Assistant in Training

The Buckle, Inc.•Sherman, TX

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. Working directly with the Store Manager and Leadership Team, they help develop sales, recruit Teammates, and provide leadership. They share responsibility for training and motivating Teammates and act as Store Manager in the Store Manager’s absence. The Assistant Manager role is a progression from the AIT role and includes additional higher-level duties, while most responsibilities are shared. The role focuses on Guest service and sales, Teammate recruiting and development, visual merchandising, store operations, and leadership. Duties include assisting Guests with product selection and purchases, meeting sales goals, coaching and training Teammates, maintaining visual standards and inventory presentation, and ensuring store procedures and policies are followed. The position assists the Store Manager in supervising and may travel to and cover other stores in the District based on business needs. The work is performed in a retail store setting, where the noise level is usually moderate. The role requires a flexible schedule that may include mornings, evenings, weekends, and the day of or day after Thanksgiving and Christmas, depending on store and business needs. Physical activities include standing, walking, handling items, reaching, climbing or balancing, jumping, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and occasionally sitting. The Teammate must be able to lift and maneuver 50 pounds throughout the store and backroom, with specified vision abilities.

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 lift and maneuver 50 pounds throughout the store and backroom.
Ability to perform the physical activities described, including standing, walking, handling and reaching, climbing or balancing, jumping, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and talking or hearing.
Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Ability to provide Guest service, meet sales goals, and demonstrate product knowledge and sales presentation skills.
Ability to train, coach, motivate, and lead Teammates and to give and receive feedback.
Ability to perform POS, store operations, visual merchandising, and loss prevention procedures.
Ability to travel and cover other stores within the District based on business needs.

Responsibilities

Greet Guests, provide engaging and knowledgeable service, recommend merchandise, and help fulfill Guest needs.
Achieve personal sales-per-hour, average sales, and total net sales goals; support store sales performance and Guest loyalty.
Use the Sales Presentation Guide daily and demonstrate product knowledge and sales showmanship.
Build Guest relationships, recognize Guest levels, and communicate Guest needs and opportunities to the Team.
Identify recruiting opportunities and assist the Store Manager with recruiting and staffing needs.
Train, coach, motivate, and develop Teammates in accountability, sales presentation, loss prevention, and other store standards.
Support daily setup, training, performance reviews, department actions, and execution of store business goals.
Own and influence product presentation through zone ownership, visual standards, freight placement, and floor and backroom organization.
Partner with the Store Manager to delegate, demonstrate, and review visual zones and merchandising work.
Complete opening and closing checklists, POS procedures, markdowns, pulls, freight, recalls, and vendor returns.
Follow security, loss prevention, payment, return, exchange, and company policy procedures.
Maintain a clean, organized, and shoppable store and monitor supplies and merchandise handling concerns.
Communicate policy violations and Teammate or Guest concerns to appropriate leadership or Human Resources.
Assist the Store Manager in supervising and handle emergencies in the Store Manager’s absence according to Company guidelines.
Complete new-hire paperwork and tasks in accordance with Human Resources guidelines and legal policies.
Support schedule changes, cover shifts when needed, and travel to cover other District stores based on business needs.
Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.