Department Manager

About the Role

REI Co-op is united around discovering, building and celebrating better ways of working in this world, all so that folks can find and pursue a love of the outdoors. Our team seeks a Store Department Manager (SDM) to coach and motivate stores sales teams. You are a key member of the store management team. You'll manage a team of retail staff to deliver on REI business and service goals.

Responsibilities

• Plans, identifies, communicates, and delegates responsibilities to team.
• Handle training, coaching, recognition, and performance management.
• Direct the execution of our core standards and overall visual direction.
• Drive sales through all channels by maximizing selling behaviors.
• Make business adaptations to increase sales and service.
• Communicate key company strategies and changes to teams as needed.
• Recruits and develops diverse talent from within and outside the organization.
• Inspire a customer-centric culture by recognizing and rewarding team.
• Develop top performers and evaluate performance, give coaching and appropriate level of feedback.
• Builds teams through effective employee development, involvement, and communication.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of successful retail management experience (preferred).
• Enjoys communicating and building relationships, both inside and outside the organization.
• Open to feedback and other viewpoints in the spirit of supporting the business.
• Uses business understanding, innovative thinking, and sound judgment to solve problems.
• Makes solid recommendations by combining information from various sources.
• Produces quality work by setting effective goals and establishing priorities.
• Organizes and uses resources to meet deadlines, keeps others in the loop about plans and progress.
• Engages and influences others to accomplish worthwhile organizational goals.

Pay

$25.24 - $31.58 per hour

REI offers all regular employees a generous employee discount, access to health benefits, a retirement savings plan and accrued time off.