Assistant Store Manager

Job Summary

As an Assistant Store Manager (ASM), you support the Paper Source vision by providing customers a place where they can find their own creativity and shop with us again and again. You enjoy working with people, are energized by your passion for helping customers and model excellent service every day. As the deputy to the store manager (SM), you focus on the look and consistent presentation of our stores, empowered to make decisions, ensuring the shopping experience for our customers is to their satisfaction. You communicate consistently with your store manager on your ideas to ensure this experience and drive this through our people, actively participating in team development. In your role, you ensure sales and profit through your ability to leverage resources which results in teams who can provide first-class service to our customers. As a leader, you work collaboratively with the team inspiring creativity and ensuring you have a store where team members are happy and engaged doing what they enjoy : talking about and selling fun and creative products and services.

Notes

An employee in this position can expect a hourly rate starting at $18.50.

Benefits :

Part-time less than 20 hours per week : Sick & Leave Pay, Employee Discount

Part-time 20 - 29.99 per week : Sick & Leave Pay, Employee Discount, Vactaion Personal Days and Company Holidays, 401(k)

Full Time 30 hours per week : Sick & Leave Pay, Employee Discount, Vacation, Personal Days and Company Holidays, 401(k), Health Benefits, Disability, Life Insurance, Transit, Tuition Reimbursement

What You Do

• Ensure consistent, friendly and informed service to customers, first by the example you set and second by the training and delivery of first-class service by the store team.
• Ensure a vibrant store through the execution of visual merchandising and replenishment standards, showing a commitment to maintaining a neat, tidy, shoppable and inviting presentation.
• Drive top line sales by guiding the entire team to leverage key campaigns and services, such as new item launches, promotions, enterprise orders, etc., to actively hand sell and engage in conversation with every customer.
• Develop the team through engagement and coaching; work with them by providing feedback to assess and focus on individual strengths and recommend talent for development in the store.
• Partner and provide feedback to the SM on associate performance concerns, communicating examples for the creation of documentation as appropriate.
• Assess the store from the customer's perspective and use insight to seek and influence improvement with the SM.
• Drive results during assigned Manager on Duty (MOD) segments by delivering sales and behaviors that meet the store's performance targets and coaching other store team leaders to develop MOD skills.
• Ensure the achievement of sales goals and deliver operational excellence to maximize efficiency and minimize loss through timely execution of all processes.
• Ensure compliance to Company standards as it pertains to safety, customer experience and all store operations, including asset protection (controlling shrink, expense and payroll).
• Communicate with your store team respectfully and with urgency on key issues and messages, creating a culture that demonstrates the values of the company.
• Open and close the building, ensuring the safety of our employees and customers.
• Work on the selling floor, which requires physical activity (i.e., prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, climbing).

Knowledge & Experience

Expected Behaviors

EEO Statement

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