Store Manager job - rue21 - Terre Haute, IN

Responsibilities:

• Manage a store team of approximately 10 part-time and full-time store associates
  


• Drive and maximize store sales to achieve goals, control and minimize shrink expectations, and maintain payroll within budgetary guidance
  


• Establish, teach, and demonstrate exceptional customer service
  


• Provide associates the tools necessary to ensure customer satisfaction and provide positive resolutions to challenges and complaints from customers
  


• Execute company directives for product placement, display, and signage, and maintain company standards for cleanliness and organization
  


• Ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures, and follow all safety standards to ensure a safe work and shopping environment
  


• Achieve accuracy in executing markdowns, shipping, receiving, and cash control
  


• Recruit, train, develop, and retain qualified associates to ensure staffing needs are consistently met
  


• Coach, confront, and counsel associates to improve performance
  


• Participate in the performance counseling of associates, up to termination of associates as required
  


• Establish associate work schedules
  


• Provide training and succession planning for the store team
  

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability, in a store management capacity, to successfully operate and drive the sales performance of an apparel retail store
  
  


• Minimum of 1-2 years store management experience required
  
  


• Work a scheduled minimum of 43 hours per week. Weekends, holidays, and minimum of two nights per week are required on a rotational basis
  
  


• Physical Requirements:
  
  

-Stand for up to 8 hours

-Carry up to 40 pounds

-Climb and balance on ladders

-Bend at the waist

-Lift up to 40 pounds

-Kneel and squat on the ground

-Reach above the shoulder frequently

Competencies:

• Business Acumen: demonstrates financial and operational understanding of organizational strategies and applies knowledge to business situations
  


• Communication: effectively conveys information and ideas in concise and meaningful exchanges through written and verbal communication
  


• Customer Focus: demonstrates a customer-driven approach that focuses on anticipating, understanding, and servicing customer needs in order to facilitate a relationship with the brand
  


• Leadership: demonstrates the ability to empower, coach, and influence others to achieve a common goal or motivate people to change a behavior
  


• Planning and Organizing: effectively creates plan and executes the processes required to achieve the desired outcome in a timely and efficient manner
  


• Talent Assessment & Development: demonstrates the ability to manage employee development in a manner that is deliberate and strategic in order to move employees through the organization