Assistant Store Manager

Job Description:

As Assistant Store Manager you support the Team Leader in the execution of daily operational tasks, including but not limited to cost-effectiveness, budget management, procurement, merchandising, employee management, compliance with regulations, and ad-hoc projects. Additionally, responsible for the development of team members.

Job Responsibilities:

• Designs and upkeeps innovative store designs and product display techniques.
• Collaborates with the Team Leader to meet targets for sales, procuring goods, and managing labor costs.
• Collaborates with the Team Leader to examine sales, labor, and reports.
• Displays extensive familiarity with product details and remains updated on newly released items.
• Builds and sustains strong connections with suppliers, initiates new vendor partnerships, and ensures efficient paperwork completion for vendor processing.
• Collaborates with the Team Leader to find resolutions for any team concerns or issues.
• Assumes the role of point person and departmental head when the Team Leader is unavailable.
• Demonstrates top-notch retail execution standards and strives to exceed them.
• Creates a supportive atmosphere of exceptional camaraderie, mutual admiration, and a can-do attitude.
• Demonstrates a clear understanding and effective communication of the WFM vision and objectives.
• Keeps track of the customers' movement and requirements and guides the staff when needed to meet or exceed their expectations; attends to customers' queries and requests without delay.
• The process of choosing, coaching, nurturing, inspiring, and advising staff members is crucial to maintaining an effective and stable team while preventing frequent departures.
• Delivers comprehensive and insightful appraisals of individuals' job performance in a timely manner.

Job Skills:

• Demonstrates a vibrant and passionate character, and showcases a strong connection towards our merchandise, fundamental beliefs, and business ideals.
• Adopting a growth mindset is vital when it comes to taking on more responsibility and ownership.
• Aspiration to guide and develop others through coaching and mentorship.
• Demonstrates exceptional abilities in interpersonal communication, team building, motivation, and customer relationship management.
• Possessing the ability to instruct others with positivity and helpfulness.
• Product knowledge.
• A comprehensive understanding of policies and procedures pertaining to safety and regulations at an advanced level.
• A sound grasp of mathematical acumen is necessary for evaluating financial progress, overseeing profitability, and regulating stock levels.
• Proven capacity for making sound decisions, exhibiting strong leadership traits, and effectively assigning tasks.
• Mastery of electronic communication, efficient use of Microsoft Office suite, and competence with relevant operational software.

Experience:

• A candidate boasting 18 or more months of retail team member experience and 6 or more months of supervisory experience.

The job demands a certain level of physical fitness and strength as it involves lifting, carrying, and moving heavy equipment and materials:

• A weight of 50 pounds should be within your lifting capacity.
• Employees are required to stand or walk for approximately 6-8 hours within an 8-hour work day.
• The act of utilizing one's hands can include a range of movements such as grasping, manipulating, pushing, and pulling.
• In order to perform work, one must engage in a variety of physical movements such as bending, twisting, squatting, and reaching.
• The experience of coming into contact with cleaning chemicals that are authorized by the FDA.
• When the temperature drops below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, it is considered freezing, which can be hazardous for human health and lead to hypothermia.
• Proficiency in operating under both damp and dry conditions.
• Willingness to work during non-traditional hours such as nights, weekends, and holidays is required.
• Proficiency in handling a variety of tools and equipment, such as knives, box cutters, electric pallet jacks, and other heavy machinery.
• Climbing up may be necessary.