Assistant Store Manager - URI Campus Store

Follett; Kingston (RI); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks an Assistant Store Manager to support store operations and drive sales growth. In this role, you will lead a team to deliver exceptional customer service while ensuring operational excellence. You'll be responsible for training new hires, managing inventory, and maintaining merchandising standards. This position offers a dynamic work environment where you can cultivate mentorship and development within your team. If you are passionate about retail and committed to delivering results, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 0-5 years of retail or bookstore experience preferred.
• Prior supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise sales team members and ensure adherence to policies.
• Drive sales growth while delivering excellent customer service.
• Manage cash handling and end-of-month reporting.

Skills

Customer Service

Team Leadership

Sales Growth

Cash Handling

Merchandising Standards

Education

Associate's Degree

Tools

Point of Sale Systems

Inventory Management Software

Job description

Description

Position Overview

As an Assistant Store Manager, you will support a Market Leader or Campus Store Manager in oversight of store operations. You will be responsible for driving results through sales growth while delivering the highest level of brand and operational excellence throughout the store by ensuring your team delivers an engaging customer service experience.

You will cultivate an environment of mentorship and continuous development of your team members while staying engaged in financial metrics and store performance and support a Market Leader or Campus Store Manager with overall store operations.

Consistently demonstrate Follett Values - One Team, Innovate & Create, Put People First, Do What's Right, Own the Results, Stand for Inclusion. Demonstrate proficiency in Follett Strategic Core Competencies- Thought, Results, People, and Self. You are required to maintain an availability that meets business needs.

Responsibilities

• Supervises the work activities of sales team members FT/PT and Temporary, including:
• Schedules team members' work hours
• Trains new team members FT/PT and seasonal team members hired for peak seasons
• Ensures Sales Team members follow company and store policies, procedures, and standards
• Ensures the proper merchandising standards, promotion standards, creating displays, etc.
• Performs onboarding procedures for new hires.
• Greet customers, answer phones, provide information, direct callers, and resolve escalated issues. Partners to create and maintain a Hassle Free customer service culture, focused on solutions-based selling and an exceptional customer experience.
• Receive, verify, and unload orders as necessary.
• Operated cash register and store computer to accept payments, place orders, and make changes adhering to safe cash handling procedures, including balancing cash drawer and preparing bank deposits.
• Stock shelves and take inventory per Store schedule.
• May provide general Store cleaning (vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, and dusting) and straightening (shelves, displays, and register areas).
• Executes merchandising standards, promotion standards, creating displays, etc.
• May fill in for other personnel during breaks, lunch, vacation, or peak seasonal periods, including register operations, shipping/receiving, textbooks, and various departments throughout the store.
• Keyholder with opening and closing responsibilities.
• Calculates deposits, counts cash drawers, counts the safe, works with accounts receivable (CARRR), and works on collecting bad checks. Balances cash, credit cards, and checks to register tapes. Checks invoices against purchase orders and credit memos against charge-backs to ensure accuracy. Compiles data for end-of-month reporting. Researches account receivable problems and handle the bad check recovery process. Investigates the reason for cash drawers not balancing. Enters and produces the Daily Sales Report, month-end, and payroll reports.
• This applies to shrink prevention practices and activities, such as visible customer service.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Follett Higher Education is a drug-free workplace environment. Qualifications

• An Associate's Degree or equivalent is preferred.
• 0-5 years of retail or bookstore experience preferred. Prior supervisory experience preferred.
• General Computer Skills