Product Operations Manager

Company Description
Dedicated to telling stories and creating experiences, Indigo is always looking for bright, energetic and customer-focused people who can help bring our exciting mission to life in one of our more than 170 Indigo, Indigospirit, Chapters and Coles stores across Canada. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities at our retail stores, distribution centres, and home office for people who share our passions and want to be part of a dynamic and enriching culture.
WHO WE ARE
We love books and all things beautiful
We are Canada's Cultural Department Store
Books are our heart and our soul and Great Books are JUST the Beginning
**We play by the following rules**:
We exist to add joy to our customers' lives each and every time they interact with us and our products
Our job is to create joyful moments for our customers
We treat each other the way we'd treat a valued friend
We inspire each other to do our best work
We seek to ignite creativity and innovation every day
We give back to the communities in which we operate
**Job Description**:
The Product Operations Manager is responsible for the profitable movement of goods throughout the course of the product life cycle. They lead a team to bring products from door to floor efficiently and effectively. They are responsible for the store's visual merchandising, ensuring our customers can shop easily with or without assistance, and partner with store leadership to react to sales trends and customer demands so that products are sold at the highest margin rate possible. They help create an environment and store culture that promotes employee engagement, growth, and development.
**WHAT YOU'LL DO**:
Functional
Manage and motivate a team to ensure operational excellence and the profitable movement of goods throughout the product life cycle
Ensure efficiency and effectiveness of product flow processes by assessing and analyzing sales performance and key process scorecard data and creating action plans to address gaps
Partner on regular visual merchandising assessments; provide product flow insight and create and own the resulting action plan
Lead changeover process, and partner with General Manager, Regional Visual Manager, on home-office merchandising initiatives and facilities work
Lead all visual and door to floor operations, manage all Back of House (BOH) areas, sales floor promotional set-ups, and the markdown process
Act as an advocate for the customer by placing them at the forefront of all decision-making processes
Embrace and champion technology that creates high tech and high touch solutions for Indigo's customers
Proactively identify and anticipate customer expectations and needs
Open and close store and manages sales floor
Lead the store's joint health and safety committee, ensure the health and safety of employees and customers is top priority, and ensure the store complies with all provincial health and safety policies and procedures
People
Build strong teams by attracting and developing the best talent
Bring out the best in others; empower and constructively stretch talent
Give authentic feedback on performance and potential
Ensure all team members understand where they stand and have clear performance objectives aligned with Indigo and team goals
Share technical knowledge with others and actively seek to learn from those more knowledgeable than yourself
Help others see the impacts of their efforts and proactively engage others to receive input
Encourage others to freely share their point of view and be open to feedback
Accountable for the overall engagement, productivity, turnover, and bench strength of the team
Cultural
Model Indigo's beliefs and convey a positive image in everything you do
Celebrate diversity of thought and have an open mindset
Take an active role in fostering a culture of continual learning, taking risks without the fear of making mistakes
Embrace, champion, and influence change through your team and/or the organization

**Qualifications**:
**WHO YOU ARE**:
College degree preferred or equivalent job experience
2-3 years of management experience in specialty retail and/or multi-unit retail business environment
Ability to be mobile on the sales floor for extended periods of time
Availability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends and holidays
Ability to lift medium to large items, up to 40 pounds, while using appropriate equipment and safety techniques
Bilingualism (French/English) is required for all positions in Quebec
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