Store Manager

Vans; Blind River; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading footwear retailer in Blind River is seeking a Store Manager who will lead a dynamic team to achieve sales goals and ensure exceptional customer experiences. The ideal candidate will possess 3-5 years of retail management experience, strong coaching abilities, and a commitment to fostering an inclusive environment. The position requires flexibility in scheduling, including weekends and holidays. Join a company that values creativity and community engagement, offering competitive compensation and growth potential.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive compensation opportunities

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of related professional/retail management experience.
• Proven ability to work a flexible schedule including weekends and holidays.
• Experience in driving results through store teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the store team to achieve sales goals and monitor progress.
• Model consumer-centric mindset and selling behaviors.
• Attract, recruit, and hire diverse talent.

Skills

Retail management experience

Coaching and motivating a team

Flexible scheduling

Proven communication skills

Job description

Store Manager

As the Store Manager, you inspire, motivate, lead, and develop a store team. You champion business strategies, vision, and values. You impact the overall bottom line by maintaining optimal staffing levels, recruiting, hiring, educating, and motivating a team. You set the example for customer engagement that exceeds industry standards. You maximize store profitability by controlling expenses, protecting company assets, and ensuring store standards and processes for merchandising, operations, and community participation are well executed. You create an inclusive environment and put internal and external customers first.

Join the Vans Family

Vans is the original action sports footwear company, rooted in authenticity and creativity. Founded in 1966, we are guided by a legacy of impacting our community through action sports, music, art and street culture. Our mission is to empower everyone to use creativity to discover themselves, and our vision is a world where anyone can be their unique self. At Vans, our culture is driven by five values: HEART (the Van Doren Spirit), CURIOUS about our consumers and the world, UNAPOLOGETICALLY AUTHENTIC, INGENUITY, and COMMUNITIES. We are a family that has fun together and we empower creative exploration and youth culture through inclusivity. We welcome everyone into our global family and celebrate an environment where individuality is embraced, equal opportunities thrive, and everyone is empowered to reach their greatest potential. By joining our family, you will be immersed in a collaborative environment that brings the Van Doren Spirit to life.

How You Will Make a Difference

What you will do:

• You will strategically lead the team in maximizing and achieving store sales goals and monitor sales progress and results against key targets.
• Model and foster a consumer-centric mindset within the store and model selling behaviors through genuine interactions with consumers for the team to emulate.
• Attract, recruit and hire high-caliber, diverse talent, and maintain a strong succession plan within your store.
• Provide direct coaching, feedback, training, and supervision of the associates.
• Demonstrate clear communication, training and coaching for the team; set expectations for customer engagement, store policies and procedures, as well as hiring and building a strong team.
• Manage expenses to maximize sales and profitability, and lead an environment of productivity by ensuring the team has the knowledge and skills to meet store goals for sales and customer engagement.

Skills for Success

What you bring:

• 3-5+ years of related professional/retail management experience
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business; requires weekends, evenings, and holidays
• Ability to meet business goals by driving results through store teams
• Ability to coach and motivate a team to excel at sales and profit results
• Proven communication skills
• Ability to be solution-oriented and flexible in a fast-paced environment
• A formal education and undergraduate/graduate degrees are nice to have, but total experience and professional achievements are most important

Free To Be, Inclusion & Diversity

VF strives to foster a culture of belonging based on respect, connection, openness and authenticity. We are committed to 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 are in the business of unleashing human potential, driven by ideas, energy, and commitment of our people. We offer comprehensive benefits that encourage mental, physical, and financial well-being for all VF associates. For benefits, go to MyVFBenefits.com and look for information on joining VF.

Our Parent Company, VF Corporation

VF is one of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies, connecting people to lifestyles, activities, and experiences through our family of brands. Our purpose is to power movements of sustainable and active lifestyles for the betterment of people and our planet. Learn more at vfc.com.

Hiring Range: $29.60 - $40.95 CAD per hour

Incentive Potential: This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential. Details will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation: A general overview of benefits is available at MyVFBenefits.com; details will be provided during the hiring process.

Please note: Hiring ranges are determined from market data and, while all positions have a range, this position has a minimum starting rate listed above. Compensation will comply with applicable laws.

At VF, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to protected characteristics. If you require accommodations during the application process, please contact [e-mail]. VF will provide reasonable accommodations as required by law. Pursuant to local fair chance requirements, VF will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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