Store Manager

4 weeks ago


Portland, Maine, United States The J Group Full time
Job Summary:

The Store Manager is a key leadership role at J.Jill, responsible for leading the store team to achieve sales productivity goals and profitability. The ideal candidate will have 4-6 years of women's specialty retail management experience and excellent leadership qualities, training, and team building skills.

Responsibilities:

Sales Generation and Performance

Lead the achievement of store sales plan and all store goals through inspiring and motivating coaching.

Ability to forecast and analyze business trends and make effective action plans.

Communicate store and individual goals to all associates in the store and coach and motivate associates to contribute their best efforts.

Identify and celebrate individual and team successes.

Drive, in partnership with District Manager, local outreach and events to acquire new customers and increase customer visit frequency.

Build customer loyalty by leading associates to create genuine connections with customers.

Talent Management

Identify and continually recruit talent to support J. Jill culture, goals, and objectives.

Responsible for creating a top-producing, talented team that is focused on achieving individual and store goals.

Conduct ongoing training and development of all associates on selling culture and techniques, policies, and procedures.

Coach and Develops Store Team

Create a positive, energetic, and inspiring store atmosphere of both teamwork and individual associate contribution.

Act as a sales leader by delighting customers with service that is unique to their needs.

Ensure an effective leader is scheduled and functioning in the role of sales leader on the sales floor at all times.

Visual Merchandising

Strong visual merchandising skills with ability to make appropriate product and fixture placement decisions.

Plan, direct, and execute floor sets and ongoing re-merchandising of store to delight and inspire the customer.

Operational Excellence

Create optimal weekly store schedules to maximize sales floor coverage during peak selling times.

Continually assess store team structure to meet the current store needs and address availability and roster issues in a timely manner.

Achieve excellence in all operational areas and functions, including knowledge and implementation of all company policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

4-6 years Women's Specialty Retail Management experience required.

Excellent leadership qualities, training, and team building skills.

Proven excellent customer service skills with statistical track record in all areas of sales.

Established history in recruiting and retaining a talented sales and support team.

Excellent communication and analytical skills.

Strong style, merchandising, and wardrobing skills.

College degree preferred, or previous work experience in a management position.

Point of Sale and general office software technical experience.

Experience in relevant Human Resource processes.


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