Aerie - Merchandising Team Leader (Assistant Manager)

American Eagle Outfitters Inc.; London; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

American Eagle Outfitters Inc. in London, Ontario, is seeking a full-time Merchandising Team Leader to develop and implement the store's merchandising strategy, train and coach a team of merchants, and ensure floorset execution aligns with AEO visuals.

You lead with passion for guest experience, keep replenishment efficient, and uphold brand standards while living the company's values. This role emphasizes leadership, merchandising innovation, and delivering a consistently guest-ready store.

Qualifications

• Retail leadership and team coaching.
• Guest experience focus and brand standards.
• Merchandising and floorset execution awareness.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales as a Leader on Duty by maximizing floor productivity and guest loyalty.
• Coach the team to deliver a best-in-class guest experience and maintain AEO Brand Standards.
• Recruit, train and develop store team members to meet business needs and performance goals.
• Provide real-time coaching, conduct performance reviews, and foster associate engagement.
• Ensure daily operational procedures uphold visual standards and guest-ready Fitting Rooms.

Job description

YOUR ROLE

As the full-time Merchandising Team Leader, you are the Store Team Leader's \"go-to\" in developing and implementing the Merchandising strategy for the store. Your passion lies in training and coaching your team into great merchants delivering AEO brand Visual standards every day. Through your leadership, your team always nails floorset execution, and rocks merchandising and marketing brand standards. You ensure the store is always \"guest ready\" through effective replenishment. Most importantly, you represent our company values and bring your REAL self to work every day.

Job Description

As the full-time Merchandising Team Leader, you are the Store Team Leader's \"go-to\" in developing and implementing the Merchandising strategy for the store. Your passion lies in training and coaching your team into great merchants delivering AEO brand Visual standards every day. Through your leadership, your team always nails floorset execution, and rocks merchandising and marketing brand standards. You ensure the store is always \"guest ready\" through effective replenishment. Most importantly, you represent our company values and bring your REAL self to work every day.

Your Responsibilities

• You have a passion for driving sales: As a key LOD (Leader on Duty), you're an expert at driving sales by maximizing Fitting Room and Salesfloor productivity and building guest loyalty through a best-in-class guest experience. You contribute to the overall financial success of the store by analyzing reporting and daily trends to make strategic business decisions. You're the Store Team Leader's right hand in developing short and long-term business plans to drive key KPIs.


• You're a merchandising innovator: You coach your team to deliver an outstanding guest experience by ensuring your store is always representative of AEO Brand Standards. You ensure your store stays in tip-top shape by #leading day-to-day merchandising, sell-through adjustments and replenishment. You have a keen eye for merchandising opportunities and are always ready with a game plan to take action!


• You're a people leader: You're all about motivating and inspiring your team through AEO's core values. You're a role-model leader and you always hold your team accountable to rocking AEO's customer service standards, especially on the Salesfloor and in the Fitting Room.


• You've got an eye for talent and a love of training: You make it a top priority to recruit and hire strong talent to ensure the store is always staffed to meet business needs. You take pride in training and developing your team to ensure they continue to provide outstanding service to the best of their abilities.


• You know that teamwork makes the dream work: You know that building a great team requires you to consistently provide ongoing performance feedback through real-time coaching. You make team touchbases, development plans, and performance reviews a priority and you drive associate engagement by celebrating your team's outstanding performance – #winning!


• You're an operational innovator: You're a natural at executing and innovating daily operational procedures, you support the team in maintaining visual standards throughout every zone in the store, and most importantly, you ensure the Fitting Rooms are always guest-ready and rocking AEO Brand Standards.


• Integrity is your middle name: You ensure store safety standards are maintained, you're committed to Asset Protection standards, you always adhere to AEO's policies and procedures, and you do the right thing – always.

You'd Be Great For This Role If

• You love AE and Aerie products!


• You've led teams in a retail management role previously - #practicemakesperfect!


• You can multi-task and have attention to detail; priority-setting and time management are your strong suits.


• You know how to lead and develop teams and have a general understanding of employment law.


• Business acumen? You've got it!


• You have flexible availability - you're available to work when the guest shops!

Our Associates Love Aeo Because

• They work with REAL people - there's nothing like your #AEOFamily.


• They're given opportunities for development, the chance to learn new skills, and are offered great potential for career advancement.


• They receive 40% off product at both AE & Aerie year-round (plus additional seasonal discounts with new Floorsets!)


• They participate in store contests for the chance to win FREE merchandise and other exclusive prizes.

About Us

Built on a platform of power, positivity and no photo retouching - inspiring people to love their real selves. Aerie is a fast-growing lifestyle brand offering intimates, apparel, activewear, and swim collections. With the #AerieREAL™ movement, we celebrate our community by advocating for body positivity and the empowerment of all women. As part of our Real Good promise, we create swimsuits, bras, and underwear with materials made from recycled polyester, recycled nylon fabric or sustainably sourced cotton.

AEO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to complying with all federal and provincial equal employment opportunity and human rights laws. AEO prohibits discrimination against associates and applicants for employment because of the individual's race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability, a conviction for which a pardon has been granted or any other ground protected by applicable human rights legislation. This applies to all AEO activities, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, compensation, assignment, training, promotion, performance evaluation, discipline and discharge. AEO also provides reasonable accommodation of religion and disability in accordance with applicable law.

For Brand Ambassador and Stock positions, hiring will be based on need – however, applications are accepted on an ongoing basis, and there may not be an opening immediately available when you apply. For all other jobs, applications will be accepted until the Apply Before date (if applicable), but may be extended based on applicant volume.

JOB INFO

Job Identification 31872

Job Category : Stores

Posting Date : 2026-09-14T16:11:59+00:00

Job Schedule : Full time

Locations : London, ON, Canada