Store Director #260 - Kennesaw, GA

Academy Sports + Outdoors • Kennesaw, GA • 6h ago

Come work at a place where we take pride in creating a workplace environment that values hard work, commitment, and growth .

Job Description:

WORK EXPERIENCE: At least five years of management experience in a complex, large format store

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study or equivalent years of related work experience required

ATTENDANCE: Regular attendance required.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Leadership skills to inspire, lead and manage a large retail organization

Customer service skills to train store associates

Entrepreneurial skills to diagnose and capture sales opportunities

Operational and execution skills to manage store supply chain, maintenance and other activities

Employee relations expertise to drive associate recruitment and retention

Ability to interpret and communicate policies and initiatives to store associates to drive execution

Financial planning and budgeting experience to achieve financial objectives

Ability work flexible hours such as evenings, weekends, and holidays as necessary

Ability to travel periodically to assist in other stores as needed

SOME DUTIES:

Primary Objective: Provide leadership to a store in order to achieve customer service, associate engagement and profitability goals.

Oversees an assigned store to inspire and lead associates while driving sales

Drives customer service through leading by example and providing hands on customer service training

Serves as the primary communication channel to store associates on policies, procedures and sales opportunities

Conveys Academy's entrepreneurial and sales oriented culture to capture and preserve market share

Maximizes employee retention through utilization of best practices in hiring and mentoring

Manages store operations including supply chain, merchandising, maintenance, inventory control, loss prevention, treasury and risk management

Drives in-store training processes to provide excellent customer service, associate product knowledge, process understanding and risk management

Provides strategic regional merchandise insights to Academy's merchant organization from personal insights and customer feedback

Drives store profitability by driving sales and managing expenses including payroll, maintenance, shrink and other controllable expenses

Provides strategic insights on regional attributes related to competition, economic trends, marketing opportunities and other variables

Participates in Academy's budgeting process by assisting in the development of sales objectives

Oversees the performance management and career-pathing process for assigned store to ensure career development goals are met

Fosters Academy's community involvement to drive sales and customer awareness

Champions Omnichannel initiatives to drive in-store customer service and online sales

Partners with marketing team to drive customer traffic through grass roots and localized marketing

Develops, coordinates and delivers performance evaluations and career-pathing objectives for store associates

Stays abreast of retail trends

Required to learn company policies and procedures

Required to learn company safety rules

Duties may change and associates may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Full time

Equal Opportunity Employer

Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate with regard to employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by law. ?

Go to Apply

Subscribe to get new jobs sent directly to you
(no charge, cancel anytime)

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.