icebreaker: Key Holder - TouchLab Kitsilano

Icebreaker; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Icebreaker is seeking a Key Holder for its Kitsilano location, where you will support store management through customer engagement and oversee daily operations. Ideal candidates will have retail experience and strong communication skills. Join a mission-driven company dedicated to sustainability and community engagement.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• 1+ years of store management experience in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proven ability to meet and exceed sales results.

Responsibilities

• Coach and develop staff to exceed productivity goals.
• Engage customers around products and local events.
• Supervise store operations, including opening and closing.

Skills

Communication

Customer Engagement

Leadership

Sales Results

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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icebreaker: Key Holder - TouchLab Kitsilano

Apply locations USCA > CAN > British Columbia > Vancouver Kitsilano TouchLab 004 - ICE time type Part time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R-20250619-0013

Key Holder/Supervisor

As a Key Holder, you support the Store Manager with the execution of daily business, customer engagement, store operations, team coaching, and merchandising standards in the store. As part of the leadership team and under supervision of Store Manager, you have a key role to supervise store staff and ensure the highest level of customer engagement and sales results are achieved. You contribute to fostering a positive work environment that ensures both internal and external customer satisfaction while maximizing productivity and profitability. This position may assume responsibility for the store in the absence of another manager.

Join the icebreaker Family

Founded in 1995 in New Zealand, icebreaker is a pioneer of ethical and sustainable natural performance apparel. Now a part of the VF Corporation, icebreaker continues to challenge the status quo while championing natural, transparent, and responsible ways to do business.

icebreaker looks to nature for the answers and for innovative ways to do more with less. Working with what nature provides and adapting as nature does, icebreaker enables consumers to join a movement towards choosing natural and preserving our planet for generations to come. We are on a mission to be Plastic Free by 2023 and transition all our apparel to merino or plant-based fibers – and we are 91% of the way there! To learn more about icebreaker click here.

We’re a community of passionate, authentic, and adventurous achievers! Today, we’re a global brand with a diverse team across the Globe. We strive to celebrate those differences and create an inclusive culture where all are welcome.

How You Will Make a Difference

• Coach and develop staff to exceed individual and store productivity goals.
• Engage customers in conversation around Icebreaker products, activities and local community events.
• Supervise floor coverage and activities, including opening and closing store as scheduled.
• In partnership with the Store Manager, provide training and ongoing development of store staff in customer engagement and all company programs, policies and procedures.
• Support the Store Manager in achieving all financial and operational objectives including expense control, Loss Prevention, store audits, and weekly reporting.
• Partner with the Store Manager on the implementation of visual merchandising directives and maintain standards consistent with company brand strategies; ensures merchandise on selling floor is replenished appropriately.
• Partner with the Store Manager to ensure compliance and adherence to policies and procedures, standards and practices, and company directives.
• Model behavior that respects the background, experience, and cultural differences of others, while upholding the integrity and values of the VF Corporation and the brand.
• Promote an environment that encourages participation, creativity, and learning by sharing best practices and building on the ideas of others.

What You Bring

Required

• 1+ years of store management experience in a fast-paced, highly engaging retail environment
• Proven ability to meet and exceed sales results.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business; will require weekends, evenings, and holidays.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced store environment.
• Proven ability to meet business goals by driving results through store team
• Willingness and desire to learn and to share knowledge of products, local community, experiences and activities relevant to the store’s customer base.
• Ability and desire to provide a highly engaging customer experience through individual service, conversation and relationship building.
• Excellent decision-making ability in a fast-paced environment
• Detail orientated.
• Proficient computer skills including word processing, spreadsheets, and software programs

Preferred

• Experience in a specialty retail environment, outdoor apparel industry or experience with outdoor equipment sales preferred.
• High School Diploma or GED
• Use ladders for visual merchandising, light adjustments, and window banner placement

Free to Be, Inclusion & Diversity

As a purpose-led, performance driven company, we strive to foster a culture of belonging based on respect, connection, openness, and authenticity. We are committed to building and maintaining a workplace that celebrates the diversity of our associates, allowing them to bring their authentic selves to work every day.

What’s In It for You

We’re in the business of unleashing human potential, driven by the ideas, energy, and commitment of our people. That’s why we offer comprehensive benefits that encourage mental, physical, and financial well-being for all VF associates. When it comes to benefits, we’re the total package. Go to MyVFBenefits.com and click on “Looking to Join VF?” to learn more.

Our Parent Company, VF Corporation

VF is one of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies connecting people to the lifestyles, activities, and experiences they cherish through our family of iconic outdoor, active and workwear brands. At the heart of our journey lies our company-wide purpose: We power movements of sustainable and active lifestyles for the betterment of people and our planet. This is our purpose. It’s the reason we come to work every day. It’s a commitment shared by our global associates across all brands. Our purpose unites us and leads us to pursue our goals, together. This is our calling. Learn more at vfc.com.

We just have one question. Are you in?

Hiring Range:

$17.43 CAD - $26.14 CAD per hour

Minimum Start Rate:

$21.90

Incentive Potential: This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, orcommissionpotential. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation: This position is a part-time or limited time position (i.e., internship) and is not eligible for all of the benefits plans offered at VF Corporation. There are some benefits the company offers that this position can participate in. You can review a general overview of the benefits provided at VF by visiting www.MyVFbenefits.com and by clicking Looking to Join VF? Detailed information on the benefits options you qualify for will be provided upon hire.

Please note, our hiring ranges are determined and built from market pay data. Although all positions have a hiring range based upon market data, this position has a minimum starting rate that is listed above. In determining the specific compensation for this position, we comply with all local, state, and federal laws.

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 [e-mail] . 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.

About Us

VF Corporation outfits consumers around the world with its diverse portfolio of iconic lifestyle brands, including Vans, The North Face, Timberland, and Dickies. Founded in 1899, VF is one of the world's largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies with socially and environmentally responsible operations spanning numerous geographies, product categories and distribution channels. VF is committed to delivering innovative products to consumers and creating long-term value for its customers and shareholders.

VF Vision Statement
VF is committed to creating an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences among all of our associates, customers, suppliers and the communities in which we live and conduct business. The continued success and growth of VF is enhanced through initiatives that promote inclusion throughout VF around the world.VF is an equal opportunity employer. VF provides equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified individuals. VF bases employment decisions on skills, qualifications, and abilities. To learn more, read our Equal Opportunity Employment Policy here .

VF is committed to meeting the diverse needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner that is consistent with the principles of independence, dignity, integration and equality of opportunity, and will do so by striving to identify, prevent and remove barriers to accessibility wherever possible as well as by meeting the accessibility requirements under the ADA, AODA, and other applicable state, local or provincial regulations.

VF is committed to digital accessibility, and to conforming to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA and complying with the ADA and AODA Standards for Accessible Design, and other applicable regulations.

If you need an accommodation or have any questions regarding this statement, please send your request to [e-mail] .