Assistant in Training

The Buckle, Inc.•Kochville Township, MI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant in Training (AIT) and Assistant Manager help fulfill Buckle’s mission to create the most enjoyable shopping experience possible for Guests. They perform sales, merchandising, and operational tasks assigned by store management, including cashiering, merchandise displays and pulls, register procedures, and routine facility cleaning. They work with the Store Manager and Leadership Team to develop sales, recruit Teammates, and provide leadership. They share responsibility for training and motivating Teammates and act as Store Manager in the manager’s absence. The Assistant Manager role is a progression from AIT and includes additional higher-level duties, although most responsibilities are shared. The role focuses on delivering excellent Guest service and achieving sales goals; recruiting, training, coaching, and developing Teammates; maintaining visual merchandising standards and store presentation; and supporting store operations, loss prevention, scheduling, and leadership. The position regularly involves working in a retail store, with a usually moderate noise level. The job requires standing, walking, handling and reaching, climbing or balancing, jumping, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and communicating. It also requires the ability to lift and maneuver up to 50 pounds throughout the store and backroom. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, or one to three months of related retail experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to work a flexible schedule that may include mornings, evenings, weekends, and the day of or day after Thanksgiving and Christmas, based on store and business needs.
Ability to travel to and cover other stores within the district based on business needs.
Ability to stand, walk, use hands to handle or feel items, reach, climb or balance, jump, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and talk or hear; occasional sitting is also required.
Physical ability to lift and maneuver 50 pounds throughout the store and backroom.
Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Greet Guests, provide engaging and knowledgeable service, recommend merchandise, anticipate Guest needs, and build Guest relationships and a client-based business.
Meet personal sales and store business goals, use the Sales Presentation Guide, promote Guest loyalty and business builders, and support the store’s sales performance.
Demonstrate product knowledge and showmanship, share sales and product education with Teammates, and model consistent leadership and customer service.
Recognize recruiting opportunities and assist the Store Manager with recruiting and staffing needs.
Train, coach, motivate, and develop Teammates, including supporting onboarding, shift orientation, loss prevention, sales presentation, and non-sales position training.
Help maintain a positive floor culture, communicate with fellow leaders and Teammates, and support education focuses and daily business goals.
Own and influence product presentation through zone ownership, delegate and review visual work, and ensure compliance with visual standards and checklists.
Maintain an appropriately sized and shoppable sales floor, ensure freight is displayed appropriately, and communicate merchandising opportunities and solutions to the Store Manager.
Support store operations, including opening and closing checklists, point-of-sale procedures, payments, returns, exchanges, markdowns, pulls, freight, recalls, and vendor returns.
Follow loss prevention and security guidelines, recognize and address security risks, and communicate policy violations or concerns to appropriate management or Human Resources.
Maintain a clean, organized store; monitor supplies; complete assigned shifts and cover shifts when needed; and respond to emergencies in the Store Manager’s absence.
Support planning, scheduling, interviews, store leadership, and communication with Corporate Office departments; travel to and cover other district stores based on business needs.
Complete new-hire paperwork and assigned special projects, and follow company policies, procedures, handbooks, and Code of Ethics.