Store Team Lead

Academy Sports + Outdoors; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to enhancing the sports and outdoor experience for everyone. As a Team Lead, you will play a crucial role in executing projects while guiding your team to achieve operational excellence and exceed sales targets. This full-time position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on customer satisfaction and store profitability. You will thrive in a dynamic environment that values hard work, commitment, and growth, ensuring that every team member contributes to the collective success. If you're ready to lead and inspire, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• At least two years of relevant work experience required.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and manuals.

Responsibilities

• Drive execution of projects and initiatives while leading team members.
• Impact customer satisfaction and store profitability.

Skills

Customer Service Orientation

Problem Solving

Communication

Inventory Software Knowledge

Microsoft Office Products

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Inventory Software

Order Processing Systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Come work at a place where we take pride in creating a workplace environment that values hard work, commitment, and growth.

At Academy Sports + Outdoors, our purpose is to make it easier for everyone to enjoy more sports and outdoors. Team Leads drive the execution of projects and initiatives while leading team members. Through this important work, Team Leads impact customer satisfaction, store profitability, and Academy's purpose.

Job Description:

Click the link(s) below to see each individual position's full job description:

• Logistics Team Lead
• Operations Team Lead
• Store Inventory Control Team Lead
• Store Merchandising Team Lead
• Sales Team Lead Softlines
• Sales Team Lead Hardlines

Education:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred.

Work Experience:

• At least two years of relevant work experience required.
• Support of people and processes to drive operational excellence and sales targets.
• Must meet federal and state requirements for selling and processing firearms transactions, where applicable.
• Must qualify to obtain/maintain FOID card (Illinois only).

Skills:

• Excellent customer service orientation; effective problem solver and communicator.
• Ability to read, interpret, and follow safety rules, operating instructions, plan-o-grams, and manuals.
• Prepare routine reports and correspondence.
• Apply common sense to carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Working knowledge of inventory software, order processing systems, and Microsoft Office products.

Responsibilities:

Refer to the detailed job description for more information.

Other Requirements (excluding Lead Cashier):

• Meet federal and state requirements for firearms transactions, where applicable.
• Qualify to obtain/maintain FOID card (Illinois only).
• Complete Firearms Sales Certification Training, where applicable.

Physical Requirements & Attendance:

• Acceptable hearing and vision to perform job duties.
• Adhere to work hours, policies, procedures, and rules.
• Stand, walk, reach, handle, and lift up to 20 pounds constantly.
• Stooping, crouching, using fingers, grasping, pushing, pulling, talking, hearing, and lifting 21 to 40 pounds frequently.
• Sitting, climbing, balancing, and lifting 41 to 60 pounds occasionally.

Full-time position.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or other protected categories.