Manager in Training-maurices

maurices•Bessemer, AL

21d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager in Training (MIT) works with the store manager and store team 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 is hired with the expectation that the MIT can relocate to a specific new store or a group of new and existing stores. The MIT must actively participate in all training modules and activities while also fulfilling a managerial role on the team. The MIT supports the store manager in customer service, sales performance, talent management, and operational execution. This includes creating fashion-focused customer experiences, analyzing store performance and managing payroll and schedules, developing and coaching associates, maintaining store operations and inventory security, and implementing company policies and direction.

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 through resistance or setbacks.
Commitment to a specific store location or a group of new and existing stores.
Able to work varied hours and days as business dictates.
Able to reach, push, pull, stand, squat, and bend for up to 8 hours or longer as necessary.
Able to operate and use equipment necessary to run the store, including a computerized register system.
Able to move or handle merchandise weighing up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

A business or retail merchandising degree.
Experience in the fashion industry.

Responsibilities

Drive and achieve a customer-focused store environment, demonstrating customer awareness and leading by example with customer service resources.
Create fashion-focused store environments by providing product knowledge and fashion expertise through associate dress and customer interactions.
Manage sales goals by analyzing historical store performance and adjusting plans and priorities.
Be responsible for store team performance and manage payroll hours to support business needs and profitability.
Assess visual needs and direct promotional changes to maximize sales in the short and long term.
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, nurture talent, develop successors and talent pools, and provide actionable positive and corrective feedback.
Develop associates through company programs and coach them based on an accurate assessment of their strengths and weaknesses.
Cultivate a rewarding work environment where associates can reach their potential.
Maintain an operationally sound store, as measured through opportunity audits.
Minimize inventory loss by directing effective use of store security equipment, providing excellent customer service, maintaining a clean and organized store, and reviewing daily sales documentation.
Ensure execution of company direction across POS, visual, HR, and operations, and use resources appropriately.
Enforce and follow company policies and procedures; respond appropriately to violations and use HR resources to follow company guidelines.
Complete all training modules and activities while fulfilling a managerial role on the team.
Commit to a specific store location or group of new and existing stores and be relocatable as expected for the role.

Benefits

Choice of three medical plans, including a PPO or High-Deductible plan; High-Deductible plans offer a 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.
Wellbeing platform with Personify Health.
Employee Assistance Program for associates and their families.
401(k) eligibility after 6 months, with an immediately vested Safe Harbor matching contribution.
Tuition Assistance after 1 year of employment.
Early access to earnings powered by PayActiv.
Accrued paid time off.
Annual sick time award of 56 hours, 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.