Assistant Manager

AKIRA Assistant Managers are fanatical salespeople, 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 from achieving their personal & store goals.

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 standards

? Upholding and enforcing all AKIRA 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

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