Assistant Store Manager

About the role

With over 430 retail stores worldwide, our Store Leadership Teams are essential to our business. They ensure effective store operations, strategies, and procedures, guide and develop team members, and help create memorable customer experiences while supporting the company’s mission of “Connecting Active People with Their Passions.”

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to store staff, including supervisors and associates.
• Execute and support plans to enhance employee productivity and performance.
• Aid the Store Manager in interviewing, hiring, training, and coaching staff, as necessary.
• Offer coaching and direction on a day-to-day basis to ensure staff performance standards are met.
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels through effective replenishment, organization, shrink control, and communication.
• Aid the Store Manager in developing and implementing action plans to address any issues relating to store sales, goals, safety, training, and personnel development.

Requirements

• No specific education required (High School Diploma or GED preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in a similar position or specialization.
• Ability to operate a Point of Sales (POS) system, other in-store computerized systems, and telephone.
• Use judgment to identify and resolve day-to-day technical and operational problems.
• Effective communication skills; able to exchange ideas and information with the store leadership team, associates, and consumers.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate clearly with others.
• Availability to work a flexible retail schedule, which may change seasonally and in response to location-specific business trends or forecasts.

Skills

• Ability to work in a physically demanding environment.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical with FSA/HSA options, Dental, Vision, and Well-being plans.
• 401(k) participation with company matching.
• Wellbeing support: Paid Time Off, Floating Holidays, Quarterly reimbursement program to support your health and fitness, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) which provide access to free mental health services, financial services, discounts on fitness programs, and more.
• Community impact: We give back with paid Culture and Community and Volunteer Hours to support your passion!
• Growth opportunities: Grow your career with the Tuition Assistance Program and learning/development courses.
• Employees discounts from all our brands including Columbia, prAna, Sorel, and Mountain Hardwear.

Pay and Schedule

• PAY RANGE: $24.45 - $36.67
• EXPECTED PAY RANGE FOR HIRE: $24.45 - $32.60
• 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.

Community Impact

• We give back with paid Culture and Community and Volunteer Hours to support your passion!

Growth Opportunities

• Grow your career with the Tuition Assistance Program and learning/development courses.

Job Conditions

• Frequent physical or strenuous activity (frequently adjusting/moving items weighing up to 40 lbs.)
• Exposure to dust and noise

Community Impact

• We give back with paid Culture and Community and Volunteer Hours to support your passion!

Equal Opportunity Employer

Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable Accommodation

If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.