Operations Manager - Shops at Clearfork

ALO; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

Wellness Club membership

Medical/Dental/Vision plans

401K with company matching

Monthly store incentives

Clothing allowance

Free yoga classes at Sanctuaries

Job summary

ALO is seeking an Operations Manager to lead store operations, inventory, labor planning, and schedule management, ensuring the store is customer-ready at all times.

You will partner with the General Manager to manage budgets, review performance data, and drive continuous improvement across processes and teams. This role requires hands-on leadership and a commitment to ALO’s guiding principles.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of retail or related industry leadership experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook).
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and support execution of key operational processes.
• Investigate inventory accuracy issues, partnering to elevate processes.
• Champion strong operational standards on the sales floor using performance data.
• Support sell-through management by ensuring inventory counts and coordinating labor hours.
• Support a safe and efficient work environment.
• Represent the business in meetings and with General Manager on budget and data.
• Monitor and partner with GM to manage expenses, sell-through, and quarterly planning.
• Plan future workflows to protect optimal performance.
• Write effective schedules in collaboration with the GM.
• Establish internal and external pipelines through succession planning and recruitment.
• Lead the Operations team with accountability and ongoing coaching.
• Execute components of the Sales and Service Model to protect efficiency.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align with the General Manager’s vision.
• Navigate the organization balancing business needs with brand culture.

Skills

Retail leadership

Interpersonal skills

MS Office proficiency

Time management

Budget awareness

Communication

Tools

MS Office

Job description

WHY JOIN ALO?

Mindful movement. It’s at the core of why we do what we do at ALO—it’s our calling. Because mindful movement in the studio leads to better living. It changes who yogis are off the mat, making their lives and their communities better. That’s the real meaning of studio‑to‑street: taking the consciousness from practice on the mat and putting it into practice in life.

OBJECTIVE

The Operations Manager is a member of the store leadership team who deals with ALO’s operational strategy in the store. This individual is passionate about inventory management, labor planning and scheduling – all with a lens on driving an efficient and effective store operation. This role’s north star is pointed at ensuring that the store is customer‑ready at all times.

Operations Leader

• Oversee and support execution of key operational processes
• Investigate and root cause inventory accuracy issues, partnering with the Manager to elevate process or system gaps
• Champion strong Operational standards for the salesfloor by leveraging business performance data
• Support sell‑through management by ensuring accuracy of inventory counts and coordinates labor hours to efficiently receive product deliveries
• Support a safe work environment and efficient operation

Business Leader

• Represent the business in meetings and on conference calls, in partnership with General Manager
• Review, Monitor and partner with General Manager to manage the budget, reporting and other business data; including metrics (e.g. Expenses, Sell‑Thru) and inform planning processes (e.g., quarterly business review and sales planning)
• Future planning workflow business needs to protect optimal performance

People Leader

• Ensure that the Operations team exudes ALO's mission and guiding principles to effectively communicate to our visitors who we are, what we do and why we do what we do
• Leads a team through accountability, continuous coaching on a regular basis, development of talent, and elevating effective communication throughout the Operations team
• Establish internal & external pipeline through succession planning and recruitment strategy
• Writes an effective schedule that prioritizes the best business strategy, in partnership with the General Manager

Flow Experience Leader

• Oversees the execution of certain deliverables on the ALO Sales and Service Model, protecting operational efficiency
• Collaborates and implement General/Store Manager’s vision and work cross-functionally with business partners, as directed, to support all-level organizational goals
• Demonstrate an ability to navigate the organization with a balance of business need and brand culture

OPERATIONS MANAGER QUALIFICATIONS

• 3-5 years of retail or related industry leadership experience
• Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Extraordinary interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Agile with the ability to handle multiple tasks in a changing environment
• Independent work ethic, time management skills, and personal accountability
• Aligns with and embodies ALO’s Guiding Principles
• Requires constant movement in and around all areas of store
• Ability to lift, push, carry or otherwise move up to 50 pounds
• Ability to lift, bend, kneel, climb, crawl and/or twist, and safely climb up/down a ladder
• Ability to stand and move for an entire shift

OPERATIONS MANAGER SCHEDULE

The Operations Manager role is a full-time role. To build a balanced schedule that supports the needs of the business and our teams, we expect all full-time employees to be available for opening, closing and weekend shifts, which may be subject to change. All Employees are expected to be able to work from the week of and including “Black Friday” until the end of the holiday season, first week of January.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, ALO does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or because of any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

JUST SOME OF THE PERKS

• Generous ALO employee discount and free membership to ALO Wellness Club, with access to hundreds of streaming fitness and yoga classes with top instructors
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plan options, and enhanced additional benefits such as free virtual access to mental health providers and new parent support for employees and dependents (Full-Time Employees)
• 401K with company matching (Full-Time Employees)
• Monthly Store Incentives
• Clothing Allowance
• Free yoga classes at any of our Sanctuaries (select cities)

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