Store Manager - Famous Footwear

About the role

As a full-time Store Manager, you are passionate about serving your community by providing the best shoe store experience for the whole family. You lead your store team to meet and exceed Talent, Culture, and Operational responsibilities. You are a people leader who motivates a team to achieve sales targets and growth goals, creating an in-store culture where customers are loyal to your store, our brands, and our company. You stay up to date on trends and educate your team to do the same, helping every person who enters your store experience a little bit of that Famous Feeling.

Responsibilities

• Inspire The Customer Connection: Foster a culture centered on customer relationships, operational excellence, and flawless delivery. Develop internal talent by assessing associates’ strengths and opportunities, motivating new levels of greatness, and infusing coaching moments to power our Customer Connection.
• Lead Talent Discovery: Proactively seek out and network with exceptional external talent. Invest in developing strong succession plans for leadership roles and hire individuals passionate about creating top-notch customer experiences.
• Own Retail Operations: Manage day-to-day store operations, including pricing, shipment processing, inventory, and staffing decisions. Leverage store standards to keep styles easily shoppable and balance associate availability with peak times and seasonal demands.
• Leverage Insights to Deliver Results: Drive sales with purpose and determination, using business analysis and observations to refine strategies. Align operational efforts with available resources and key partnerships to enhance results.
• Be the Architect of a Winning Culture: Create an inclusive and respectful work environment where diversity is valued. Maintain a positive and proactive mindset, promote team engagement, and set a winning example for others to follow.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED.
• 1-5 years of retail store management experience, specialty retail preferred.
• Ability to build constructive and effective relationships within store teams.
• Demonstrated ability to set objectives, organize work, and exceed goals.
• Experience leading, managing, motivating, and communicating positively with associates at all levels.
• Ability to train, coach, and develop associates.
• Exercises independent judgment and discretion, partnering with Territory Sales Manager as needed.
• Strong cognitive skills, including problem analysis, decision making, financial and quantitative analysis.
• Expertise in general retail practices and procedures.
• Basic computer skills.

Schedule

Flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business, including holidays, nights, weekends, and extended hours.

Benefits

• Monthly Performance Bonus: Get rewarded for meeting goals monthly.
• Career Development and Learning Opportunities: Education assistance of up to $7,500 per year for full-time associates and opportunities for career growth at corporate offices.
• Shoe Discounts: 30% Associate Discount across Caleres’s retail stores – Famous Footwear, Naturalizer, Sam Edelman, and Allen Edmonds.
• Relaxed Dress Code & Small Team Environment: Supportive small team environment with a relaxed dress code policy.
• Daily Access to Pay: Access earned pay without fees using Dayforce Wallet.
• Employee Assistance Programs: 24/7 access to emotional support, work-life solutions, legal guidance, financial resources, and more.
• Benefit Offerings: PTO, Health, and Retirement. For more details, visit www.yourcaleres.com.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to regularly lift up to 40 lbs. from floor level to above shoulder height utilizing appropriate equipment and safety techniques.
• Ability to meet demands of frequent walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, climbing, pushing, pulling, and repetitive lifting.
• Ability to be mobile on the sales floor for extended periods of time.