PT Assistant Manager - Store
Ashley Stewart, Inc. · Oxon Hill, MD · 1 mo ago
OTHRFull-time
We need to produce HTML fragment with sections: Use for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. We need to parse the posting.
The posting includes:
- Position Overview / Position Summary (duplicate). Content: "The PT Assistant Manager is responsible for the execution of all operational, merchandising and managerial functions that occur within the store during their assigned shift. In the absence of the Store Manager, the Assistant Manager will serve as the manager-on-duty charged with all daily operational responsibilities and supervision of Sales Associates for the store to which they are assigned."
- Major Responsibilities and/or Essential Functions* with subsections: Driving Sales, Marketing Initiatives, Customer Experience, Operations. Each has bullet-like sentences.
- III. Knowledge, Skills, & Experience: list: high school diploma or equivalent, 1-2 years prior retail experience, excellent communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, ability to apply retail math principles, excellent computer skills and ability to use a POS system, high level of initiative and accountability, proven ability to prioritize multiple initiatives, detail oriented; consistently meets deadlines.
- Essential Work Requirements: This Position Requires The Ability To: ability to lift 30 lbs, pushing, pulling, bending and stretching frequently, stand for periods of 8-10 hours a day, use ladders or other equipment for store and merchandising maintenance, work a flexible schedule to include some holidays, most weekends and/or late evenings, minimal travel may be required, e.g. district meetings, banking duties.
- IV. Interaction; (peer, supervisor, direct reports): Daily interaction across all divisions/levels.
- V. Organization Chart (reports to): SM Brand Overview (maybe not needed). This is minimal.
- VI. Other: Any additional information not covered above: Ashley Stewart brand history, philosophy, etc. This is boilerplate? It's company overview, maybe not needed? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The company overview might be considered not essential to the job? It's "Any additional information not covered above". Might be considered filler but it's substantive about company. However we need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. The company overview is substantive about the employer but not about the job. The instruction says to remove boilerplate, but not necessarily company overview. However they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might include a section like "About the Company" but not in allowed headings list. Allowed headings are About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we must map content to those headings.
We have:
- About the role: could be Position Overview.
- Responsibilities: Major Responsibilities.
- Requirements: maybe Essential Work Requirements? Or Knowledge, Skills & Experience could be Qualifications/Skills.
We need to decide which headings to use.
We have content for:
- About the role (Position Overview)
- Responsibilities (Major Responsibilities)
- Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, & Experience)
- Skills (maybe same as Qualifications? Could separate but we have both knowledge/skills and experience.)
- Requirements (Essential Work Requirements) maybe as Requirements.
- Benefits: none given.
- Pay: none.
- Schedule: maybe part of Essential Work Requirements includes flexible schedule; but we could create a Schedule section if we have specific schedule info. The posting mentions "work a flexible schedule to include some holidays, most weekends and/or late evenings." That's schedule info. Could put under Schedule.
But we must not create sections with filler like "not specified". So we can create Schedule if we have specifics.
We also have Interaction and Organization Chart etc. Not in allowed headings; maybe we can fold into About the role or Responsibilities? Probably we can omit as not required headings; but we must preserve ALL substantive information. If we omit, we lose that info. However we could incorporate into About the role or Responsibilities as a paragraph.
The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can combine.
Thus produce sections:
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. We need to parse the posting.
The posting includes:
- Position Overview / Position Summary (duplicate). Content: "The PT Assistant Manager is responsible for the execution of all operational, merchandising and managerial functions that occur within the store during their assigned shift. In the absence of the Store Manager, the Assistant Manager will serve as the manager-on-duty charged with all daily operational responsibilities and supervision of Sales Associates for the store to which they are assigned."
- Major Responsibilities and/or Essential Functions* with subsections: Driving Sales, Marketing Initiatives, Customer Experience, Operations. Each has bullet-like sentences.
- III. Knowledge, Skills, & Experience: list: high school diploma or equivalent, 1-2 years prior retail experience, excellent communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, ability to apply retail math principles, excellent computer skills and ability to use a POS system, high level of initiative and accountability, proven ability to prioritize multiple initiatives, detail oriented; consistently meets deadlines.
- Essential Work Requirements: This Position Requires The Ability To: ability to lift 30 lbs, pushing, pulling, bending and stretching frequently, stand for periods of 8-10 hours a day, use ladders or other equipment for store and merchandising maintenance, work a flexible schedule to include some holidays, most weekends and/or late evenings, minimal travel may be required, e.g. district meetings, banking duties.
