Assistant in Training

The Buckle, Inc.•Ranchettes, WY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant in Training (AIT) supports the Store Manager and Leadership Team in creating an enjoyable shopping experience for Guests and carrying out sales, merchandising, and store operations. The role includes cashiering, merchandise display and pulls, register procedures, and routine facility cleaning. The AIT helps develop sales, recruit Teammates, and provide leadership; shares responsibility for training and motivating Teammates; and acts as Store Manager in the manager’s absence. The Assistant Manager role is a progression from AIT and includes additional high-level duties, while most duties are shared. The position focuses on customer service and sales performance, Teammate recruiting, training and development, visual merchandising, and store operations. The AIT helps maintain store standards, coach and motivate the team, support inventory and merchandise presentation, follow company policies and loss-prevention practices, and contribute to a positive team culture. The role assists the Store Manager in supervising and may travel to cover other stores in the district based on business needs.

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, including mornings, evenings, weekends, and the day of or day after Thanksgiving and Christmas, based on business needs.
Ability to stand, walk, handle and feel items, reach, climb or balance and jump, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk or hear; sitting is occasionally required.
Physical ability to lift and maneuver 50 pounds throughout the store and backroom.
Vision abilities including close, distance, color, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Ability to travel to and cover other stores within the district based on business needs.

Responsibilities

Greet Guests, provide attentive and knowledgeable service, recommend merchandise, and help meet Guest needs.
Meet individual sales goals, support store sales performance, use the Sales Presentation Guide, and build Guest relationships and loyalty.
Share product knowledge, sales promotions, payment and exchange policies, and security practices with Guests and Teammates.
Support recruiting, interviewing, training, coaching, motivating, and developing Teammates; help implement education and sales priorities.
Promote a positive floor culture, demonstrate professional dress and showmanship, and support accountability and team development.
Own and influence product zones, delegate and review visual projects, maintain visual standards, and ensure merchandise is appropriately displayed.
Identify merchandising opportunities and recommend improvements to the Store Manager.
Complete opening and closing procedures, POS tasks, markdowns, pulls, freight handling, recalls, and returns to vendors.
Maintain a clean, organized, and shoppable store; monitor supplies and provide feedback on merchandise-handling concerns.
Follow loss-prevention, security, payment, return, exchange, ethics, and other company policies and procedures.
Communicate policy violations and Teammate or Guest concerns to appropriate management or Human Resources.
Assist the Store Manager in supervising, handling emergencies in the manager’s absence, and supporting store staffing needs.
Complete scheduled shifts and cover shifts when needed; work a flexible schedule that may include mornings, evenings, weekends, and specified holidays.
Travel to and cover other stores within the district based on business needs.
Perform special projects and other duties as assigned.