PT Team Leader - Keyholder - New Store Opening

About the role

Join our founding team as we open our newest Vera Bradley store and help create a welcoming, inspiring shopping experience that our guests will love from day one. 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. Above all, you are a brand ambassador, consistently modeling and upholding Vera Bradley’s core values.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales by working 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.
• Lead people by channeling Vera Bradley’s core values to motivate and inspire your team.
• Champion Vera Bradley products by suggesting items that fit each customer’s unique needs and driving store results through add-on selling and customer outreach.
• 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.
• Uphold Vera Bradley’s core values and adhere to company policies and procedures.

You’d be great for this role if…

• 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

• 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

• Incentive eligible position, based on achievement of company and store metrics.
• Generous product discount.
• Volunteer paid time off.
• Pet insurance.
• Holistic wellness program providing no-cost access to a variety of financial, physical and mental wellness experts.
• Professional development assistance and resources.
• Employee Referral Program.
• DailyPay option for wage payment.
• 401k with generous company match, immediate vesting (service and age requirement).