Assistant Store Manager

About the role

The Role:

As an Assistant Store Manager at Mejuri, you’ll be a key player in delivering an exceptional retail experience and supporting the store leadership team with its day-to-day operations. Reporting to the Store Manager, you will assist in overseeing store performance, driving sales, and ensuring an excellent customer experience.

Responsibilities

• STACK: Lead by example and validate the quality of the in-store customer experience by communicating, training, and upholding expectations on the team on Mejuri’s Steps of Selling.
• STACK Leadership: Maximize results and achievement of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), by driving own performance as well as the performance and engagement of the team
• Services: Ensure positive customer experience and promotion of services offerings including piercing, engraving, and other offerings.
• Inventory: Partner with Operations teams to hold successful inventory & cycle counts on a monthly basis, ensuring teams have proper technology in place and troubleshooting guidance where needed.
• Order Fulfillment: Manage the back of house flow to support in-store sales, phone sales or BOPIS, ensuring efficiency with packaging and order delivery standards.
• Storage & Organization: Maintain organizational integrity of our BOH up to and including display inventory and sellable inventory, packaging, and all supplies.
• Systems & Technology: Technology: Proficient in using point-of-sale systems, inventory management software, and other retail technology.
• Escalations: Identify and escalate opportunities, gaps, risks and roadblocks with urgency and partner as needed with cross functional teams to resolve.
• Mercandising: Ensure Mejuri brand standards of visual presentation, cleanliness and functionality are upheld
• Campaigns: Execute and/or participate in the implementation and maintenance of all retail campaign signage and windows in your location.
• Fixtures & Maintenance: Validate the integrity of all display forms, graphics, furniture, and decor items to manage costs and propel the brand, notifying appropriate teams when display tools are missing or damaged.
• Visual Standards: Coach and inform all store team members on updates or changes to Visual Merchandising standard practices.
• Scheduling: As required, ensure that store schedules are supported with high quality and accurate inputs and uphold the standards of responsible live-week management
• Assessing: Validate the regular and accurate assessment of our people against performance review criteria and KPIs.
• Engaging: Build healthy relationships with our people and establish a positive and engaging work environment.
• Employee Relations: Adhere to and validate our policies and compliance practices.

Qualifications

• Awareness of local market and requirements relevant to new store openings.
• Financial management experience with success in driving top-line sales, interpreting reporting data, managing payroll budgets, and controlling expenses in partnership with a Store Manager.
• Strong leadership skills with experience supporting, coaching, and motivating a team.
• Solid understanding of what great customer experience looks like and how to bring it to life on the floor.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Desire to work in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment–you understand the importance of experimentation and iteration.
• Bonus: You have leadership experience in a high-volume retail environment.
• Bonus: You have opened a store from scratch, in partnership with a Store Manager.
• Bonus: You have worked at a start-up or fast growing company.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and mental health coverage, designed with flexibility, inclusivity & reproductive health in mind.
• Opportunity to utilize 401(k) & commuter benefits plans.
• Paid time off – inclusive of vacation and sick days.
• 4 months of 80% parental leave salary top-up and personalized return to work plans.
• Monthly retail bonus program.
• Equity program – own a piece of the company and share in our growth.
• Regular feedback via performance reviews.
• A robust in-house retail learning program
• Generous product discount!