Part-Time Assistant Manager - Level 2

BoxLunch & Hot Topic; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

BoxLunch & Hot Topic is seeking a Part-Time Assistant Manager – Level 2 to support the Store Manager in driving sales, staffing, and development. You will lead a team in a fast-paced, pop culture driven store that champions charitable giving through Feed America partnerships.

You will promote products, manage store operations, and ensure promotions launch on schedule while building lasting customer relationships and team capability.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of retail store management experience.
• Strong communication, recruiting, operations, and people development skills.
• Excellent time management and professionalism.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• High school diploma or GED required (degree a plus).

Responsibilities

• Support Store Manager in achieving the sales plan and/or comp sales goals.
• Recruit, develop, and retain a collaborative, passionate team to run the store.
• Promote products and promotions; drive customer engagement via social media and promotions.
• Provide leadership around an operationally sound business with balanced ops and customer-first selling.
• Monitor shrink, payroll hours, and associate schedules.
• Communicate with retail leadership and HQ on trends and feedback.
• Run sales reports and use data to guide strategy to hit targets.
• Merchandise the store using planograms and launch promos on time.
• Develop a high-performing, customer-focused team.

Skills

Communication

Recruiting

Operations management

Merchandising

Team development

Time management

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

At BoxLunch, we’re committed using our love of pop culture to do something amazing: eliminate hunger. With every $10 spent, we donate a meal to Feeding America that directly benefits the communities we are in.

We’re on the search for a Part-Time Assistant Manager – Level 2 that will help lead our civic minded, pop culture driven brand.You’ll support the Store Manager in achieving store objectives with regards to hitting sales targets, recruiting, and development. You’re Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker rolled into one; you can handle anything that comes your way while driving sales and building lifelong relationships with our customers.

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’re passionate about philanthropy & all things 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
• You'll have to be at least 18 years of age to join the fandom force
• 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