Sales Manager - Joybird *NEW STORE OPENING IN DEER PARK*
La-Z-Boy Incorporated · Deer Park, IL · 1 mo ago
Business Development$59k–$88k/yrFull-time
New Location Opening Soon!
Sell Luxury. Live Modern. Earn Without Limits.
Job Description
- Deliver a premium client experience while driving personal sales performance.
- Create inspired spaces with world-class furniture and décor.
- Curate luxury looks while earning commissions with no ceiling.
- Support the store manager in leading, motivating, and developing the sales team.
What You’ll Get
- A sleek, modern showroom that feels more like a gallery than a store.
- Ongoing training in luxury sales, interior trends, and design consultation.
- Exclusive employee discounts so your own space turns heads.
- A brand that sells itself — and a team that celebrates success.
Who You Are
- A confident seller and natural leader who thrives in a retail environment.
- Passionate about modern aesthetics and premium materials.
- Obsessed with detail, service, and delivering the wow factor.
- Experienced in sales or retail (luxury experience = a major plus).
Key Responsibilities
- Achieve or surpass store and individual sales goals, annual operating benchmarks, and personal objectives.
- Champion and role model the selling process by overseeing the interaction on sales floor and evaluating team performance.
- Ensure staff deliver exceptional customer service, building long-term relationships that enhance customer loyalty and satisfaction.
- Build a motivated and cohesive team by recognizing achievements, addressing concerns, and promoting a culture that aligns with the company values.
- Recruit, train, and mentor staff to ensure they meet sales targets while fostering a positive work environment.
- Champion the delivery of a branded customer experience, ensuring that the store layout, product presentation, and employee interactions align with brand guidelines.
- Develop comprehensive expertise in the full Joybird product catalog to deliver personalized styling guidance and tailored product recommendations that align with each customer’s unique needs, preferences and space.
- Assist Store Leader with scheduling and payroll to effectively meet the needs of the business and company expectations.
- Resolve customer concerns and other issues that may interfere with efficient sales operations.
- Support planning and executing sales promotion and events.
- Ensure proper execution of all existing and new systems and administrative procedures.
- Uphold brand visual standards in the store by ensuring cleanliness in employee and customer areas.
- Responsible for opening and closing the store in accordance with company procedures.
- Ensure cash handling reconciliation and adherence to all company cash management policies, as applicable.
Scope & Impact
This role is responsible for the performance of the retail showroom – targets currently ranging from $5 - $8M annually. This position reports to the Store Manager of the assigned location with indirect influence of sales team.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or 5 years of industry experience with 1-3 years in a business unit with retail management emphasis, or equivalent.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office 265, financial understanding, adept interpersonal communication, analytical abilities, goal orientation, team management, and customer service.
- Ability to work the schedule and hours dictated by the business needs, to include evenings, weekends and holidays.
Preferred Requirements
- Experience managing in a retail environment with a strong focus on sales.
- Strong business acumen.
- Advanced interpersonal skills, communication skills & experience in building effective relationships.
Supervisory Responsibilities
None
Physical Demands/Work Environment
- Ability to lift and/or carry up to 50 pounds.
- Nearly continuous use of repetitive hand motions, hearing and listening.
- Often required to sit, walk, bend and stoop.
- Subject to inside environmental conditions.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the incumbent for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Weekly Hours
40
Base Compensation Range
$58,500 - $88,450 per year
Benefits
- Health Insurance through Blue Cross/Blue ShieldOptum for Prescriptions In-Network
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- 401k with match
- Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance and AD&D
- Paid Bonding Leave
- Health Savings Account - Contributions go in tax-free, grow tax-free and are withdrawn tax-free
- Tuition Reimbursement (may receive up to $5,250 per calendar year)
- Employee Assistance Program (Free to all employees!)
- Counseling sessions
- Financial and legal resources