Operations Specialist

Great Clips; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Wellness programs

401K with company match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Great Clips in the Chicago metro area seeks a field operations leader to coach salon managers and franchisees, ensuring the brand and operating system are delivered consistently across salons.

You will evaluate salon performance, conduct audits, provide coaching, influence improvements, and manage market budgets. Regular travel 40–60% is required; remote work from a home office is supported.

Qualifications

• Ability to build relationships, motivate, coach, and influence others.
• Ability to conduct workshops and presentations.
• Basic understanding of financials.
• Analytical and strategic thinking skills.
• Travel 40–60% and flexible schedule including evenings/weekends.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook; familiar with retail/real estate ops is a plus.
• Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate salon operations and recommend performance improvements.
• Complete salon audits to ensure brand and system standards are met.
• Provide coaching to salon managers for growth and performance feedback.
• Consult with franchises and staff to influence growth and results.
• Manage market budgets to meet expenses and salon goals.
• Build trust with franchisees to support positive growth.
• Lead large groups with engaging public speaking and presentations.
• Listen, earn trust, and accept direct feedback while maintaining relationships.

Skills

Relationship building

Coaching

Public speaking

Excel

Presentation skills

Communication

Travel

Education

2 years post high school business or equivalent

4 years salon/retail management experience

Tools

Word

Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Internet functionality

Job description

Salary Range: $62,000 To $74,000 Annually

Candidates for this position need to reside in the Chicago metro area.

The Opportunity

Builds relationships and makes connections with salon managers, franchisees and across internal departments that are focused on providing the best possible customer experience by coaching, influencing and motivating salon managers, general managers, and franchisees on how to improve and grow the salons performance. This position is responsible for monitoring and documenting compliance with the delivery of Great Clips operating system and the brand within the salons.

Your Mission

On your journey, you will face challenges such as:

• Evaluate salon operations and provide recommendations on how to improve salon performance.
• Completes salon audits using appropriate Great Clips tools and resources to ensure salons are operating within Great Clips operational and facility standards.
• Provides coaching and development for salon managers to ensure they are receiving specific feedback about salon performance and have access to the resources to support continued growth of the salon.
• Consults with franchises and other Great Clips, Inc. staff to influence improved performance and growth for each salon and franchised organization.
• Manages assigned market budgets throughout the year to ensure expenses and net salon goals are met.
• Builds trust with franchisees as a way to influence positive growth within their organization.
• Motivate large groups of salon managers and franchisees with engaging public speaking skills.
• Effectively able to lead presentation.
• Ability to listen, earn trust, and accept direct feedback from franchisees while building strong, positive relationships.

Your Expertise

To land this job you will need to demonstrate, and/or possess the following:

• Ability to build relationships, motivate, coach, and influence others.
• Ability to conduct workshops and presentations.
• Basic understanding of financials.
• Analytical and strategic thinking skills
• Ability to establish credibility and communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to travel and work a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends is required.
• Knowledge of and skill in using application software including Word, Excel, Microsoft Outlook, and Internet functionality.
• Helpful, but not required: Knowledge of retail operations, including real estate, construction, marketing, training.
• Skill of helping individuals to understand problems, goals, and various courses of action.
• Ability to lift up to 20 pounds is required.
• 2 years post high school business or equivalent education and 4 years of salon/retail management experience is required.

As this is a remote position, you will work out of your home office when not on the road. Regular travel to salons and company meetings will be necessary, thus the ability to travel 40-60% of the time is required.

Working remotely will require reliable, secure internet.

Living the Values

We Are Kind

• Treat others the way you would like to be treated. Be humble, act honorably, and express gratitude. Respect and value everyone’s role in our company’s success.
• Innovate; be curious about what’s possible. Be adaptable and eager to respond to challenges. Collaborate and work together to achieve our goals. Strive for greatness and inspire others by your example. Be proactive. Seek continuous improvement.

We Focus on Execution

• Make decisions with the belief it can be executed in 6,000 salons. Focus on impact of key brand measures. Prioritize on ability to execute quickly.

We Keep it Simple

• Set clear expectations. Make things easy to understand and execute. Stay focused on what’s most important.

We Listen and Earn Trust

• Be respectfully honest; react thoughtfully. Respond quickly – 24 hours or less, and remember that personal contact is always best. Be transparent through open communication and candid conversation. Be willing to admit mistakes and fix them. Listen generously: Seek to understand other’s perspectives. Act with integrity. Always. Even when no one will know.

We Make it Fun

• Smile! Find opportunities to laugh. Celebrate accomplishments and recognize the contributions of others. Approach people and situations with a positive attitude. Build a sense of community where everyone enjoys coming to work every day.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive salary, health benefits, wellness programs, a company-matching 401K and tuition assistance but some perks that set us apart are:

A focus on your development . We want to know what your dreams and aspirations are and hope to find ways of Great Clips helping you along in your journey. Your personalized development plan will create a path for your growth and promotion potential.

A GREAT culture . One of the most frequent compliments you will hear about Great Clips from employees, franchisees and business partners alike is that Great Clips has a GREAT culture. Our belief is that we are strongest together and therefore find it important to have an inclusive, diverse work culture. Though we embrace our differences, we all share in our 6 core values; we are kind, we listen and earn trust, we keep it simple, we focus on execution, we exceed expectations, and WE MAKE IT FUN.

A spirit of ideas and innovation . Here at Great Clips, we have a competitive lead within our industry. Though we hold a strong position, we never stop pushing ourselves forward and continue to look for new ways of delivering a powerful and enduring brand.

About Great Clips

With more than 4,400 franchised salons throughout the United States and Canada, Great Clips is the world’s largest haircutting salon brand. Our salon owners and corporate staff are dedicated to our salon communities with a focus on philanthropic and volunteer activities. Great Clips, Inc. employees are passionate about what we do and our technology team geeks out in finding ways to use technology to make what we do even better.

Great Clips Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength diversity brings to the workplace. Great Clips Inc. participates in the US E-Verify program. With all new hires, we provide the Social Security Administration and, if applicable, the US Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

This is your sign to pursue your dreams and to make the world more beautiful by your design! It all starts at a Great Clips salon!