Department Manager, Chicago Market

Responsibilities

• Plans, identifies, communicates, and delegates responsibilities to team.
• Handles training, coaching, recognition, and performance management.
• Directs the execution of our core standards and overall visual direction.
• Drives sales through all channels by maximizing selling behaviors.
• Communicates key company strategies and changes to teams as needed.
• Recruits and develops diverse talent from within and outside the organization.
• Inspires a customer-centric culture by recognizing and rewarding team.
• Develops top performers and evaluates performance, gives 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.

About the Role

This Department Manager role may be placed in any one of the following stores in the Chicago Market: Northbrook, Vernon Hills, Orland Park, Oakbrook, or Lincoln Park.

Benefits

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

Pay

Pay Range: $28.77 - $36.00 per hour