Assistant Store Manager

Janie and Jack LLC; Hopkins (MN); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

401(k) matching

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Quarterly bonus program

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Janie and Jack is seeking an inspired Assistant Store Manager to join our team. This role champions the business, leads confidently to drive results, and provides direction, communication, and feedback to help the team achieve its goals.

You will create a welcoming store environment focused on the customer and an engaging shopping experience. The role requires 2–4 years of retail sales experience with management, leadership in achieving sales and profits, training the team, and implementing

Qualifications

• 2–4 years retail sales experience with management experience preferred
• Proven track record in meeting/exceeding sales and profits
• Training skills to elevate product knowledge and selling skills
• Experience implementing merchandising strategies and changing visual sets
• Authentic, sincere, and transparent communication
• Willingness to work nights, weekends, and holidays during peak periods
• Able to lift and move merchandise/fixtures up to 40 pounds
• Must be at least 18 years old

Responsibilities

• Support General Manager in day-to-day store operations to meet KPIs
• Collaborate with GM to develop action plans and timelines
• Lead by example in sales generation and customer focus
• Create and implement visual/merchandising strategies to drive sales
• Utilize tools/resources to enhance the customer experience
• Adapt to change and generate ideas to grow the business
• Motivate team to achieve hourly, daily, weekly goals through omni selling
• Foster a positive, inclusive, productive work environment
• Assist in recruiting and building a dynamic team
• Identify training needs and implement tailored programs
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Retail leadership

Sales target focus

Training skills

Visual merchandising

Team motivation

Availability nights/weekends/holidays

Physical stamina

Job description

Janie and Jack is looking for an inspired Assistant Store Manager to become an integral part of our team! The Assistant Store Manager is a champion of the business and leads confidently to drive exceptional results. You are looked to for expertise, direction, communication, and feedback to help the team achieve their goals. You are obsessive about creating a store environment focused on our customer and provide an engaging and convenient shopping experience for everyone.

What you will do:

• Supports General Manager in managing the day-to-day operations of the store to ensure the store meets KPI’s.
• Cooperates with General Manager to develop clear action plans for store and thrives to achieve objectives, deliverables, and timelines of plan.
• A result driven role model for the team in sales generation and leads with exceptional customer focus, monitoring and coaching staff to continually improve selling opportunities and build genuine customer relationships.
• Creates and implements visual and merchandising strategies to increase sales; understands floor capacity and store layout.
• Utilizes tools and resources to enhance the customer experience.
• Thrives in change and uncertainty and generates ideas to evolve and grow the business.
• Motivates and inspires the team to achieve/exceed hourly, daily, weekly business goals through in-store and omni selling, using strong business acumen skills.
• Creates and maintains a positive and productive work environment that fosters diversity, inclusivity, teamwork, creativity, and a passion for the brand.
• Supports the General Manager on building a dynamic team by networking, recruiting, and anticipating future needs based on business objectives.
• Accountable for self and consistently holds others accountable.
• Operationally strong and resourceful.
• Responsible for identifying and assessing training needs, creating tailored training plans, and implementing various training methods to enhance employees’ skills and performance in partnership with the General Manager.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Bring:

• 2-4 years retail sales experience with management experience (preferred).
• Experienced leadership with demonstrated experience in meeting/exceeding sales and profits.
• Training skills to elevate the team’s product knowledge and selling skills.
• Experience implementing merchandising strategies and changing visual sets.
• Acts with authenticity, sincerity, and transparency.
• Available when needed, including nights, weekends, and holidaysin addition to our peak business periods such as the holiday season.
• Ability to constantly bend, open, lift, carry and move merchandise and fixtures up to 40 pounds as needed.
• Be at least 18 years old.

Why You’ll Love Working with Us:

• The Product—so good, and you’re able to use your employee discount on all of it!
• The People—ask anyone who works here…we have incredible people on our team!
• The Experience—you’ll enjoy a rewarding career at a respected global children’s brand!
• The Benefits—a generous employee discount that you can use on all in-store
• Competitive Paid Time Off plan*
• Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching*
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance*
• Employee Assistance Program with resources like financial and legal assistance, emotional work/life counseling, health, and wellness resources
• FUN work environment

Actual starting pay for this role is determined by a wide array of factors including but not limited to qualifications, experience, relevant skills, education, and geographic location. Employees are offered a variety of benefits to empower them with the resources and flexibility they need to enjoy success on the job and to live a healthy life. Full-time employees are eligible for medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health and dependent care FSA, life/ad&d insurance, short term and long-term disability, commuter benefits, pet benefits, tuition reimbursement, paid time off and 401(k) including matching. All employees are eligible for employee discounts and EAP Resources. Sales Leads, Assistant Managers, General Managers and District Managers are eligible for the quarterly bonus program.