Full Time Sales Lead

Your Role

As a Team Leader - Keyholder, you support store leadership to achieve sales goals, working alongside store associates and providing daily direction, communication, and training. You motivate the team to provide an amazing shopping experience and build brand loyalty with every customer interaction. You are committed to making the world a brighter place through every touchpoint!

Responsibilities

• Drive Sales: Work with your team to exceed sales goals, drive store traffic, convert customers, execute community and customer outreach efforts, and promote campaigns to drive brand awareness and build lasting customer relationships.
• People Leader: Channel Vera Bradley’s core values to motivate and inspire your team. Be passionate about Vera Bradley products and excited to suggest products to fit each customer’s unique needs, driving store results through add-on selling and customer outreach.
• Merchandising and Operational Innovator: Execute and innovate daily operational procedures, support the team in maintaining visual standards, and ensure the store is always an organized and inviting environment for the customer.
• Integrity: Be reliable, uphold Vera Bradley’s core values, and adhere to company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• You’re a people person!
• You’re available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays to support store opening, closing, and peak business needs.
• You’re at least 18 years of age.
• You have retail experience and/or prior management experience.

Environmental and Physical Demands

The requirements listed in this job description are representative of the essential duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and/or abilities as well as the environmental and physical demands an individual must meet to successfully perform this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Constant walking and standing; frequent bending, stooping, and reaching. Strong sensory skills such as good eyesight, good hearing, and dexterity. Ability to consistently lift 10-35 lbs.; occasionally lift up to 55 lbs. with the ability to push or pull more than 55 lbs.

Benefits

• Bonus eligible position, bonus based on achievement of company metrics
• Medical insurance PPO and High Deductible Health Plan options
• Dental insurance, no cost preventative and 80%/20% restorative up to $2k per year
• No cost vision benefit for those electing medical insurance
• 401k with generous company match, immediate vesting (age and service requirement)
• Generous MTO (Managed Time Off)
• 9 paid company holidays
• Paid bereavement leave
• 2X salary employer provided life and AD&D insurance
• Employer paid short-term disability insurance
• Employer paid long-term disability insurance
• HSA with an employer contribution
• Flexible spending accounts
• Ancillary benefits including identity protection, legal services, and pet insurance and individual policies through Aflac
• EAP with access to work/life wellness support including no cost unlimited telephonic counseling services
• Holistic wellness program providing no cost access to a variety of financial, physical, and mental wellness experts
• Annual birthday gift
• Generous product discount
• Professional development assistance and resources
• Fitness centers at corporate offices
• DailyPay option for wage payment

Equal Opportunity Employer

Vera Bradley is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. Vera Bradley provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.