Assistant Manager

**Job Summary**

This position supports the Store Manager in the overall operation of the Store by maximizing the sales potential, developing the Sales Associates and controlling both expenses and shrink.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities **include the following**:

- Assist the Store Manager in achieving store sales plan and profit.
- Provide leadership and support to the Sales Associates in order to ensure that all aspects of Guest service are being provided.
- Effectively merchandise, sign and price the store in accordance with Company guidelines.
- Demonstrate and ensure that all Sales Associates understand product knowledge provided by the Home Office and are able to demonstrate this understanding with our Guests.
- Seeks ways to satisfy a Guest’s complaint by providing solutions that will encourage them to continue to shop with us.
- Assist with merchandising, stocking, reducing damages, processing defectives and price changes.
- Open and close the store and protect all Company assets including: key control of the store, the Manager’s office and back bank.
- Supervise and monitor daily performance and assigned duties of the Sales Associates.
- Review cash handling procedures with cashiers; assist in balancing the cash drawers and signing off on deposits slips when Store Manager is not present.
- Assist Store Manager in completing all administrative paperwork

**Qualifications**
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

**Education and/or Experience**
- Must have at minimum a High School Degree and be at least 18 years of age.

**Computer Skills**
- Ability to understand Microsoft Windows environment.
- Ability to operate Point-Of-Sale register system.

**Language Skills**
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Ability to write simple correspondence.
- Ability to effectively manage people through open and consistent communication.
- Ability to effectively present information to our Guests, Associates and Vendors one-on-one and in large/small group situations.

**Mathematical Skills**
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate and percent.

**Reasoning Ability**
- Able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to deal with people effectively.

**Other Skills and Abilities**
- Must have excellent teamwork and interpersonal communication skills.
- Must be positive, courteous, energetic, and enthusiastic in all aspects of Guest and Associate interaction.
- Must be on-time and ready to work each scheduled shift.

**Physical Demands**

The physical demands described here are representative of those which are deemed necessary to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the Associate is regularly required to: stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb and balance; regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds; talk and hear.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision and depth perception.

**Disclaimer: This information describes the general nature and level of work performed by Associates in this job. The description is not designed to be a comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of Associates in this job.**

**Job Type**: Seasonal

Pay: $17.00-$17.50 per hour

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay

**Education**:

- Secondary School (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Leadership: 1 year (preferred)
- Windows: 1 year (preferred)
- Retail sales: 1 year (preferred)