Store Manager
Location: Santa Clarita, CA
Responsibilities
- Achieve personal sales and client engagement goals
- Oversee all activities necessary to accomplish store targets, including financial objectives, client service, human resources management, operational controls, payroll, and operating expenses, while fostering employee and client engagement
- Supervise the setup of advertising displays or the arrangement of merchandise to boost sales
- Manage the gallery and its team members professionally and inclusively, adhering to Human Resource standards and following company policies and guidelines
- Directly supervise part-time sales employees, conduct performance discussions, set clear objectives, and ensure associates are accountable to their goals
- Coordinate and execute various events such as Owner's Classes, clubs, demos, Creative Classes, and freelance educator events to achieve financial targets
- Deliver excellent customer service, prioritize clients, and innovate to acquire and retain customers
- Recruit, select, develop, and retain a complete store team, while holding individuals responsible for their performance
Qualifications
- Demonstrate creativity, passion, and willingness to share sewing expertise with customers
- Hold a high school diploma or equivalent; a degree in Business or Fashion Design/Merchandising is a plus
- Have at least one year of retail experience with a proven track record of closing sales, forecasting and analyzing business trends, and effectively managing payroll expenses to maximize store performance
- Possess direct knowledge of our machines and products
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and constantly changing retail environment
- Effective communication skills through various forms of technology such as telephone and computer
- Physically able to move around the office, access file cabinets and meeting rooms, etc., while also being able to remain stationary for 50% of the time
- Capable of retrieving or repositioning products like sewing machines weighing up to 50 pounds
- Flexible schedule availability to meet business needs, including evening, holiday, and weekend shifts