Sales Manager - King's Plaza
About The Position
About AKIRA Founded in 2002 with our first women's boutique in Chicago, AKIRA has grown into a national fashion powerhouse with 35+ retail locations and a thriving eCommerce platform at shopAKIRA.com . What sets us apart? Fanatical, obsessive attention to our customers' needs and desires. At AKIRA, every team member is empowered to Act and Think Like an Owner, a mindset that fuels innovation, accountability, and success across the business. The Position: Sales Manager Overview: AKIRA Sales Managers are fanatical sales people, goal-driven & servant leaders. They ensure that our customers are styled by experts who eat, sleep, and breathe fashion. We live to make our customers look & feel good! They relentlessly hire & train to ensure their store has top-notch talent! Through leading by example and thinking & acting like an owner, our managers stop at nothing to achieve their personal & store goals.
Requirements
- Passion for fashion
- Fanatical work ethic
- Strong Leadership skills
- Excellent communication & organizational skills
- High motivation and an appropriate sense of urgency
- Minimum of 1 year experience in retail management
- Ability to supervise, motivate, & direct employees effectively
- Ability to adapt well to new direction and embrace change
- In-depth knowledge of visual merchandising & customer service
- In-depth knowledge of store operations including: inventory control, loss prevention, retail systems, & store budget preparation
- Ability to work in a highly entrepreneurial environment, where being hands-on is critical to our store's success
- Ability to work in a collaborative environment and establish & sustain strong relationships with employees & managers
- Move product, supplies and/or boxes repetitively; ability to push, pull, lift a maximum of 50 lbs. based on needs of the role
- Ability to stand/walk for extended periods of time, including a 10-12 hour shift
Responsibilities
- Recruiting, interviewing, & hiring new employees & managers
- Training, developing, & retaining top-notch employees & managers
- Developing & maintaining a high store morale
- Reinforcing & improving our selling culture through our 5 steps of selling
- Delivering in the moment & written feedback
- Acting as a supreme motivator for employees & managers
- Ensuring store operations and visual presentation are up to AKIRA's standards
- Upholding and enforcing all of AKIRA's policies
- Achieving & surpassing individual sales goals
- Achieving & surpassing the store's daily, weekly, & monthly sales goals
- Leading by example to promote and exemplify AKIRA's culture, & code of conduct through our 4 principles
Benefits
- AKIRA offers competitive benefits for full time employees, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Pet, Life, LTD, FSA/HSA/Dependent Care FSA, Flex Transit (CTA), 401(k), and employee discount.
- We are committed to encouraging internal development and providing significant career enrichment opportunities.
- Most importantly, what has propelled AKIRA's growth and success over the years has been the dynamic culture within the company - if you're filled with passion, have a strong desire to get things done, and if you want to go to a place where you know your work matters and where you can implement your ideas and decisions, then AKIRA just might be the place for you.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
