Area Manager

Sales Generation and Performance

• Ensures home store achieves sales and productivity goals.
• Supports area stores in the role of a peer coach to achieve sales and productivity goals.
• Forescasts and analyzes business and then communicates appropriate goals to associates to drive results.
• Achieves loyalty metrics. Drives, in partnership with the District Manager, local outreach and events to acquire new customers.

Talent Development

• Identifies and continually recruits management talent to support J. Jill culture, goals, and objectives.
• Maintains bench strength to ensure all positions are filled in a timely manner.
• Counsels and develops management and associate skills through positive and inspiring feedback and challenging assignments.
• Conducts ongoing training and development of store team on selling culture and techniques, policies and procedures, and operational and visual merchandising standards.

Visual Merchandising

• Ensures that store management effectively plan, schedule, and execute floor sets and ongoing re-merchandising of stores.
• Holds team accountable for excellent visual standards and continual replenishment of the sales floor.
• Partners with Regional Visual Manager for continual self and team development.

Operational Excellence

• Coaches and directs store management to create optimal weekly work schedules to drive sales and support customer selling.
• Directs and coaches store management to achieve excellence in all operational standards and functions.
• Ensures compliance to company policies and procedures and federal, state, and local employment laws to ensure a safe environment and protect company.

Benefits, Tailored for You

• Generous paid time off
• On-site subsidized café
• Free on-site gym
• Climatized facility
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401K match
• Employee reward and recognition programs
• Employee discount programs

Qualifications

• Proven track record in excellent customer service skills. Possess a customer obsessed mindset.
• Outstanding leadership. Acts with integrity, takes personal accountability, shows drive and initiative. Seeks feedback. Manages through ambiguity. Adapts to change and manages own stress.
• Strong business planning skills. Ability to plan and prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Ability to problem solve and generate creative and innovative approaches.
• Excellent verbal and written communication. Ability to communicate effectively with business partners at all levels in the organization.
• Exceptional style, merchandising and wardrobe
• Treats everyone on the team with dignity and respect. Motivates through inspiring and encouraging

Education, Experience and Physical Requirements

• 4+ years in women’s specialty retail management. 2+ years of success in a Store Manager position.
• College degree
• Point of Sale and office software technical experience (Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word).
• Ability to communicate verbally with customers, extensive standing, walking, reaching, pushing/ pulling, and maneuvering around sales floor and stockroom, hang/fold merchandise, ladder climbing, operate POS register, lift, and carry 30lbs, etc.
• Can travel as needed

Pay

Salary Range : USD $75,000.00/Yr. - USD $100,000.00/Yr.