Full-Time Assistant Manager

BoxLunch & Hot Topic; Gurnee (IL); On-site; USD 25,830 - 30,996; Full time

Job summary

BoxLunch & Hot Topic in Gurnee is looking for a dedicated Full-Time Assistant Manager to join our team. In this role, you'll support the Store Manager in meeting sales goals while cultivating an inspiring and collaborative environment focused on pop culture.

Ideal candidates will have 1-2 years of retail management experience and a passion for philanthropy. We offer competitive pay ranging from $18.75 to $22.50 an hour.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of retail store management experience is required.
• Proven leadership skills and ability to develop teams.
• Effective communication and time management skills are essential.
• Ability to navigate retail fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support Store Manager in achieving sales targets.
• Assist in recruiting and training team members.
• Engage customers through promotions and social media.
• Ensure operational efficiency and shrink prevention.
• Analyze sales reports to strategize for success.
• Merchandise store effectively according to guidelines.

Skills

Retail management experience

Communication skills

Recruiting

Operational management

Time management

Education

High school diploma or GED equivalent

Job description

At BoxLunch, we’re committed using our love of pop culture to do something amazing: eliminate hunger. With every $10 spent, we donate a meal to Feeding America that directly benefits the communities we are in.

We’re on the search for a Full-Time Assistant Manager that will help lead our civic minded, pop culture driven brand. You’ll support the Store Manager in achieving store objectives with regards to hitting sales targets, recruiting, and development. You’re Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker rolled into one; you can handle anything that comes your way while driving sales and building lifelong relationships with our customers.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Support your Store Manager in achieving the sales plan and/or comp sales goals. It’s not all about the Benjamins, but then it kind of is
• Help recruit, develop, and retain a super collaborative, passionate team to run your store alongside you
• You’re the store’s #1 fan – you’ll create buzz and customer engagement through promotion of new products, use social media platforms, and additional benefits such as BOPIS and curbside pickup
• Provide leadership around running an operationally sound business; you’ll bring the right balance of ops, delegation/autonomy, and customer-first selling practices
• Keep watch (like the Night’s Watch) on shrink/loss prevention, payroll hours, and associate schedules
• Collaboratively communicate with retail leadership and HQ partners on trends & customer feedback
• Run sales reports and use data to help guide your strategy to hit sales targets
• You’ll merchandise the store in a compelling way, leveraging planograms as a guide, while launching all promos on time. In short, you’ll deliver the goods!
• Every Frodo needs a Fellowship! In partnership with your Store Manager, you’ll develop your team of loyal associates that are high-performing and customer-focused

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• At least 1-2 years of retail store management experience. If you’re passionate about philanthropy & all things pop culture, you're in the right place!
• You’ve led teams to success and want to experience more of it. You’ll have skills to pay the bills: communication, recruiting, operations (payroll, reporting, scheduling, merchandising), and be a developer of your peeps
• You have Avenger-like skills: communication, time management, professionalism, operations, and a drive to develop your peeps
• You'll have to be at least 18 years of age to join the fandom force
• A high school diploma or GED equivalent. If you have a degree, even better
• Roll with the punches. Retail is a fast-changing industry and you like catching curveballs thrown your way
• The usual retail stuff (with or without reasonable accommodation): able to navigate your way around the store, merchandise product utilizing approved store equipment, and pack and unpack boxes of awesome merch that may weigh up to 50 pounds

$18.75 - $22.50 an hour

Please note the pay range for this position starts as listed in the job posting, but other factors such as an individual’s education, location, meeting the minimum job requirements for the role, training and experience, will determine the final salary for potential new hires.