Assistant Manager in Training #322 - Mooresville, NC

Academy Sports + Outdoors • Mooresville, NC

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About The Position

Come work at a place where we take pride in creating a workplace environment that values hard work, commitment, and growth. The Manager in Training (MIT) program is a blended-learning, multi-week program focused on immersing a manager in all aspects involved in managing a multi-million dollar business for the company. The MIT must successfully complete the training program to be moved on into a Manager role.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred.
• At least three years of relevant work experience required.
• Demonstrated success in leading overall departments of up to 40 people to drive operational excellence and sales targets.
• Exceptional supervisory and management skills.
• Ability to effectively coach department members on store policies, protocols and expectations.
• Excellent customer service orientation.
• Effective problem solving and communication with customers and team members.
• Strong business acumen with an understanding of business implications of decisions.
• Knowledge of market and competition and an orientation to profitability and established targets.
• Working knowledge of inventory software, order processing systems, payroll systems and Microsoft Office products such as Word and Excel.
• Proficiently uses basic mathematical computations.

Responsibilities

• Preparation for management responsibility of the entire store.
• Learning management responsibility for all departments and actively participates in understanding personnel decisions of team members, including employee selection, training, discipline, termination, and development.
• Responsible for learning how to oversee and execute all department expectations including staffing, customer service, display audit reports, zone integrity and recovery standards, display specifications, visual merchandising & signage, stocking and replenishment standards, mismate program expectations, and merchandise guidelines.
• Provides departmental direction to the Sales team and learns daily supervisory practices to ensure that exceptional customer service is the priority of interaction with customers.
• Learns how to develop and implement strategy for achieving weekly and monthly operational goals and completing tasks assigned to the store.
• Gains understanding of workforce productivity, efficiency and process improvement projects and initiatives.
• Becomes proficient in holding team members accountable for compliance with established sales, safety and security practices and procedures in conjunction with local, state and federal regulations.
• Ensures the completion of departmental zoning and adherence to department, store and Company standards.
• Responsible for supervising the execution of various assignments as delegated by the Store Director in Playbook.
• Actively participates in floor walks with Regional Vice President, District Manager, and Store Director and creates an implementation plan to make changes based on feedback provided in store walks.
• Acquires knowledge of auditing firearm sales in compliance with federal and state law, including properly completing ATF Form 4473 and conducting background checks, and signs off as final approver.
• Required to complete Firearms Sales Certification training.
• Required to learn, understand and enforce company policies, procedures and safety rules.
• Adheres to company work hours, policies, procedures and rules applicable to management-level employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree