The Zone Lead (ZL) reports to the Assistant Store Manager and supports merchandising in designated zones while maintaining an active selling culture. The role ensures visual aspects are set and upheld to documented company standards designed to drive sales. It provides expertise in visual standards, merchandising techniques, fixturing, and implementation of in-store marketing elements—including signs, vignettes, endcaps, tables, and first look/flash finds—that reinforce seasons, holidays, and promotions within designated areas. The Zone Lead helps Team Members understand visual merchandising and standards while demonstrating ethical conduct, safety, and compliance. The role involves vigorous lifting, carrying, moving throughout a warehouse-format store, and stocking. The Zone Lead supports visual merchandising by planning with the Assistant Store Manager and leading transitions, reinventions, product assortment changes, and resets. The role maintains visual integrity and a neat, clean, organized environment, using compelling merchandising to inspire guests. It also plans and executes delegated daily and weekly tasks to support merchandising, sales goals, and guest engagement, and participates in freight processes, sorting freight and stocking designated areas, including down stocking and endcap maintenance. The Zone Lead supports customer satisfaction, inventory control and shrink, safety, loss prevention, expense control, and customer experience. The role participates in team meetings and huddles, serves as a visual merchandising role model and coach, and teaches visual priorities through daily interactions. It reviews store scorecard data, including sales and expenses, and acts within assigned zones to improve metrics. Open availability is required, including nights and weekends.
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Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED