Manager in Training-maurices

Maurices • Bessemer, AL

20d • Onsite

About The Position

The Manager in Training (MIT) works with the store manager and store teams to achieve sales goals, create a customer-focused environment, manage talent and performance, and execute visual standards. The MIT participates in a training program designed to prepare them for a Store Manager position within 3–6 months. The role includes completing all training modules and activities while also fulfilling a managerial role on the team. The MIT is expected to be relocatable to a specific new store or a group of new and existing stores.

The MIT supports the store manager across customer service, sales, talent management, and operational execution. This includes creating fashion-focused customer experiences; analyzing sales performance and managing payroll hours and schedules; developing and holding associates accountable; and ensuring store standards, security, policies, and procedures are followed.

This is a regular, full-time position at Store 1680-Colonial Promenade in Bessemer, Alabama. The role requires varied hours and days as business dictates and the ability to perform physical store tasks, including standing and handling merchandise weighing up to 50 pounds.

Requirements

• High school degree or GED required.
• Supervisory experience in a customer-focused environment required.
• Proven track record of setting and achieving goals and executing company direction.
• Experience hiring, promoting, and motivating talent.
• Ability to lead by example, make sound decisions, and demonstrate professionalism.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Diligence and ability to persevere in the face of resistance or setbacks.
• Commitment to a specific store location or a group of new and existing stores, including relocatability.
• Ability to work varied hours and days as business dictates.
• Ability to reach, push, pull, stand, squat, and bend for up to 8 hours or longer as necessary.
• Ability to operate all equipment necessary to run the store, including a computerized register system.
• Ability to move or handle merchandise weighing up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Business or retail merchandising degree preferred.
• Fashion industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all training modules and activities while fulfilling a managerial role on the team.
• Support the store manager in achieving sales goals and maintaining a customer-focused store environment.
• Demonstrate fashion expertise and product knowledge to customers and associates, and lead by example in customer service.
• Analyze store performance and historical reports, then adjust plans and priorities to achieve sales goals.
• Manage store team performance and payroll hours to meet business needs and sustain profitability.
• Assess visual needs and direct promotional changes to maximize sales.
• Prepare schedules based on business needs, traffic patterns, and store activity.
• Direct the team in using sales-driving programs, including the associate ordering system and community outreach.
• Make hiring decisions, develop talent and successors, and provide positive and corrective feedback.
• Coach associates and use company programs to develop talent and foster an engaging, rewarding work environment.
• Maintain an operationally sound store and minimize inventory loss through effective security, customer service, store organization, and review of daily sales documentation.
• Execute company direction across POS, visual, HR, and operations, and use resources appropriately.
• Follow and enforce company policies and procedures, respond to violations, and use HR resources in accordance with company guidelines.

Benefits

• Choice of three medical plans, including a PPO plan or high-deductible plans; high-deductible plans offer an optional Health Savings Account with an employer contribution.
• Dental and vision coverage.
• Healthcare and dependent-care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity coverage.
• Voluntary life insurance for associates, spouses, and children.
• Long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance and short-term disability coverage at no cost to associates.
• Access to a wellbeing platform and an Employee Assistance Program for associates and their families.
• Eligibility for a 401(k) after 6 months of employment, with an immediately vested Safe Harbor matching contribution.
• Tuition Assistance after 1 year of employment.
• Early access to earnings through PayActiv.
• Accrued paid time off.
• Sick time awarded each January, prorated based on hire date unless otherwise required by law.
• Holiday pay for New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
• Two weeks of New Parent Leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement.
• Flexible scheduling.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED