Assistant Store Manager
il y a 10 jours
New York
Job Description The Assistant Store Manager manages and supervises the Met Opera Shop at Lincoln Center and provides leadership and direction to the entire store team. The ASM must exude the excitement, professional presence, and confidence needed to protect and drive brand integrity. Through leading company initiatives, the ASM ensures maximum productivity, profitability, operational excellence, and compliance with company procedures. The ASM is responsible for achieving daily, weekly, monthly and annual sales goals, adhering to personnel budgets, and executing on store merchandising, inventory, marketing, administrative tasks, and operational plans. Working with the other Assistant Store Manager, this position will be responsible for ensuring all web, store shipments are processed along with all inbound receiving completed daily. This position reports to the store manager regarding personnel goals, store operations, merchandising for sales, inventory and merchandising goals. Primary Responsibilities • Sales:, • Achieves and implements sales plans, • Manages goals utilizing excel planning and budget tools, • Motivates and monitors staff to ensure daily sales goals are met, • Maintains strong presence on the selling floor, • Increases sales by identifying and acting upon sales opportunities including but not limited to performance schedules, tour groups, institutional sales, special sales, and in-store events, • Delivers consistent financial results through efficient store management, • Optimizes sales through adherence to merchandising standards, • Ensures available stock is always on the selling floor, • Events and Signings, • Under the direction of the Director of Merchandising, executes store event and signings., • Manages along with Store Manager, in-store portion of all events/signings utilizing standard store set-up, staffing levels, and in-store communications., • Coordinates day-of event plans with staff and vendor to ensure appropriate set-up, displays, sales at POS and sales recap., • Collaborates with Buyers to ensure timely product purchases (if needed) along with special signage for promotions or for customer communication., • Maintains store calendar along with posting on the weekly schedules, • Ensures event sales goals are met, • Reports post-event recap for each event., • Personnel, • Under the direction of the Store Manager, assists with training and maintaining a diverse, knowledgeable and motivated sales team while managing all aspects of the physical store, • Assists Store Manager in supervising PT key and sales associates ensuring clear communication and execution of all sales, personnel and operational plans, • Trains, coaches and motivates the team to deliver on sales goals, customer service principles, merchandising directions and operational standards of the Metropolitan Opera, • Customer Service, • Supervises customer service issues on selling floor in accordance with customer service guidelines, • As directed by the store manager, collaborates with other departments to provide a seamless customer service experience, • Operations, • Ensures adherence to all operational rules and guidelines including but not limited to opening, closing, cash handling, pricing, discounts, markdowns, special sales, member sales, restocking and merchandising, • Maintains selling floor, • Collaborates with store management team to ensure smooth flow of merchandises from receiving to restocking to selling floor, • Adheres to merchandising standards, • Ensures all signs and communications are up to date and accurate, • Takes immediate action to correct any building maintenance or security issues, • Adheres to troubleshooting guidelines for POS and operations, • Reports discrepancies and POS problems to the Store Manager, following up as directed., • Complies at all times with the standards and policies set out in the Metropolitan Opera Handbook. Skills and Qualifications • Must have at least 2 to 5 years of retail management experience, • Hands-on management experience in fast paced retail store required, • Museum, music, or upper tier department stores preferred, • Exceptional customer service and communication skills, • College degree or relevant technical or vocational training preferred., • Excellent math skills required, • demonstrated foundation in Excel, • Must be skilled in leadership, coaching, and training, sales generation, strategic planning, authentic customer service, communication, conflict resolution, business acumen, time management, and POS and other retail software proficiency., • Must be able to provide feedback, develop others, embrace and lead change, and make clear and defined decisions., • Must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to act with integrity and professionalism to ensure that all business is conducted without bias or prejudice., • Strong merchandising skills, • A solid knowledge of opera composers, performers, works and recordings preferred, • Love of opera welcomed Physical Demands • Must be able to maneuver around sales floor and stock rooms, work with cleaning chemicals, and lift and carry up to 50 lbs, • Must be available to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business, • Will take on other job responsibilities when needed $52,500 - $52,500 a year The Metropolitan Opera is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and existing employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, citizenship status, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws. Company DescriptionThe Metropolitan Opera is a vibrant home for the most creative and talented singers, conductors, composers, musicians, stage directors, designers, visual artists, choreographers, and dancers from around the world.The Metropolitan Opera is a vibrant home for the most creative and talented singers, conductors, composers, musicians, stage directors, designers, visual artists, choreographers, and dancers from around the world.
