Assistant Store Manager
About The Position
The Assistant Store Manager assists the Store Manager in creating an excellent shopping experience for soccer players, coaches, referees, and enthusiasts. The role supports store personnel, operations, inventory management, and financial performance, including sales, payroll, and store metrics. Success depends on helping lead a valued, challenged, and thriving team, while contributing to employee retention. This elevated leadership role supports effective execution of company plans, strategies, operating procedures, and merchandising initiatives. The Assistant Store Manager partners with the Store Manager, contributes operational insights and recommendations, and helps develop a team culture centered on teamwork, innovation, accountability, and customer-first service. The position is based in a clean, pleasant, and comfortable retail store environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of management experience.
- Availability to work a flexible schedule to meet business needs, including nights and weekends.
- Ability to build strong relationships within the store team.
- Strong leadership qualities and the ability to manage, motivate, and communicate at multiple levels.
- Ability to train, coach, and develop people.
- Problem-solving, analysis, and decision-making abilities, with strong working knowledge of retail procedures.
- Ability to influence at multiple levels and work effectively to drive behavior change.
- Ability to talk or hear regularly and use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, and controls frequently.
- Ability to occasionally stand, walk, sit, reach, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Store Manager in achieving financial objectives, including sales, payroll, and store metrics.
- Help implement and execute company plans and strategies.
- Create a personalized in-store shopping experience that exceeds customer expectations.
- Support consistent store operations and merchandising initiatives.
- Support the development and retention of high-caliber talent and promote customer-first service.
- Ensure store compliance with safety requirements, policies, procedures, and standards.
- Partner with the Store Manager to achieve priorities and align store personnel and leadership peers.
- Share actionable insights that may be replicated across the field organization.
- Execute strategic initiatives and support process improvements to address operational inefficiencies.
- Maintain strong working relationships and share feedback and concerns with the Store Manager to align on action steps.
- Support the development, motivation, and direction of the store team, including onboarding, training, and ongoing feedback.
- Serve as a thought partner to the Store Manager by providing insights and recommendations.
- Champion the store’s culture and values, promoting teamwork, innovation, and accountability.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
