Manager in Training

maurices; Fort Smith (AR); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental and Vision

401(k) matching

Paid Time Off

Job summary

maurices seeks a Manager in Training in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to lead sales and customer service initiatives. This role involves participating in a training program preparing the individual for a store manager position within 3–6 months.

The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma or GED, experience in a customer-focused environment, and a drive for sales and team development. Competitive benefits and flexible scheduling are provided.

Qualifications

• Experience in supervisory roles within a customer-focused environment.
• Proven ability to achieve and set goals.
• Experience in hiring and promoting talent.

Responsibilities

• Drive and achieve a customer-focused store environment.
• Manage sales goals and store performance.
• Hire, nurture, and develop store team talent.

Skills

Customer-focused environment

Sales management

Talent management

Interpersonal skills

Education

High School Degree or GED

Business or retail merchandising degree

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.

Position Overview

The Manager in Training (MIT) works with the store manager and store teams to achieve sales goals, drive a customer‑focused environment, manage talent and performance, and execute visual standards. The MIT participates in a training program that prepares them for a store manager position within 3–6 months and is expected to be relocatable to a specific new store or a group of new and existing stores.

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 to customers.
• 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 for achievement of goals.
• Responsible for the performance of the store team; manages payroll hours to support business needs 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 community outreach.
• Talent Management – Makes quality hiring decisions, nurtures talent through strong networks, develops successors and talent pools for all store positions.
• Provides current, direct, complete, and actionable positive and corrective feedback to ensure effective accountability.
• Grows and develops talent using company programs such as orientation, customer service training, MBA program, etc.; accurately appraises strengths and weaknesses and coaches associates appropriately.
• 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; responds appropriately to policy and procedural violations and uses HR resources to follow company guidelines.

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 0680-Central Mall-maurices-Fort Smith, AR 72903

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, including choice of three medical plans (PPO or High‑Deductible with HSA option), Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare and Dependent Care), Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Voluntary Life, Spouse and Child Life Insurance, and Long‑Term Disability coverage. maurices provides basic Life and Short‑Term Disability coverage at no cost, access to our Wellbeing platform with Personify Health, and an Employee Assistance Program. After 6 months of employment, you may be eligible for a 401(k) with an immediately vested Safe Harbor matching contribution. Tuition Assistance is available after 1 year, and early access to earnings is powered by PayActiv. Paid Time Off is earned on an accrued basis; sick time is awarded each January; holiday pay includes major U.S. holidays, 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. All associates are expected to follow these principles in all relationships with other associates, applicants, or others with whom we do business.

Note to Applicants: 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.