Manager in Training

maurices; Campbellsville (KY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with matching

Tuition assistance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

maurices in Campbellsville, KY is seeking a Manager in Training (MIT) to partner with the store manager to drive sales and deliver a fashion-driven customer experience. You will help lead the team, manage visual standards, and learn the ropes of store operations.

The MIT program prepares you for a Store Manager position in 3–6 months, with relocation to a new or grouped store as needed. This regular/full-time role includes a comprehensive benefits package and ongoing development.

Qualifications

• High School Degree or GED required; a business or retail merchandising degree preferred.
• Supervisory experience in a customer focused environment; fashion industry experience preferred.
• Proven track record of achieving goals and executing company direction.
• Experience in hiring, promoting, and motivating talent.
• Ability to lead by example, make sound decisions, and maintain professionalism.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive a customer focused store environment, deliver fashion expertise and strong service.
• Manage sales goals, analyze performance, and schedule staff to maximize profits.
• Develop talent pools, provide feedback, and nurture successors for store roles.
• Maintain operational standards, security, and adherence to policies.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Talent management

Customer focus

Decision making

Interpersonal skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Business or retail merchandising degree preferred

Tools

POS system

Job description

Brand Overview

At maurices, we’re all about feel‑good fashion for real life. We’re committed to our service with style promise and to offering affordable fashion that takes women from workday to weekend—and all of life’s adventures in between. With inclusive sizing from 0–24, maurices is known for versatile styles across key categories like denim, dresses, tops, and more. We’ve been doing this since 1931, and today you’ll find us in over 800 communities across North America and online at maurices.com. At maurices, it’s more than clothes – it’s where fun, friendship and fashion come together!

Position Overview

The Manager in Training (MIT) works with store manager and store teams in achieving sales goals, driving a customer focused environment, managing talent and performance, and executing visual standards. The MIT participates in a training program to prepare them for a store manager position within 3–6 months. The MIT is hired with the expectation that they are relocatable to a specific new store or a group of new and existing stores. The MIT will complete the training program that prepares them for a Store Manager Position at maurices. The MIT must actively participate in all training modules and activities while also fulfilling a managerial role on the team.

Responsibilities

• Customer Obsession: Drives and achieves a customer focused store environment; creates and demonstrates fashion focused store environments by delivering product knowledge and fashion expertise; consistently demonstrates awareness for the customer in actions, priorities and decisions; leads by example through utilizing customer service training resources.
• Driving Sales: Manages sales goals by analyzing store performance using historical reports and adjusting plans and priorities as necessary; responsible for the performance of store team; manages payroll hours to support the needs of the business and sustain profitability; assesses visual needs and directs implementation of promotional changes to maximize sales; prepares schedules by assessing business needs, traffic patterns and store activity; directs team to effectively use sales driving programs such as associate ordering system and outreach within the community.
• Talent Management: Makes quality hiring decisions and nurtures talent; develops successors and talent pools for all store positions; provides actionable positive and corrective feedback; grows and develops talent using company programs such as orientation, customer service training, MBA program, etc.; accurately appraises strengths and weaknesses of others; creates and cultivates an environment that allows others to reach their full potential while fostering a fun and rewarding working climate.
• Operational Execution: Maintains an operationally sound store as measured through opportunity audits; minimizes inventory loss by directing team to effectively use store security equipment, provide excellent customer service, maintain a clean and organized store and thoroughly review daily sales documentation; ensures execution of company direction (POS, Visual, HR, Operations, etc.) and uses resources appropriately; enforces and follows all maurices policies and procedures.

Requirements

• High School Degree or GED required; a business or retail merchandising degree preferred.
• Supervisory experience required in a customer focused environment; experience in the fashion industry preferred.
• Proven track record of achieving and setting goals and executing company direction.
• Experience in hiring, promoting, and motivating talent.
• Proven ability to lead by example, make sound decisions, and demonstrate professionalism.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Diligence and the ability to persevere in the face of resistance or setbacks.
• Must commit to a specific store location or a group of new and existing stores.

Unique/Physical Requirements

• Work varied hours/days as business dictates.
• Able to reach, push, pull, stand, squat and bend for up to 8 hours or longer as necessary.
• Able to operate and use all equipment necessary to run the store.
• Able to operate a computerized register system.
• Able to move or handle merchandise throughout the store weighing up to 50 pounds.

Location

Store 1146 – Green River Plaza – maurices – Campbellsville, KY 42718.

Position Type

Regular/Full time.

Benefits Overview

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your health, financial security, and work‑life balance. Full‑time associates are eligible for a suite of benefits. Choice of three medical plans, including a PPO plan or High‑Deductible plans with a Health Savings Account, with employer contribution. Additional benefits include Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare and Dependent Care), Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity coverage, Voluntary Life, Spouse and Child Life Insurance, and Long‑Term Disability coverage. Maurices provides no‑cost Basic Life and Short‑Term Disability coverage, a Well‑being platform with Personify Health, and an Employee Assistance Program for associates and their families. After 6 months, you may be eligible for a 401(k) with an immediately vested Safe Harbor matching contribution. Maurices supports continued education with a Tuition Assistance program available after 1 year. Maurices provides early access to earnings powered by PayActiv.

Paid Time Off is earned on an accrued basis (the accrual for newly hired Full‑time Assistant and First Assistant is 3.08 hours per pay period). Sick time is awarded each January (56 hours, prorated based on hire date unless otherwise required by applicable law). Holiday pay includes New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and two weeks of New Parent Leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement. Flexible scheduling helps integrate work and life.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Company is committed to hiring and developing the most qualified people at all levels. It is our policy in all employment decisions to ensure that all associates and potential associates are evaluated on the basis of qualifications and ability without regard to sex (including pregnancy), race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability that can reasonably be accommodated without undue hardship, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected classification under applicable law. We do not discriminate in any of our employment policies and practices. All associates are expected to follow these principles in all relationships with other associates, applicants, or others with whom we do business. The Company welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the application process. Smoking is prohibited in all indoor areas of the Company unless designated smoking areas have been established by a particular location in accordance with applicable law.