Part-Time Assistant Manager - Level 2

BoxLunch; West Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 21,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

BoxLunch is seeking a Part-Time Assistant Manager - Level 2 in West Hartford, CT. You will support the Store Manager in achieving sales targets, develop a collaborative team, and drive customer engagement through promotions and curbside options.

You will lead by example with strong communication, scheduling, and operational oversight, ensuring a strong, customer-focused store environment. The role emphasizes philanthropy and community impact as part of everyday practice.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of retail store management experience or equivalent leadership experience.
• Ability to lead teams, coach and develop staff, and drive sales while maintaining customer focus.
• Strong communication, recruiting, operations, scheduling, and merchandising skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Store Manager in achieving sales goals and store targets.
• Help recruit, develop, and retain a collaborative, high-performing team.
• Promote products and promotions via social media and curbside pickup where applicable.
• Provide leadership for an operationally sound store, balancing tasks, delegation, and customer-first selling.
• Monitor shrinkage, payroll hours, and associate schedules to optimize labor and results.
• Communicate trends and feedback with retail leadership and HQ partners.
• Analyze sales data to guide strategy and improve performance.
• Merchandise the store using planograms and execute promotions on time.
• Develop and coach a loyal team of associates focused on customer experience.

Skills

Retail leadership

Team development

Communication

Recruiting

Operations

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Scheduling software

POS systems

Planograms

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. Its 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

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.