Retail Department Leader — Inspire Teams & Drive Sales

REI; Northbrook (IL); On-site; USD 56,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Accrued time off

Job summary

REI Co-op is seeking a Store Department Manager (SDM) to coach and motivate stores sales teams. You are a key member of the store management team. You’ll manage a team of retail staff to deliver on REI business and service goals.

With your dynamic leadership style, recognizing and rewarding team members will deepen engagement and cultivate synergy! You are an energetic and visible manager who motivates others to discover better with us.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of successful retail management experience
• Enjoys communicating and building relationships, both inside and outside the organization.
• Open to feedback and other viewpoints in the spirit of supporting the business.
• Uses business understanding, innovative thinking, and sound judgment to solve problems.
• Makes solid recommendations by combining information from various sources.
• Produces quality work by setting effective goals and establishing priorities.
• Organizes and uses resources to meet deadlines, keeps others in the loop about plans and progress.
• Engages and influences others to accomplish worthwhile organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Plans, identifies, communicates, and delegates responsibilities to team.
• Handle training, coaching, recognition, and performance management
• Direct the execution of our core standards and overall visual direction.
• Drive sales through all channels by maximizing selling behaviors.
• Make business adaptations to increase sales and service.
• Communicate key company strategies and changes to teams as needed.
• Recruits and develops diverse talent from within and outside the organization.
• Inspire a customer-centric culture by recognizing and rewarding team.
• Develop top performers and evaluate performance, give coaching and appropriate level of feedback.
• Builds teams through effective employee development, involvement, and communication.

Skills

Retail leadership

Team coaching

Communication

Decision making

Job description

REI Co-op is seeking a Store Department Manager (SDM) to coach and motivate stores sales teams. You are a key member of the store management team. You’ll manage a team of retail staff to deliver on REI business and service goals.

With your dynamic leadership style, recognizing and rewarding team members will deepen engagement and cultivate synergy! You are an energetic and visible manager who motivates others to discover better with us.