Part-Time Assistant Manager - Level 2

Hot Topic; Saint Peters (MO); On-site; USD 22,041 - 30,307; Part time

Job summary

Hot Topic in Saint Peters, MO is seeking a Part-Time Assistant Manager – Level 2 to help lead a dynamic store. You’ll support the Store Manager in achieving sales goals, recruiting and developing the team, and delivering an engaging in-store experience for customers.

Ideal candidates have 1–2 years in retail leadership, strong communication, and the ability to manage operations, scheduling, and merchandising. You’ll mentor associates and promote brand activities to boost traffic and loyalty.

Qualifications

• You’ll lead and develop a store team in a fast-paced retail environment.
• You’ll help manage sales plans, scheduling, and inventory with focus on customer experience.
• Strong communication and leadership skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support Store Manager in achieving sales targets and store objectives.
• Recruit, develop, and retain a collaborative, passionate team.
• Promote products and promotions to drive customer engagement.
• Manage operations, payroll hours, and associate scheduling.
• Collaborate with leadership on trends and feedback.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Recruiting

Operations

Merchandising

Time management

Education

High school diploma or GED

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.

We’re on the search for a Part-Time Assistant Manager – Level 2 that will help lead the loudest store in the mall. 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 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