Assistant Manager, Hyde Park Rd

Mark's Work Wearhouse Ltd.; London; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits and retirement

Performance incentives

Career growth opportunities

Product discounts

Job summary

Mark's Work Wearhouse Ltd. is seeking a dynamic leader for store operations in Ontario. You will coach the team to deliver service standards and manage daily workflows, inventory, and policy compliance. Lead training, scheduling, and shift discussions to drive performance and customer satisfaction.

The role emphasizes brand promotion, a positive work environment, and disciplined execution of procedures, with strong emphasis on communication and team development.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years retail experience required.
• Proven ability to coach and mentor teams.
• Ability to build daily and weekly plans for the department and store.
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills.
• High energy, enthusiasm, and drive to succeed.
• Basic computer skills required.

Responsibilities

• Customer service: provide leadership, coach, and ensure service standards for each customer.
• Operations: manage shipping/receiving, ecommerce fulfillment, cash handling, and compliance.
• Training: lead daily plans, conduct shift sessions, ensure required training is completed.
• Leadership: promote brand culture, maintain a positive, inclusive work environment, and apply discipline when needed.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Communication

Training

Retail experience

Job description

What you’ll do

• Customer Service Provides leadership to the team, consistently coaches, and follows up to ensure the delivery of the service model standards are provided to each customer. Leads the B2B Mark’s Commercial Business function including order entry and management and coaching team to ensure accurate and timely ordering and delivery to customer.
• Operations Implement, communicate, and ensure compliance with all operating procedures, processes, and policies. Manage scheduling and follow up of execution on shipping /receiving, eCommerce fulfillment operations, cash management, and operations systems & compliance. Assists in preparation and execution of annual inventories. Follows and ensures compliance of all corporate LP, cash and audit, and OH&S policies and procedures. Assumes responsibility for all operations of the store in the absence of the Store Manager.
• Training Provides leadership to the team and consistently coaches and follows up to ensure the delivery the service model standards are provided to each customer. Creates and communicates execution of Daily Game Plan for operations activities. Communicates in a clear and concise manner to team, leading effective Shift Starter meetings / coaching sessions. Follows up with the team to complete required training within timeframes.
• Leadership Acts as a brand ambassador by promoting brands and culture. Continually motivates team and performance through recognition programs, store contests, customer compliments, etc. Maintain Mark’s performance management expectations including progressive discipline where necessary. Follows the disciplinary process consistently and impartially. Promotes and maintains a positive and motivating work environment (safe, inclusive, and empowering).

What you’ll bring

• Proven ability to coach, mentor and develop department team and store team, through setting expectations, communication, coaching, feedback, and ongoing support.
• Proven ability to build and manage a daily, weekly plan for the department and store.
• Exceptional communication skills and organizational skills.
• Superior training and mentoring skills.
• 3-5 years retail experience required.
• High energy, enthusiasm, and a drive to succeed.
• Basic computer skills required.

In addition to competitive pay, we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
• Performance incentives
• Other perks to support your well-being
• Career growth opportunities and product discounts

Our typical hiring range is between $34,800 and $43,500. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, job-related knowledge, skills and competencies, store size and market location, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements.

#LI-MA1 This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.

We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.

About Us

At Marks, we want you to experience an extraordinary career in helping to lead our brand's evolution to be Canada’s number one destination for industrial and casual apparel and footwear. As one of Canada’s leading apparel retailers, and a valued part of the Canadian Tire family of companies, Mark’s stands out for its commitment to comfort, quality and style. Mark’s is a leader in product development, innovation and quality through its assortment of industrial apparel, footwear and accessories, with strong private and exclusive brands. Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do.

We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification.

We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must.

We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond.

Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.

We are one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With world‑class owned brands and exciting market‑leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to excite and serve Canadian customers from coast-to-coast. We are connected to communities, big and small, from coast-to-coast, offering products and services that reflect the diverse nature of every one of them. From sports to outdoors, automobiles to homes, we know and understand life in Canada like no other retailer.

If you’re ready to take on new challenges – be it in digital, IT, marketing, data & analytics, merchandising, or one of the many other roles we have – there is a place for you here,