Store Manager

Carter's, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

30% brand discount

Referral bonuses

GED/education support

Job summary

Carter’s, Inc. is seeking a Store Manager to lead a team dedicated to welcoming families and delivering exceptional service. You will coach staff to become brand and product experts, foster an inclusive culture, and drive growth through development programs and strong customer engagement on the sales floor.

The role emphasizes training, ensuring teams stay aligned with Carter’s products, benefits, and loyalty programs while supporting families through their parenting journey.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and team development skills.
• Ability to coach teams to reach their potential and become brand/product experts.
• Strong customer-service orientation and conflict resolution.

Responsibilities

• Build a talent pipeline through networking and recruiting; develop succession plans by training and developing your team.
• Foster a positive, safe, and inclusive work environment for employees to collaborate and recognize performance.
• Grow leaders through providing direction, delegation, and investing in their development.
• Create a genuine customer focus on the sales floor by leading and directing the Leader on Duty program.
• Welcome customers with a warm greeting and provide assistance with product styles, features, and benefits.
• Build customer loyalty through directing and coaching the team on the benefits of customer participation in loyalty programs.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Customer focus

Talent development

Job description

Love what you do. Carter’s Careers
As a Store Manager, you and the team you lead will be the first face of the brand for growing families. You and the team you lead will be there to congratulate new parents and grandparents, introduce them to our new baby essentials, help prep them for the first day of school, and all the big and little moments on their parenting journey. We're looking for a leader who fosters a welcoming and inclusive environment, values and optimizes skills and talents, and continually educates themselves and their team on product styles, features, and benefits. You’ll coach your teams to reach their potential, to become brand and product experts, and own their careers.

What we love about Carter’s:
Carter’s Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing Carter’s, OshKosh B’gosh, Skip*Hop, and Little Planet brands. Carter’s is the #1 most-purchased children’s clothing brand.* We’ve become an industry leader by providing quality — from the first Original Bodysuit® to the lasting careers we offer our team. We’ve kept our close-knit culture since our founding, and we invest in our teams with training and development programs, so we all succeed together. A Carter’s career doesn’t feel like a job. It feels like connections, between customers, teams, and families. Caring, teamwork, flexibility, and growth are what make us different. What’s not to love?

Benefits we love:

• Schedules that fit your life. Maintaining balance is important to us, which is why your schedule will allow you to focus on all aspects of your life.
• Benefits and perks that make life better, including health benefits, mental health benefits, a 30% discount on our brands, referral bonuses, and much more!
• Advance You Program, which helps earn a GED or a bachelor’s degree tuition-free or learn English as a second language!
• Paid time off, holidays, and parental leave, as well as adoption assistance, charitable matching gifts, and much more!
• The opportunity to build skills and grow as an individual. We provide professional and personal development to help shape your career.
• Development programs to help you grow in your current role and beyond. Whether you’re looking to join us for a short while or a long-term career, you will grow at Carter’s.
• Additional great benefits here.

What you’ll do:

• Build a talent pipeline through networking and recruiting; develop succession plans by training and developing your team
• Foster a positive, safe, and inclusive work environment for employees to collaborate and recognize performance to increase employee engagement
• Grow leaders through providing direction, delegation, and investing in their development
• Create a genuine customer focus on the sales floor by leading and directing the Leader on Duty program
• Welcome customers with a warm greeting and provide assistance with our product styles, features, and benefits
• Build customer loyalty through directing and coaching the team on the benefits of customer participation in our Loyalty programs, including credit