Retail General Manager

Living Spaces•Friendswood, TX

17d•$86,000 - $114,800

About The Position

The primary role of the General Manager is to lead the entire store team to excellence in team member, guest, and financial outcomes, by overseeing daily operations of the store. Responsibilities include the creation and implementation of a strategy designed to grow the business, by coordinating the development of key performance goals for direct reports and standard work. The General Manager is the Leadership Champion and will implement Foundational Excellence (Standard Work, Talent, and Leadership) throughout the entire store team. Success in the role of a General Manager is defined by positive employee culture, top level guest experience and exceeding company financial outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (B. A. or B. S.) or equivalent from four-year college in business, retail management, sales, merchandising, or related field preferred.
5 years experience in direct customer interactive environment required; high volume
3 years of management experience required.
Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

Ensure the retail store team is fully staffed with the right number of people with the right talent to meet standard work expectations.
Ensure that coverage is scheduled to optimize productivity and efficiency.
Lead the retail store teams ensuring channel strategy is successfully executed and deliver on meeting sales and profit goals and customer satisfaction goals
Drives profitable outcomes by ensures execution of the Sales Leadership and Operations Standard Work
Creating a culture of a “Guest First” mentality by measuring guest feedback, in store engagement with guest, and guest satisfaction tools/social media reviews
Able to change current reality through gap management and by creating business plans for people and processes
Collaborate with Regional Director, Corporate Retail Operations, and cross functional Corporate partners to develop an effective customer service strategy that builds brand awareness, engagement, and education while driving sales and brand content
Collaborate and execute strategic opportunities for the store, work cross functionally to develop concepts or processes, and create plans to execute the strategies within each department
Aligns strategies with the company and division OKRs to ensure the store meets or exceeds planned goals and key results
Prepares and executes a talent management plan through a 4 ½ box and succession planning strategy
Recruit, lead and develop all team members and develop a culture of passionate, high performance teams
Host ongoing talent conversations that develop leadership skills to build store “bench”
Act as a Leadership Champion, to change current reality through personal leadership and leadership performance management
Inspire and guide through coaching, mentoring and leading by example
Set clear expectations and hold teams accountable for performance results
Manage budget, resources, staffing, and operations in accordance with business priorities
Owning the P&L and making financial decisions for company and store profitability
Ensure brand presentation is executed in the store as defined by the Style Guides
Driving for results by developing dedicated focus around SOP’s, retail processes and procedures
Engage the store TEC teams, helping to develop plans and strategies that drive employee engagement
Partner on community efforts to promote the brand
Open and close the store as needed, including securing the building, enabling and disabling the alarms