Retail Assistant Store Manager

Lindt & Sprüngli USA; Asheville (NC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Lindt USA is seeking an Assistant Store Manager for our Asheville, NC location. You will partner with the Store Manager to meet and exceed weekly, monthly, and annual sales goals while ensuring profitable store operations and delivering superior customer service.

You will lead staff development, assist with recruiting, training, and coaching to maintain Lindt standards. You will ensure operational controls, inventory, cash handling, and compliance across the store.

Qualifications

• Proven sales background in premium specialty retail.
• Experience supervising staff and driving performance.
• Strong numerical and basic accounting skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive store sales and meet or exceed budgets with the team.
• Support Store Manager with hiring, training, and staff development.
• Maintain operational controls: inventory, cash handling, audits, scheduling, and expenses.

Skills

Proven sales background

Selling skills

Supervisory experience

Math & accounting basics

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

POS system

Job description

Who We Are

At Lindt, we are a global fast-growing consumer goods company, enchanting the world with premium chocolate. We are driven by our passion for excellence and go the extra mile ensuring that every Lindt experience is nothing short of exceptional. Our collective efforts are geared towards making a positive impact, not only in the world of premium chocolate but also in the lives of our employees, customers, and communities. Our company embraces a culture defined by the core values of Excellence, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Responsibility, and Collaboration, fostering a dynamic and collaborative environment where these principles drive our success.

Who We Are

At Lindt, we are a global fast-growing consumer goods company, enchanting the world with premium chocolate. We are driven by our passion for excellence and go the extra mile ensuring that every Lindt experience is nothing short of exceptional. Our collective efforts are geared towards making a positive impact, not only in the world of premium chocolate but also in the lives of our employees, customers, and communities. Our company embraces a culture defined by the core values of Excellence, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Responsibility, and Collaboration, fostering a dynamic and collaborative environment where these principles drive our success.

Position Purpose

The individual in this position is responsible for assisting the Store Manager with achieving and/or exceeding the store's sales plan, while insuring profitable store operations and performing all functions necessary to provide superior customer service. This includes the appropriate control, management and/or development of all resources including store personnel, merchandise, cash and budget, and facilities. The Assistant Store Manager assumes supervisory responsibility in the Manager's absence.

Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities

Sales

In partnership with the Store Manager, ensure store meets or exceeds weekly, monthly, annual sales budgets and consistently contributes to the company's overall achievement.

• Model Lindt standards and core competencies through everyday activities (leadership, commitment, passion, sales focus, drive for results, etc).
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the stores sales mission and the ability to communicate it effectively in actionable terms to the store staff.
• Is able to quantifiably articulate overall store metrics and performance.
• Motivate staff, build brand commitment and hold staff accountable to meeting critical internal KPI's and external sales opportunities.
• Identify and capture external sales opportunities to include, but not limited to, business-to-business contacts, external networking events and marketing opportunities.
• Proactively manage inventory levels in accordance with store's individual trends to insure stock levels are in line with sales demands and quality assurance guidelines, while minimizing out of stocks, overstocks and dated product.
  

Staff Development

Support Store Manager with hiring, managing and developing store personnel according to Lindt & Sprüngli guidelines and standards in order to ensure a knowledgeable, friendly, well-trained staff.

• Assist with recruiting qualified individuals for open positions.
• Proactively and effectively network to provide viable candidates for the store and district.
• Help to train staff to company standards, ensuring daily operations and sales are achieved.
• Assist with training and developing staff sales techniques, insuring expert product knowledge is consistently demonstrated and the brand is accurately represented to the customer.
• Escalate issues to Store Manager and Retail District Manager in an effective and timely manner.
  

Operational Controls

In partnership with the Store Manager, ensure store meets or exceeds company standards for operational controls.

• Inventory Control/Shrink.
• Cash Management (POS, paperwork, logs, Policies & Procedures).
• Responsible for audit compliance (DM Store Visits, Loss Prevention and Food Safety).
• Payroll/Labor Management.
• Compliance with specific store scheduling templates that are designed to meet the needs of the business.
• Expense Control (sampling, damages, supplies, etc.).
• Follow company directives in a timely and accurate manner.
• Comply with all quality assurance Policies & Procedures.
  

Qualifications & Requirements

Skills & Knowledge:

• Proven sales background
• Demonstrated selling skills; working knowledge of outreach and corporate selling programs a plus.
• Proven success in supervisory role, preferably in a specialty retail environment
• Basic math and/or accounting skills
  
  

Experience

• 1+ Years of prior Retail Management experience -- preferably in a premium specialty environment
• Prior experience with computerized POS system
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Ability to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and reach with arms
  
  

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
  
  

Other Requirements

• Must be available to work nights, weekends (Saturday and Sundays) and Holidays
  
  

Total Rewards

Compensation: $20 - $22 an hour

Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The company will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.

Lindt USA’s salary range reflects market rates based on our size, revenue, and location. Starting pay is determined using a wide range of factors including, but not limited to, job-related skills, knowledge, and experience as well as market conditions. A bonus and/or long-term incentive may be included as part of this compensation package.

Lindt and Sprüngli is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, veteran status, or any other classification protected by state, local or federal law. Applicants for this position must successfully pass a background screening and may be required to pass drug screenings as well.

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