Part-Time Assistant Manager - Level 2

Hot Topic; Kennewick (WA); On-site; USD 26,381 - 30,376; Full time

Job summary

Hot Topic is looking for a Store Manager in Kennewick, WA, to lead and inspire a passionate team while enhancing the customer experience. You'll support sales initiatives, recruit and train staff, and ensure operational excellence in a fast-paced retail environment.

The ideal candidate has 1-2 years of retail management experience, strong communication skills, and a commitment to team development. A high school diploma or GED is required, and a degree is a plus. You'll earn between $19.15 and $22.05 per hour, based on experience and qualifications.

Qualifications

• At least 1-2 years of retail store management experience.
• Skills in communication, recruiting, and operations.
• A high school diploma or GED equivalent; degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support Store Manager in achieving sales and comp sales goals.
• Help recruit and develop a passionate team.
• Provide leadership for operational soundness.
• Monitor shrink/loss prevention and schedules.
• Communicate with retail leadership on trends.
• Run sales reports to guide sales strategy.
• Merchandise the store using planograms.
• Develop a high-performing team of associates.

Skills

Retail management

Team leadership

Communication

Sales strategy

Time management

Problem-solving

Education

High school diploma or GED equivalent

Job description

At Hot Topic, we’re passionate about a few things: music, pop culture, and creating the most amazing in-store experience for our customers and employees.

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 love music and 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.
• 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.

$19.15 - $22.05 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.