Outlet Store Manager - Buckhead Station

Bloomingdale's•Atlanta, GA

3h•Onsite

About The Position

Bloomingdale’s makes fashion personal and fun, aspirational yet approachable. Our mission is to guide and inspire our customers to make style a source of creative energy in their lives. We will always strive to make Bloomingdale’s like no other store in the world. Everyone plays a critical role to bring our mission to life. Regardless of position, we believe all colleagues have a voice and access to share their thoughts with every level of leadership. Our colleagues are passionate, driven, entrepreneurial and collaborative. We welcome and embrace diversity of background, thought and opinion while having a lot of fun along the way. Job Overview The Store Manager (SM) is at the forefront of both the colleague and customer experience. Through dynamic leadership style, interpersonal skills, and business acumen, the SM will inspire their team to bring the Bloomingdale’s, The Outlet Store mission to life. The SM possesses an inherent passion for people whether it is recruiting, onboarding and developing, direct reports, or ensuring the customer receives outstanding experience. The Store Manager devises business strategies that position BOS as the local leader, driving sales, service, and loyalty through their leadership team, while placing the customer first, always, in every strategy. The SM anticipates the daily needs of the business and responds to market/fashion trends. The SM fosters a test and learn environment and is flexible and agile, dreaming big is support of sales results and merchandising standards.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree from a 4-year college or university
2-5 years related experience
Practices open and continuous communication, values keeping others informed, effectively presenting information in a clear, concise manner.
Effectively communicate and present information to customers and internal/external partners
Excellent leadership, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across functional lines and at many levels
Ability to effectively plan and execute strategies
Proficient in monitoring workflows and adjusting priorities to meet business objectives.
Flexible availability to work retail hours, including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.
Requires periods of walking, standing, communicating, reaching, crouching and climbing ladders
Frequent use of computers and other technology, necessary to perform job functions, including handheld equipment, cash register and ability to process register transactions
Frequently lift/move up to 25lbs

Responsibilities

Deliver store performance metrics to plan: EBIT, Sales, Net Promoter Score, Expense Rate, Conversion, and Loyallist.
Ensure Operating Principles are fully embraced by the store team with the appropriate communication and culture.
Recruit top quality leaders and staff with appropriate diversity. Spend time shopping the competition specifically looking at people and building a bench for movement to the BOS team. Observe and get to know the capabilities of the best leaders and associates in the competition.
Require and champion the use of selling technology to support a seamless customer experience.
Develop productive relationships with business partners including Central Merchants and Planners, Merchandise Execution, and Store Operations, to drive localization and operational excellence as a foundation for growing sales.
Provide local ground intelligence on merchandise that fits the local customer and competes with the competition. Share individual store needs, market differences, and merchandise assortment opportunities.
Lead and own total store execution, from inbound receipts to outbound purchases, and the presentation, visual merchandising, and markdown execution in between. Execute central merchandise strategies.
Serve as the ultimate role model of customer first, always. Consistently demonstrate the urgency of servicing the customer in a professional and knowledgeable manner.
Drive store colleague engagement by building teams committed to a diverse and inclusive environment, supporting a culture of learning and development, and providing consistent feedback that drives employee engagement and retention.
Demonstrate product knowledge across all merchandise areas, including the ability to suggest and implement merchandising decisions to drive the business.
Perform other duties as assigned.