Retail Store Manager

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**Retail Store Manager**

**About Life at PetSmart**

At PetSmart, we're more than just a company **obsessed with pets**; we're **obsessed with our people too**. Our values are rooted in **unconditional love**-a lesson we learn from our pets-and staying **united together**. We believe when our associates are happy and healthy, they can provide the best possible care for our furry, scaled, and feathery friends while enjoying a work experience that celebrates them as their authentic selves.

**Benefits that benefit you**

Take care of yourself and your family members-whether they be two-legged or four, have feathers, fur or fins. Enjoy true rewards (plus lots of warm, fuzzy feelings) Check out some of our awesome offerings:

- Paid bi-weekly
- Health benefits: medical, dental, vision
- 401k
- Tuition assistance
- Associate discounts and perks
- Paid time off for fulltime associates
- Career pathing
- Development opportunities

**JOB SUMMARY**

PetSmart's Store Leader has leadership oversight of the safety of people and pets, pet parent experience, operational execution, financial outcomes, and all human resource functions within all areas of the store. This role is expected to provide exemplary leadership for the store by driving the company culture and strategies, achieving targeted results, championing exceptional pet parent service and efficient execution of the store's daily business while upholding the company's vision, mission, values, and strategy within the store.

**ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES**

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following and may vary depending on store characteristics and needs:
**People Leadership**:

- Responsible for employment decisions such as recruiting, interviewing, hiring, coaching, and terminating.
- Builds an open-door culture in the store by engaging and listening to associates. Responsible for leveraging the Voice of Associate tool to listen to and respond to associate feedback.
- Accountable for creating and posting the schedule for the entire store after receiving input from Experience and Process Leader.
- Facilitates the associate experience and supports associate development. This includes but is not limited to associate reviews, recognition, team activities, labor management, training, onboarding, mentoring and succession planning.
- Delegates effectively and empowers others to succeed; challenges others to reach their full potential and encourages them to retain ownership for their results.
- Cascades information to associates and adjusts team priorities to meet goals and commitments.
- Ensures continued alignment and responds effectively to a changing environment.
- Address and administer associate complaints and grievances.
- Recognizes and celebrates associates driving overall associate engagement.
- Accountable to ensuring all associate reviews are delivered on time.

**Overall Store Experience**:

- Leads the associate and pet parent experience at all levels and ensures pets in our care are safe and healthy.
- Accountable for the pet parent experience and outcomes conducted over the telephone, in person or online, and responding to general and escalated pet parent concerns.
- Builds a store environment that is focused on consistently delivering an exceptional, positive in-store pet parent and associate experience.
- Evaluates operations and seeks opportunities to continuously improve processes and services.
- Collaborates and partners with the Store Leadership team to ensure efficient and effective outcomes of in-store and community events including partnering with local adoption groups.
- Maintains store standards and leads a culture of empowerment by ensuring compliance with our policies and procedures (P&Ps) and code of ethics for themselves and their team.
- Responsible for conducting monthly Core and Services Walks to validate proper execution of policies and procedures.
- Prioritizes and ensures a safe environment for our associates, pets, and pet parents.
- Ensures compliance with all inventory management tools to guarantee appropriate levels of in-stock are available to all pet parents.
- Communicates business and financial objectives to other leaders within the store.
- Responsible for reviewing in-store cameras to assess safety practices, associate behaviors and assess risk. Follow up with associates and leaders with coaching and accountability as appropriate.
- Responsible for taking immediate action and reports when a sick/injured pet is identified in the store; transport to the vet as needed.
- Shared responsibility with store opening and closing procedures to ensure we uphold our brand promise.

**Business Management**:

- Deliver corporate strategy and profitability goals by executing the direction set leadership.
- Responsible for analyzing, root cause and responding to a variety of reporting in all areas of the store. Communicates business r