Assistant Store Manager

Mind Games USA; Peterborough; On-site; CAD 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Casual Dress

Store Discount

Flexible Schedule

Health Benefits

Being surrounded by people and product

Job summary

Mind Games USA is seeking a store leadership role in Canada, Ontario, Peterborough. The position focuses on directing store operations, staff development, and budgeting while promoting a culture around board games and hobby products.

Applicants should demonstrate strong leadership, customer service, and team-building abilities, with a proven track record in retail management and staff development. Flexible scheduling and a dynamic sales environment are part of the role.

Qualifications

• Customer service oriented with basic business management processes.
• Strong leadership and customer management abilities.
• Ability to multi-task and maintain high organization.
• Extremely driven with proven success in motivating and building teams.
• Expertise includes shrink reduction, expense control, people development, merchandising strategies, branding, partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Completes store operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; and following up on work results.
• Maintains store staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Coaches, counsels, and disciplines staff; plans, monitors, and appraises performance.
• Prepares an annual budget, schedules expenditures, analyzes variances and initiates corrective actions.
• Identifies customer requirements by engaging with customers and others to understand service needs.
• Markets merchandise by studying advertising, promotions, and displays; analyzes profitability.

Skills

Leadership

Customer management

Multi-tasking

Team building

Recruitment

Retail management

Board games passion

Job description

Hello! Mind Games are opening doors for new applicants! Do you want to become one of the minds of our company? This is the opportunity to take! Mind Games is North America's premier specialty retailer "Where Creative Minds Come to Play"! In our stores, you can find a variety of games, toys, and puzzles for everybody and any occasion. We sell fun and provide opportunities to express yourself through hobbies and interests. If you support our vision - try yourself and join our team!

Duties And Responsibilities Include

• Completes store operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; and following up on work results. Maintains store staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.


• Maintains store staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.


• Ability to effectively teach/develop others to the next level.


• Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; and initiating corrective actions.


• Identifies current and future customer requirements by establishing rapport with potential and actual customers and other persons in a position to understand service requirements.


• Markets merchandise by studying advertising, sales promotion, and display plans; analyzes operating and financial statements for profitability ratios.


• Protects employees and customers by providing a safe and clean store environment.


• Determines marketing strategy changes by reviewing operating and financial statements and departmental sales records.


• Execute and monitor loss prevention and shrink programs

You are best suited for the role if you have the following qualifications and skills

• Customer service-oriented with in-depth knowledge of basic business management processes.


• Strong leadership and customer management abilities.


• Ability to multi-task / high organizational skills


• Extremely Driven Individual with proven success in motivating and building strong teams.


• Expertise includes shrink reduction, expense control, people development, merchandising strategies, differentiation, brand strategy, and partnership creation.


• A passion for board games and pop culture as well as driving sales


• Proven ability to recruit/hire/train/coach a winning team


• 2+ years of management experience in a specialty retail environment


• Highly motivated

Pay Rate (per hour)

$19.20

Benefits

• Competitive Pay


• Casual Dress


• Store Discount


• Flexible Schedule


• Health Benefits


• Being surrounded by people and products you love!