Manager in Training

About maurices

At maurices, we’re all about feel-good fashion for real life. We’re committed to our service with style promise and to offering affordable fashion that takes women from workday to weekend—and all of life’s adventures in between. With inclusive sizing from 0–24, maurices is known for versatile styles across key categories like denim, dresses, tops, and more. We’ve been doing this since 1931, and today you’ll find us in over 800 communities across North America and online at maurices.com. At maurices, it’s more than clothes—it’s where fun, friendship, and fashion come together!

About the Role

The Manager in Training (MIT) works with the store manager and store teams to achieve sales goals, drive a customer-focused environment, manage talent and performance, and execute visual standards. The MIT participates in a training program to prepare for a store manager position within 3–6 months. The role is designed for individuals who are relocatable to a specific new store or a group of new and existing stores. The MIT must actively participate in all training modules while fulfilling a managerial role on the team.

Responsibilities

• Customer Obsession
  • Drives and achieves a customer-focused store environment.
  • Creates and demonstrates fashion-focused store environments by delivering product knowledge and fashion expertise to customers through associate dress and product knowledge.
  • Consistently demonstrates awareness for the customer in actions, priorities, and decisions.
  • Leads by example through utilizing customer service training resources.
• Driving Sales
  • Manages sales goals by analyzing store performance using historical reports and adjusting plans and priorities as necessary for achievement of goals.
  • Responsible for the performance of the store team.
  • Manages payroll hours to support the needs of the business and sustain profitability.
  • Assesses visual needs and directs implementation of promotional changes to maximize sales immediately and for the short and long-term.
  • Prepares schedules by assessing business needs, traffic patterns, and store activity to maximize sales.
  • Directs team to effectively use sales-driving programs such as the associate ordering system and community outreach.
• Talent Management
  • Makes quality hiring decisions and nurtures talent through strong networks in the store community.
  • Develops successors and talent pools for all store positions.
  • Provides current, direct, complete, and actionable positive and corrective feedback to ensure effective accountability.
  • Grows and develops talent using company programs such as orientation, customer service training, and the MBA program.
  • Accurately appraises the strengths and weaknesses of others and coaches associates appropriately.
  • Creates and cultivates an environment that allows others to reach their full potential while fostering a fun and rewarding working climate.
• Operational Execution
  • Maintains an operationally sound store as measured through opportunity audits.
  • Minimizes inventory loss by directing the team to effectively use store security equipment, provide excellent customer service, maintain a clean and organized store, and thoroughly review daily sales documentation.
  • Ensures execution of company direction (POS, Visual, HR, Operations, etc.) and uses resources appropriately.
  • Enforces and follows all maurices Policies and Procedures.
  • Responds appropriately to policy and procedural violations and uses HR resources to follow company guidelines.

Requirements

• High School Degree or GED required; a business or retail merchandising degree preferred.
• Supervisory experience required in a customer-focused environment; experience in the fashion industry preferred.
• Proven track record of achieving and setting goals and executing company direction.
• Experience in hiring, promoting, and motivating talent.
• Proven ability to lead by example, make sound decisions, and demonstrate professionalism.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Diligence and the ability to persevere in the face of resistance or setbacks.
• Must commit to a specific store location or a group of new and existing stores.

Unique/Physical Requirements

• Work varied hours/days as business dictates.
• Able to reach, push, pull, stand, squat, and bend for up to 8 hours or longer as necessary.
• Able to operate and use all equipment necessary to run the store.
• Able to operate a computerized register system.
• Able to move or handle merchandise throughout the store weighing up to 50 pounds.

Location: Store 1285-The Center-maurices-Bolivar, MO 65613. Position Type: Regular/Full time.

Benefits

• Choice of three medical plans, including a PPO plan or High-Deductible plans with the option of a Health Savings Account and employer contribution.
• Dental and Vision coverage.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare and Dependent Care).
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage.
• Voluntary Life, Spouse, and Child Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability coverage.
• Basic Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability coverage provided at no cost to associates.
• Access to the Wellbeing platform with Personify Health and an Employee Assistance Program for associates and their families.
• After 6 months of employment, eligibility for a 401(k) plan with an immediately vested Safe Harbor matching contribution.
• Tuition Assistance program available after 1 year of employment.
• Early access to earnings powered by PayActiv.
• Paid Time Off accrued on an hourly basis (3.08 hours per pay period for newly hired Full-time Assistant and First Assistant).
• Sick time awarded each January (56 hours, prorated based on hire date unless otherwise required by applicable law).
• Holiday pay for New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
• Two weeks of New Parent Leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement.
• Flexible scheduling to help integrate work and life.