Shop Manager

Kids for the Future; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 41,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Kids for the Future is seeking a Shop Manager in Glendale, AZ. The role centers on maximizing sales, managing staff on the shop floor, and ensuring customer service excellence. You will lead recruitment, training, and coaching while ensuring brand presentation and inventory controls.

The position is hourly, non-exempt, with duties including budgeting, loss prevention, and achieving profitability targets. This role requires strong leadership and clear communication on a fast-paced retail team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of supervisory experience (3+ in a store manager role) in a retail environment or related area.
• High School graduate or equivalent; college degree preferred.
• Ability to adapt and multi-task in a fast-changing retail environment.
• Ability to develop, motivate staff and others through strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Basic computer skills and software proficiency (MS Word, Excel and Outlook preferred).

Responsibilities

• Achieving the shop's sales targets by maximizing profits, minimizing costs and managing workforce budgets.
• Delivering excellent customer service by example, ensuring highly visible and effective customer service management.
• Recruitment, training, developing, and coaching all members of the shop team to ensure high-performance and productivity.
• Demonstrates a respect for diversity and flexes managerial style when working with associates of different skills and responsibilities; maintains a positive and healthy workplace.
• Ensures store compliance with company policy and procedures, taking a consistent approach with all associates.
• Ensures brand image is presented consistent with visual merchandising and service expectations.
• Minimizes loss by adhering to all loss prevention procedures, stockroom processing and replenishment procedures, and inventory management processes.
• Maintains awareness of market trends in the accessory industry, monitoring activity of local competitors.

Skills

supervisory experience

leadership

communication

multitasking

adaptability

staff development

Education

high school diploma

college degree preferred

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

• Location 7700 W. Arrowhead Towne Center, Space 1103,Glendale, AZ, 85308,United States
• Base Pay $29.50 - $31.75 / Hour
• Employee Type FT Non-Exempt
• Manage Others Yes

SUMMARY OF POSITION

The Shop Manager is responsible for the shop's overall fiscal performance and results. The role drives the business to achieve maximum sales, productivity and profit goals through customer service, operational excellence, leadership, communication, and talent development while supporting the Quay vision and brand. This role is predominantly on the sales floor providing service, interacting with customers and associates. This is an hourly, non-exempt role.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Achieving the shop's sales targets by maximizing profits, minimizing costs and managing workforce budgets
• Delivering excellent customer service by example, ensuring highly visible and effective customer service management
• Recruitment, training, developing, and coaching all members of the shop team to ensure high-performance and productivity
• Demonstrates a respect for diversity and flexes managerial style when working with associates of different skills and responsibilities; maintains a positive and healthy workplace
• Ensures store compliance with company policy and procedures, taking a consistent approach with all associates
• Ensures brand image is presented consistent with visual merchandising and service expectations
• Minimizes loss by adhering to all loss prevention procedures, stockroom processing and replenishment procedures, and inventory management processes
• Maintains awareness of market trends in the accessory industry, monitoring activity of local competitors

Budget Owner: Yes

Fiscal Accountabilities: Responsible for the Shop's achievement of sales targets including net sales, UPT, ADS and conversion along with managing the entire shop budget, controlling costs, and driving profitability.

Key Working Relationships

This person is required to maintain strong working relationships with the District Manager, other retail Shop Managers, and the entire Shop team

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5 years of supervisory experience (3 or more in a store manager role) in a retail environment or related area
• High School graduate or equivalent; college degree preferred
• Ability to adapt and multi-task in a fast-changing, retail environment
• Ability to develop, motivate staff and others through strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Basic computer skills and software proficiency (MS Word, Excel and Outlook preferred)

Travel Requirements

10% annual average based on new store openings and trainings. Minimal travel based on business needs otherwise.

Physical Requirements

• This position is based in a retail store environment. Requires standing and walking up to 8 hours per shift
• Open availability and flexibility to work nights, weekends, shop openings and closings according to the needs of the business for an average 40 hours per week
• Requires stooping and kneeling to process and place merchandise as well as reaching and pulling to obtain or stock merchandise from storage.
• May be required to climb ladder or stepstool in order to stock and/or acquire merchandise for sale.
• Required to lift items weighing 5 to 25 lbs regularly. In certain circumstances, weights may be higher.
• Must be able to perform essential functions (with or without an accommodation) without posing a "direct threat" to the health and safety to self or others.

The Company reserves the right to alter, change, abolish and even combine jobs depending upon changing conditions.