APPAREL/DEPT LEADER

Kroger; Anna (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger in Texas (Anna) seeks an Apparel Department Supervisor to manage ordering, stocking merchandise, fixtures and signing; train and coach Apparel Clerks; and perform customer service to maximize store sales. You will implement planograms, coordinate merchandising, build displays, receive freight, perform inventories and stock counts, maintain vendor relationships, and supervise direct reports.

Minimum duties include 18+ age, weekend/holiday availability, and strong communication under

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Willing to work weekend and holidays.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate ability to make intelligent decisions quickly.
• Able to tactfully and calmly handle stressful situations and make a positive impression on associates and customers.
• Possess abilities and skills for effective production, merchandising, and customer services related to sale of merchandise.
• Qualified and able to operate power machinery and work with various job tools.

Responsibilities

• Stock displays, signing, recovery and merchandising standards, ticketing standards, corporate policies, planograms and composites, setting the ad to standard, processing returns/exchanges, price changes, processing mismates, and shrink control.
• Coordinate and organize merchandising of the section.
• Build and maintains vendor relationships.
• Receive and processes freight.
• Perform inventory control functions.
• Conduct stock counts.
• Build ends and displays.
• Maintain an awareness of current market trends.
• React with urgency to changing sales opportunities.
• Sell products to Customers; teach/demonstrate selling skills.
• Perform cashier functions.
• Maintain an awareness of overstock/understock conditions to guarantee ordering system integrity.
• Respond to Customer comments/complaints.
• Assist in the inventory process.
• Write Intersection Transfers.
• Manage P and L responsibilities, seasonal sets.
• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Skills

Communication skills

Decision making

Customer service

Merchandising

Tools

Power machinery

Job description

Job Description

Responsible for ordering, stocking merchandise and maintaining the assigned section of the apparel department, and maintaining fixtures, displays, and signing. Train, coach and direct Apparel Clerks. Perform production and customer service functions; maximize store sales and profits. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Responsible for ordering, stocking merchandise and maintaining the assigned section of the apparel department, and maintaining fixtures, displays, and signing. Train, coach and direct Apparel Clerks. Perform production and customer service functions; maximize store sales and profits. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Responsibilities

• Responsible to stock displays, divisional signing, recovery and merchandising standards, ticketing standards, corporate policies, planograms and composites, setting the ad to standard, processing returns/ exchanges, price changes, processing mismates, and shrink control.
• Coordinate and organize merchandising of the section.
• Build and maintains vendor relationships.
• Receive and processes freight.
• Perform inventory control functions.
• Conduct stock counts.
• Build ends and displays.
• Maintain an awareness of current market trends.
• React with urgency to changing sales opportunities.
• Sell products to Customers; teach/demonstrate selling skills.
• Perform cashier functions.
• Maintain an awareness of overstock/understock conditions to guarantee ordering system integrity.
• Respond to Customer comments/complaints.
• Assist in the inventory process.
• Write Intersection Transfers.
• Manage P and L responsibilities, seasonal sets.
• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Willing to work weekend and holidays.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate ability to make intelligent decisions quickly.
• Able to tactfully and calmly handle stressful situations and make a positive impression on associates and customers.
• Possess abilities and skills for effective production, merchandising, and customer services related to sale of merchandise.
• Qualified and able to operate power machinery and work with various job tools.

Desired

• Related retail work experience.
• Familiarity with apparel sales terms and processes.
• Past work record reflects dependability and integrity.