- IV. Interaction; (peer, supervisor, direct reports): Daily interaction across all divisions/levels.
- V. Organization Chart (reports to): SM Brand Overview (maybe not needed). This is minimal.
- VI. Other: Any additional information not covered above: Ashley Stewart brand history, philosophy, etc. This is boilerplate? It's company overview, maybe not needed? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The company overview might be considered not essential to the job? It's "Any additional information not covered above". Might be considered filler but it's substantive about company. However we need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. The company overview is substantive about the employer but not about the job. The instruction says to remove boilerplate, but not necessarily company overview. However they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might include a section like "About the Company" but not in allowed headings list. Allowed headings are About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we must map content to those headings.
We have:
- About the role: could be Position Overview.
- Responsibilities: Major Responsibilities.
- Requirements: maybe Essential Work Requirements? Or Knowledge, Skills & Experience could be Qualifications/Skills.
We need to decide which headings to use.
We have content for:
- About the role (Position Overview)
- Responsibilities (Major Responsibilities)
- Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, & Experience)
- Skills (maybe same as Qualifications? Could separate but we have both knowledge/skills and experience.)
- Requirements (Essential Work Requirements) maybe as Requirements.
- Benefits: none given.
- Pay: none.
- Schedule: maybe part of Essential Work Requirements includes flexible schedule; but we could create a Schedule section if we have specific schedule info. The posting mentions "work a flexible schedule to include some holidays, most weekends and/or late evenings." That's schedule info. Could put under Schedule.
But we must not create sections with filler like "not specified". So we can create Schedule if we have specifics.
We also have Interaction and Organization Chart etc. Not in allowed headings; maybe we can fold into About the role or Responsibilities? Probably we can omit as not required headings; but we must preserve ALL substantive information. If we omit, we lose that info. However we could incorporate into About the role or Responsibilities as a paragraph.
The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can combine.
Thus produce sections:
About the role
... position overview ...
Responsibilities
- ... each bullet ...
About the role
The PT Assistant Manager is responsible for the execution of all operational, merchandising and managerial functions that occur within the store during their assigned shift. In the absence of the Store Manager, the Assistant Manager will serve as the manager-on-duty charged with all daily operational responsibilities and supervision of Sales Associates for the store to which they are assigned.
Responsibilities
- Drive sales to achieve and exceed financial plan.
- Assist Store Manager in evaluating the business and take proactive steps to improve results.
- Assist in setting and monitoring store goals (individual, daily, weekly).
- Assist in managing store expenses.
- Ensure all funds and merchandise are handled according to Company policy and procedure.
- Assist in maintaining final report accountability for store operations, associate development and financial contribution.
- Assist with scheduling a minimum of 1 grass-root event per quarter.
- Effectively manage merchandise.
- Must effectively market externally to build their business.
- Utilize social media to drive traffic to stores for events, recruiting and generation of sales.
- Assist Store Manager with driving PLCC and email capture.
- Provide an exceptional customer service experience to all customers.
- Properly zone store for optimum selling and customer experience.
- Serve as product knowledge expert to educate customers and Associates.
- Successfully model the Company values; hold all Associates accountable to do the same.
- Serve as a role model to all Associates for exceptional customer service through customer experience.
- Serve as manager on duty in the absence of the Store Manager and Full Time Assistant Manager.
- Communicate with Store Manager and Full Time Assistant Manager on areas of importance.
- Conduct Take 5’s to ensure all Associates are updated on daily Company and store communications.
- Maintain the highest standards in store operations in relation to the Policy and Procedures manual.
- Partner with store Associates to ensure the neatness, maintenance and cleanliness of the store.
- Execute merchandise displays and visuals to enhance the Brand.
- Assist in placing supply orders and monitoring inventory levels.
- Effectively manage time for self and Associates.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- 1 – 2 years prior retail experience.
Skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to apply retail math principles.
- Excellent computer skills and ability to use a POS system.
- High level of initiative and accountability.
- Proven ability to prioritize multiple initiatives.
- Detail oriented; consistently meets deadlines.
Requirements
- Ability to lift 30 lbs, pushing, pulling, bending and stretching frequently.
- Stand for periods of 8 – 10 hours a day.
- Use ladders or other equipment for the purpose of store and merchandising maintenance.
- Work a flexible schedule to include some holidays, most weekends and/or late evenings.
- Minimal travel may be required, e.g. district meetings, banking duties.