Executive Store Director - House of Sport

Overview

We're looking for an Executive Store Director to lead the team in our NEW Sacramento, CA House of Sport store located in Arden Fair Mall opening next year!

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Management, Communications, Marketing, or related
• 7-10 years experience in Store Operations, Community Marketing or Project Management
• Microsoft Office

Service

• Conducts a weekly review of store metrics associated with athlete satisfaction, teammate experience and store performance
• Cultivates innovation by creating visibility for the test and learn initiatives/findings and share best practices to evolve within the organization
• Supports and empowers leaders to identify obstacles/challenges seen in the data, make process connections to understand the root causes, and then come to a solution / conclusion on how to address / mitigate

Community Involvement

• Invests time to gain a deep understanding of local community
• Develops a team to build new and strengthen existing community relationships through innovative thinking and offerings
• Empowers the team to introduce localization into the store through product offerings, visual presentation, events, and programming
• Ensures measures of success are clearly defined and stores is prepared for in store events and offerings

Product

• Brings the visual concept to life by showcasing new trends, overseeing and maintaining daily standards of visual presentation, forms, displays and strike points in partnership with VMM
• Understands brand strategies, gameplan integrity and thoughtful merchandising to ensure the store is creating inspiring presentations
• Connects with leadership team to ensure planning, organizing, and controlling is happening 30,60,90 days out (personally and professionally)
• Validates the athlete experience is being met during peak times and that the workforce is properly deployed
• Validates and coaches towards consistent execution of merchandising and visual presentation standards

Leadership

• Holds leadership meetings to communicate the company vision, new directions or changes, and any other pertinent information that are crucial for the leadership team to complete their jobs
• Demands high standards and holds self and others accountable by having integrity, being consistent, providing clear expectations and setting a clear direction
• Agrees to be open to giving difficult feedback and aggressively addressing poor performers; shows respect for the store team and individual by having the tough conversation in a timely manner
• Takes time to be intentional about recognizing great performance to teammates at all levels, celebrating individual wins and team accomplishments
• Communicates effectively by providing timely and helpful information to others across the organization
• Ensures through validation and hands-on coaching that every teammate they interact with has an adequate level of technical proficiency in produces and processes