Smartwool : Assistant Store Manager (Fixed- Term) - Queenstown Pop-Up

VF Outdoor, LLC; Queenstown; On-site; NZD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Sales Incentive Plan

Competitive salary

Job summary

VF Corporation, owner of Smartwool, is hiring an Assistant Store Manager for our Queenstown store on a 3-month fixed-term contract. This leadership role partners with the Store Manager to drive sales and develop the store team in a dynamic outdoor retail environment.

You’ll coach staff, motivate the team to smash targets, and deliver exceptional customer experiences while living our values and sustainability commitments in New Zealand’s adventure capital.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail leadership roles or assistant store management.
• Proven ability to coach and develop staff.
• Strong customer focus and sales drive.

Responsibilities

• Assist Store Manager to drive sales performance.
• Coach and develop store team to achieve targets.
• Contribute to customer service excellence on the sales floor.

Skills

Sales leadership

Coaching

Team player

Customer focus

Job description

We are hiring a high-potential Assistant Store Manager (3 months Fixed- Term Contract) to join our first ever Smartwool Queenstown Store. This store leadership position partners with the Store Manager to drive sales performance and develop the retail store team. You get it and live it. You are the one the others seek guidance from and try to emulate to max out their personal sales. You know what makes our customers tick. You will be one of those rare individuals who consistently smashes your targets and loves coaching and developing others to succeed. You will be helping us to inspire the world to not only trust in nature's ability to create magic, but to get outside and get amongst it.

What we can offer you:

• Great Sales Incentive Plan
• Competitive salary
• 40 hours per week (3 months Fixed- Term Contract)
• The chance to work for the best ethical, sustainable, retailer on the planet selling amazing products.
• Be part of our story.

What you'll bring:

• You find inspiration through connecting with all different types of people, and helping them find the perfect products
• Authentic love for being active in nature and inspiring others to do the same
• You are a team player and enjoy supporting your colleagues to crush it on the sales floor

Smartwool creates Merino wool apparel designed for comfort, durability, and adventure. We’re committed to sustainability, responsible sourcing, and building a community that welcomes everyone. As part of VF Corporation, we offer comprehensive benefits and the chance to grow within a global family of outdoor and active brands.

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 www.vfc.com.

What drives our team:

Your vibe attracts your tribe. At Smartwool, we believe our values set the standard. They create our vision and help us build a team of change-makers. Openness: Honesty glues us together Advocacy: We will always protect what we love Action: The opportunity to grw will always inspire us Inclusivity: the more we share, the bigger our impact Fun- Loving: Fun is who we are.

What we do.

Its what we make.

Free To Be, our commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Action

Ready to join a team that’s passionate about the outdoors and the planet? If this opportunity feels like something you’re passionate about, and it fits with your skills and experience.

MORE THAN A JOB, AN ADVENTURE WHEN YOU JOIN ICEBREAKER YOU JOIN A COMMUNITY

We’re a community of passionate, authentic and adventurous achievers bringing quality, performance apparel to the world, ethically and sustainably. In 1995 we pioneered the merino performance apparel industry from New Zealand’s windy little capital. Today, we’re a global brand with teams in NZ, Australia, USA, Canada, Germany, France and Switzerland. Together we’re pushing the boundaries of natural fiber and stocking more than 5000 stores across 50 countries.

VF Diversity 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 diversity throughout VF around the world.

VF is an equal employment opportunity employer of minorities, females, protected veterans and the disabled. VF is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, and treating our VF associates and VF applicants without discrimination on the basis of their race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, HIV/AIDS status, or any other legally protected factor.

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.

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