Retail Leadership Trainee: Manager in Training

Academy Sports and Outdoors; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Academy Sports + Outdoors is offering a Manager in Training program designed to immerse you in all facets of running a high‑volume retail operation. You will rotate through departments, learn merchandising, staffing, inventory, and customer experience, and partner with store leaders to drive sales and service excellence.

You will develop skills in performance metrics, labor planning, and leadership, with promotion into a Manager role upon successful program completion.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of leadership or management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred.
• A track record of leading departments and achieving sales targets.

Responsibilities

• Rotate through store departments to learn merchandising, staffing, inventory, and customer experience.
• Partner with store leadership to drive sales, service, and operational excellence.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve performance and labor planning.

Skills

Leadership experience

People management

Customer service

Performance metrics

Decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Job description

Academy Sports + Outdoors is offering a Manager in Training program designed to immerse you in all facets of running a high‑volume retail operation. You will rotate through departments, learn merchandising, staffing, inventory, and customer experience, and partner with store leaders to drive sales and service excellence.

You will develop skills in performance metrics, labor planning, and leadership, with promotion into a Manager role upon successful program completion.