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Salary**This position is for the SOREL Outlet Store expected to convert in mid Spring**
At SOREL, we aspire to seize opportunities and make bold statements. We’re not satisfied unless we exhaust all possibilities. Our passion for improvement comes with a sense of urgency, we are relentless in finding the best solutions possible. We question, explore, disrupt, and lead, all while looking for ways to be better.
As the Store Manager, you will be a leader who plans and directs day-to-day operations of the store aimed to develop strategies to improve customer service, drive store sales, increase profitability, and execute marketing and promotional directives that will increase sales and grow our existing customer base. This role is responsible for maintaining high store standards, fostering a positive environment, forecasting staffing needs, and developing a recruiting strategy. The Store Manager develops a diverse team, associates, and keyholders, to be prepared to successfully obtain their career goals and company goals.
HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
- Leads the store team to develop, evaluate, and coach a diverse staff as necessary to maintain a high level of service and quality to meet customer experience expectations.
- Inspires, educates, guides, and develops diverse associates and keyholders to meet short- and long-range growth plans/career paths within the store, field, and general office.
- Delivers operating budgets and manages expense control within division guidelines to deliver positive results and meet profitability expectations.
- Ensures accuracy of all functions related to store operations to include both Front and Back House Operations.
- Performs timely completion of all recordkeeping associated with applicants, new hires, payroll, performance reviews, coaching, disciplinary actions, and terminations.
- Maintains appropriate inventory levels through effective replenishment, organization, shrink control, and communication.
- Communicates regularly with Area/District Manager providing relevant market information and employee successes and challenges.
YOU HAVE
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, or applicable certification or equivalent experience
- 5 years of functional experience
- Experience managing individual contributors and a department or has acted as a lead.
- Strong problem-solving skills: ability to resolve technical, operational, and organizational problems and drive decisions that impact finances, efficiency, and effectiveness of the store.
- Skill in operating a Point of Sales (POS) system, and various software packages.
JOB CONDITIONS
- Frequently in a more active environment (i.e., requires the ability to constantly move about) that can be physical or strenuous (frequently adjusting/moving items weighing up to 40 lbs.), may frequently use specialized equipment, may have exposure to dust and noise.
- Occasionally requires the ability to work in a place.
- Ability to communicate with others.
- Availability to work a flexible retail schedule, which may change seasonally and in response to location-specific business trends or forecasts. All local, state, and federal laws are adhered to when evaluating your availability.
Pay Range: $66,100 - $102,500
Expected Pay Range for Hire: $66,100 - $84,200
**Pay decisions are determined by multiple factors, including what the market is paying, a candidate’s capabilities and skills, years of experience, and internal equity.
Columbia Sportswear Company and our portfolio of brands, including Columbia, SOREL, Mountain Hardwear and prAna, know a thing or two about adventures. After all, we've been on one since 1938, working to perfect the art of enjoying the outdoors. Behind everything we make is an employee who's found that the greatest adventure starts with joining a company that strives to do the right thing.
This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.
Columbia Sportswear is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. The Know Your Rights poster is available here: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster The pay transparency policy is available here: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.
