Part-Time Assistant Manager - Level 2

Hot Topic; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 25,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading retail company in British Columbia is seeking a Part-time Store Manager to drive sales and lead a passionate team. The ideal candidate should have retail management experience and be able to engage customers through exciting promotions. Key responsibilities include supporting sales goals, managing store operations, and recruiting new team members. This position offers a dynamic environment focused on music and pop culture.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of retail store management experience required.
• Strong communication and operational skills.
• Ability to lead a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support Store Manager in achieving sales goals.
• Recruit, develop, and retain a passionate team.
• Engage customers through promotions and product launches.
• Ensure operational effectiveness and manage shrink/loss prevention.
• Monitor shrink, payroll hours, and associate schedules.
• Communicate with retail leadership and HQ on trends and feedback.
• Run sales reports and use data to guide strategy to hit targets.
• Merchandise the store using planograms and launch promos on time.
• Develop your team to be high-performing and customer-focused.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Time Management

Retail Operations

Recruiting

Education

High school diploma or GED equivalent

Job description

At Hot Topic, we’re passionate about a few things: music, pop culture, and creating the most amazing in-store experience for our customers and employees.

What You'll Do

• Support your Store Manager in achieving the sales plan and/or comp sales goals. It’s not all about the Benjamins, but then it kind of is
• Help recruit, develop, and retain a super collaborative, passionate team to run your store alongside you
• You’re the store’s #1 fan – you’ll create buzz and customer engagement through promotion of new products, use social media platforms, and additional benefits such as BOPIS and curbside pickup
• Provide leadership around running an operationally sound business; you’ll bring the right balance of ops, delegation/autonomy, and customer-first selling practices
• Keep watch (like the Night’s Watch) on shrink/loss prevention, payroll hours, and associate schedules
• Collaboratively communicate with retail leadership and HQ partners on trends & customer feedback
• Run sales reports and use data to help guide your strategy to hit sales targets
• You’ll merchandise the store in a compelling way, leveraging planograms as a guide, while launching all promos on time. In short, you’ll deliver the goods!
• Every Frodo needs a Fellowship! In partnership with your Store Manager, you’ll develop your team of loyal associates that are high-performing and customer-focused

What You'll Need

• At least 1-2 years of retail store management experience. If you love music and pop culture, you're in the right place!
• You’ve led teams to success and want to experience more of it. You’ll have skills to pay the bills: communication, recruiting, operations (payroll, reporting, scheduling, merchandising), and be a developer of your peeps
• You have Avenger-like skills: communication, time management, professionalism, operations, and a drive to develop your peeps
• A high school diploma or GED equivalent. If you have a degree, even better
• Roll with the punches. Retail is a fast-changing industry and you like catching curveballs thrown your way
• The usual retail stuff (with or without reasonable accommodation): able to navigate your way around the store, merchandise product utilizing approved store equipment, and pack and unpack boxes of awesome merch that may weigh up to 50 pounds

Please note the pay range for this position starts as listed in the job posting, but other factors such as an individual’s education, location, meeting the minimum job requirements for the role, training and experience, will determine the final salary for potential new hires.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Part-time
• Job function: Sales and Business Development
• Industries: Retail

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada