General Manager - Palo Alto

About the role

As a General Manager, it will be your responsibility to deliver the Herman Miller Client Experience through team coaching of demonstrations, quoting, and generation of sales. You will be expected to train and inspire your team to achieve the store sales plan.

Responsibilities

• Hire, develop, lead, and motivate the team through effective performance coaching, feedback, and training.
• Foster the Herman Miller Client Experience.
• Engage in performance management on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Ensure the Studio represents the best in presentation by utilizing visual directives and our standards manual.
• Avoidance of operational procedures that could compromise profit and manage expense control goals (e.g., scheduling and managing store shipments, controllable expenses, and supplies).
• Resolve employee relations issues of sales team members in partnership with HR.
• Deliver Sales Plan

Requirements

• Minimum 3 to 5 years of retail management experience.
• Excellent verbal, written, organizational and interpersonal communication skills, with strong emphasis on listening; demonstrated people management skills and the ability to thrive in a team environment.
• Ability to inspire team to conduct effective demonstrations in a high traffic environment.
• Ability to adhere to high personal performance standards, integrity, business ethics and the desire for continuous improvement.
• Ability to build relationships and trust with direct reports, peers, and Store clientele.
• Financial literacy, business acumen and ability to manage budgetary responsibilities.
• Experience with a POS system and proficiency with MS Office software, web navigation, and 3-D rendering programs.
• Able to routinely move objects weighing more than 20 pounds and to understand safety requirements.

Qualifications

Relevant salary considerations will include candidate qualifications and experience, other business/organizational needs and market factors. You may also be eligible to receive a geographic premium, annual discretionary incentive and equity awards which are subject to the rules governing these programs.

Skills

• Financial literacy
• Business acumen
• People management skills
• Effective communication skills
• POS system proficiency
• MS Office software proficiency
• 3-D rendering programs proficiency

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Dependent Day Care Savings Account
• Life Insurance
• Disability and Other Insurance Plans
• Paid Time Off (including Vacation and Parental Leave)
• Holidays
• 401(k)
• Short/Long Term Disability

Pay

$80,000.00 - $85,000.00

Schedule

Open daily, Sunday through Saturday (weekend and holiday availability required)