Assistant Store Leader, CB2, Visual

Crate & Barrel; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Crate & Barrel in Scottsdale, AZ is seeking an Assistant Store Leader – Visual to guide the merchandising team and deliver an exceptional in-store experience. You will translate brand standards into daily visual displays, coach leaders, and ensure floor plans and product flow from receiving to the salesfloor.

You'll lead and develop team members, analyze sales and client feedback, collaborate with store leadership on goals, and maintain a high level of customer service while meeting payroll and

Qualifications

• 2+ years of customer service or retail leadership experience.
• Proven ability to coach and develop team members.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Store Manager to establish and execute brand goals and visual merchandising standards.
• Provide leadership to Team Leaders in achieving sales, customer service, and visual standards.
• Coach, train, and develop associates to encourage growth and performance.
• Analyze reports and use data to prioritize initiatives and workloads to maximize sales and customer experience.
• Collaborate with management and participate in leadership routines and store walk-throughs.

Skills

Customer service

Retail leadership

Communication

Team leadership

Time management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google applications

Tablet devices

Job description

We inspire purpose-filled living that brings joy to the modern home. With a team of more than 8,000 associates spanning 130 store and distribution locations across the U.S. and Canada, we achieve together, drive results and innovate to inspire. Drawn together by a shared passion for our customers and a spirit of fun, we deliver high-quality home furnishings that are expertly designed, responsibly sourced and bring beauty and function to people's homes. From the day we opened our first store in Chicago in 1962 to the digital innovations that engage millions of customers today, our iconic brand is nearly 60 years in the making-and our story is still unfolding.

The iconic look of our stores starts with you. Under the direction of the Store Leader, you lead the merchandising team to set the stage for an exceptional visual experience. Both creative and strategic, you utilize your eye for design and energetic attitude to plan and communicate the overall merchandise design vision to your team. From seasonal floor plans to daily visual displays, you lead, direct and delegate the flow of product from receiving to the salesfloor. Mentorship is also key. You lead, educate and empower your team to communicate a strong visual message while encouraging professional development.

A day in the life as an Assistant Store Leader, Visual...

• Partner with the Store Manager to establish, communicate, execute critical brand business goals and expectations in an assigned functional area, including but not limited to sales, operations, visual, HR, Payroll/Scheduling, Training, Safety and loss prevention.
• Provide leadership to Team Leaders in executing, setting, and maintaining business goals, such as, sales, customer service, operational goals, and visual merchandising standards for all associates.
• Ensure all associate relations issues are effectively addressed, and escalating issues as needed to the Store Manager.
• Coach, teach, train, recognize and manage all aspects of performance and development for all store associates to encourage professional growth and build a bench of talent.
• In collaboration with the Store Manager, manage and delegate workloads; ensure the execution of plans and strategies across the store and in an assigned area.
• Analyze reporting (Daily, Weekly and Monthly Quarterly, YTD) and use gathered information to prioritize initiatives and workloads to maximize sales, profitability, customer and team experience.
• Communicate regularly with the management team concerning all aspects of sales, customer feedback/traffic and associate training/performance. Participate in weekly store walk-throughs with the management team and follow up as required.
• Collaborate and work with direct reports, act as a role model for teamwork.
• Aware of relevant corporate events, initiatives and promotions; ensures that the functional team is aligned and participates in initiatives.
• Ensure all customers are provided elevated customer service by modeling brand standard behaviors and setting expectations with leadership and associates. Communicates positively and with enthusiasm internally and externally in all regards to the brand's initiatives, priorities and goals.
• Participate and contribute to all Leadership routines and meetings.
• Ensure payroll budget is being met in an assigned functional area and communicate scheduling needs to Store Manager proactively.
• Other duties as assigned.

What you'll bring to the table...

• Excellent reading and written language skills (English)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Strong proactive problem solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to set expectations and hold others accountable
• Strong delegation skills for driving execution and business results
• Proven ability to build a culture focused on success and teamwork
• Required to spend significant time on the sales floor and/or in back of house, interacting with customers and associates, observing day to day operations, coaching, and helping whenever and wherever needed.
• Ability to work a full time flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays, as needed.

Experience Required:

• 2+ years customer service or retail leadership experience
• Experience with Microsoft Office, Google applications, computer systems and tablet devices
• Full-Time roles: open availability to work flexible hours on weekdays, evenings and weekends

Euromarket Designs, Inc., which does business as Crate and Barrel and CB2, will be referred to as "the Company".

The Company is deeply committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact the location you are applying to here and ask to speak with a manager regarding the nature of your request.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all posit