Assistant Manager

Business Draft, Inc.; Murfreesboro (TN); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Uptown Cheapskate in Murfreesboro, TN is seeking a strong store manager to lead a 20–25 person team on a fast-paced fashion retail floor, with emphasis on training buyers and sales staff as part of our growing brand.

This role requires open weekend availability, willingness to cover shifts during callouts, and the ability to balance sales goals with efficient store operations, including coaching, merchandising, and payroll support.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail or management is preferred.
• Open weekend availability and 30–40 hour/week schedule.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and price inventory using buying software.
• Manage inventory fills, markdowns and merchandising.
• Lead a team of 20–25 employees including assistant managers and store manager with owner involvement.
• Provide direction with follow up; manage staff firmly but kindly and step in to assist sales associates.
• Train buyers and sales associates; training is a major part of the role.
• Understand this job is sales-floor oriented with minimal admin work.
• Learn the business and prioritize tasks to meet sales and buy targets.
• Take feedback from mentor and apply it to develop skills.
• Run the boutique with passion and drive; cover shifts as needed due to callouts.
• Help manage payroll and ensure smooth store operations through coaching and mentoring.
• Communicate needs, strengths, and concerns clearly to the team; act as an extension of the owner.

Job description

Our Company & Culture:

Hi there! Do you love fashion, clothing, and the environment and like the idea of sustainable and recycled styles? Do you have experience in retail or management? At Uptown Cheapskate, we buy,sell, and trade brands for the fashion forward young adult population. We are seeking strong management candidates to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and price inventory using our buying software
• Manage inventory fills, markdowns and merchandising.
• Manage our team of 20-25 people along with another assistant manager, store manager and with active owner involvement.
• Can give direction with follow up, manages firmly but kindly, demonstrate good grasp of all jobs and be willing to jump in and assist sales associates where needed.
• Willing to train buyers and sales associates along with other managers as training is a huge part of the job.
• Understands this job is a sales floor job and involves very little administration work.
• Has the ability to learn the business and see priority tasks needing to be done to assure retail sales and buys continue to meet established goals.
• Able to take feedback from mentor and willing to use feedback to develop skills.
• Run our boutique with passion and drive
• All managers must be willing to step in when call outs threaten ability of the store to operate smoothly due to call outs. Must be willing to share responsibility of shift coverage with manager when needed.
• Able to help manage payroll, assure smooth flow of store operations by demonstrating, teaching and mentoring all employees on desired work efficiencies.
• Willing to communicate clearly and professionally the needs, desires, strengths, weaknesses and concerns as they apply to employees and the business functioning.
• Must understand their role is to be an extension of the owner and to be able to implement the vision of this already successful business model.
• Potential candidates must have the ability to draw a line between being a manager and being the employees friend. This is necessary to develop a level of respect towards the manager as respect is key to being a good manager.

Prefer candidates from high volume, fast paced retail and/or restaurant environments and significant stable employment in these environments. Experience in resale buying and management is a huge plus.

Position is 30- 40 hours a week, requires open availability and weekend work. If you have experience managing a similar concept, we really want to talk to you and would be willing to negotiate for experience.

Only candidates with a strong, stable history of managing large teams need apply.