attracting, recruiting, and interviewing high‑caliber talent.
• Provide direct coaching, feedback, training, and supervision of the associates, ensuring that all company policies and procedures are followed and in compliance.
• Demonstrate clear communication, training, and coaching to assist in setting expectations on customer engagement, store policies and procedures as well as fostering a strong team.
• Assist in managing expenses to maximize sales and profitability.
• Cultivate an environment of productivity by ensuring the store team has the knowledge and skills to meet store goals for sales and customer engagement.

What you bring:

• 3+ years of related professional/retail management experience
• Ability to meet business goals by driving results through store teams
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business; will require weekends, evenings, and holidays
• Ability to coach and motivate a team to excel at sales and profit results
• Proven communication skills, both written and verbal
• Solution oriented
• Ability to be 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

Hiring Range: $21.36 USD - $32.04 USD per hour
Minimum Start Rate: $23.50

At VF, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual's race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.

If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at  VF will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities to the extent required by applicable law. Pursuant to all applicable local Fair Chance Ordinance requirements, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, VF will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.