Supervisor

JD Sports / Livestock / Size?; Nanaimo; On-site; CAD 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

JD Sports is seeking a Supervisor for the Woodgrove Centre location in Nanaimo, BC. You will lead a retail team, deliver outstanding customer experiences, and ensure operational excellence through scheduling, inventory management, and performance coaching.

With 1–2 years in retail management, you will train staff, drive KPIs, and contribute to an inclusive, energetic store culture. The role requires flexible availability including nights, weekends and holidays. On-site position.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1-2 years of retail management or keyholder experience.
• Passionate about streetwear and sneaker culture.
• Experience supervising, training and coaching sales associates.
• Confident engaging customers to deliver an elevated experience.
• Motivated to achieve great results from interacting with customers and athletic products.
• Strong cognitive and mathematical skills, including problem analysis and financial analysis.
• Flexible availability – including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Deliver excellent customer experience and foster growth and development to the team.
• Schedule, maintain inventory, and evaluate employee performance.
• Train and grow a team focused on delivering outrageous experiences to the community.
• Generate business results and achieve key KPIs.
• Act as a partner between customers, sales associates and store leadership.
• Learn and share product knowledge and trends to fit customer needs.
• Contribute to a positive and inclusive work environment.
• Support key initiatives with the Store Manager.
• Grow the business through community outreach.

Skills

Retail management

Leadership

Customer service

Team coaching

Sales

Financial analysis

Problem solving

Job description

Department:Retail Stores

Location: Woodgrove Centre, Nanaimo, BC

Workplace Type:On-site

Job Type:Full-time, Permanent

Wage: $19.80 - $21.00 per hour

The Team:

J D Sports is a sports-fashion retail company with the incentive to inspire the emerging generation of globally minded consumers through a connection to the universal culture of sport, music and fashion. Established in 1981, the JD Group is a leading global omnichannel retailer of Sports, Fashion, and Outdoor brands. With our retail stores expanding and evolving all throughout Canada, The Group is continuously finding and developing talent that adds to the inclusive and diverse work culture. JD continuously and successfully sets the global standard for retail experience best through the unique delivery of the world’s most authentic brands to the market. Our commitment to showcasing brands in a premium environment and stores remain a key part of the JD strategy.

The Role:

Our Retail team is looking for a Supervisor to join our JD Sports Woodgrove Centre location in Nanaimo, BC! Come join our quickly growing and developing team at JD Sports Canada. Main responsibilities include delivering excellent customer experience and fostering growth and development to the team. Most importantly you will ensure operational excellence by performing managerial tasks, such as scheduling, maintaining inventory, and/or evaluating employee performance.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

• Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction by being knowledgeable on all products offered.
• Train and grow a team who are focused on delivering outrageous experiences to our community through coaching and feedback.
• Generate business results and achieve key KPIs
• Delivering sales, customer experience, merchandising, visual, and operational expectations.
• Act as a partner between customers, sales associates and store leadership.
• Ability to learn and share expertise of products and trends to fit customer’s needs.
• Maintains an awareness of all product knowledge, and current or upcoming product / trends.
• Contributes to a positive and inclusive work environment.
• Support key initiatives as empowered by and in partnership with the Store Manager.
• Take a proactive approach to growing the business through community outreach.
• Choose culture first in everything you do, with a commitment to personal growth and self-awareness.
• Provide outrageous experiences 100% of the time, sharing our awesome products with our Community.

Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed:

• Minimum 1-2 years of retail management or keyholder experience.
• Passionate and knowledgeable about streetwear and sneaker culture.
• Experience supervising, training and coaching sales associates.
• Confident and comfortable engaging customers to deliver an elevated experience.
• Motivated to achieve great results because of one's enthusiasm from interacting with customers and athletic products.
• Strong cognitive and mathematical skills, including problem analysis, decision making and financial analysis
• Is resourceful and versatile in responding to changing demands and opportunities in a rapidly changing omni-channel retail environment.
• High level of ethics, values, integrity, and trust.
• Flexible availability – including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Leadership - You're an inspirational and dynamic leader who is naturally warm and compassionate towards others with an insatiable drive to exceed results and celebrate successes.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and will provide accommodations throughout the hiring process upon request.