Aerie by AEO, Inc. ยท 5 months ago
AE - Merchandising Team Leader (Assistant Manager)
Scranton, PA, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelAerie by AEO, Inc. is seeking a full-time Merchandising Team Leader to develop and implement merchandising strategies in the store. This role involves driving sales, coaching the team, ensuring brand standards, and maintaining operational excellence.
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Responsibilities
You have a passion for driving sales: As a key LOD (Leader on Duty), you're an expert at driving sales by maximizing Fitting Room and Salesfloor productivity and building guest loyalty through a best-in-class guest experience. You contribute to the overall financial success of the store by analyzing reporting and daily trends to make strategic business decisions. You're the Store Team Leader's right hand in developing short and long-term business plans to drive key KPIs
You're a merchandising innovator: You coach your team to deliver an outstanding guest experience by ensuring your store is always representative of AEO Brand Standards. You ensure your store stays in tip-top shape by #leading day-to-day merchandising, sell-through adjustments and replenishment. You have a keen eye for merchandising opportunities and are always ready with a game plan to take action!
You're a people leader: You're all about motivating and inspiring your team through AEO's core values. You're a role-model leader and you always hold your team accountable to rocking AEO's customer service standards, especially on the Salesfloor and in the Fitting Room
You've got an eye for talent and a love of training: You make it a top priority to recruit and hire strong talent to ensure the store is always staffed to meet business needs. You take pride in training and developing your team to ensure they continue to provide outstanding service to the best of their abilities
You know that teamwork makes the dream work: You know that building a great team requires you to consistently provide ongoing performance feedback through real-time coaching. You make team touchbases, development plans, and performance reviews a priority and you drive associate engagement by celebrating your team's outstanding performance - #winning!
You're an operational innovator: You're a natural at executing and innovating daily operational procedures, you support the team in maintaining visual standards throughout every zone in the store, and most importantly, you ensure the Fitting Rooms are always guest-ready and rocking AEO Brand Standards
Integrity is your middle name: You ensure store safety standards are maintained, you're committed to Asset Protection standards, you always adhere to AEO's policies and procedures, and you do the right thing - always
Qualification
Required
You are the Store Team Leader's 'go-to' in developing and implementing the Merchandising strategy for the store
You have a passion for driving sales
You contribute to the overall financial success of the store by analyzing reporting and daily trends to make strategic business decisions
You coach your team to deliver an outstanding guest experience by ensuring your store is always representative of AEO Brand Standards
You ensure your store stays in tip-top shape by leading day-to-day merchandising, sell-through adjustments and replenishment
You have a keen eye for merchandising opportunities and are always ready with a game plan to take action
You're all about motivating and inspiring your team through AEO's core values
You're a role-model leader and you always hold your team accountable to rocking AEO's customer service standards
You make it a top priority to recruit and hire strong talent to ensure the store is always staffed to meet business needs
You take pride in training and developing your team to ensure they continue to provide outstanding service to the best of their abilities
You know that building a great team requires you to consistently provide ongoing performance feedback through real-time coaching
You make team touchbases, development plans, and performance reviews a priority
You drive associate engagement by celebrating your team's outstanding performance
You're a natural at executing and innovating daily operational procedures
You support the team in maintaining visual standards throughout every zone in the store
You ensure the Fitting Rooms are always guest-ready and rocking AEO Brand Standards
You ensure store safety standards are maintained
You're committed to Asset Protection standards
You always adhere to AEO's policies and procedures
You do the right thing - always
Preferred
You love AE and Aerie products!
You've led teams in a retail management role previously - #practicemakesperfect!
You can multi-task and have attention to detail; priority-setting and time management are your strong suits
You know how to lead and develop teams and have a general understanding of employment law
Business acumen? You've got it!
You have flexible availability - you're available to work when the guest shops!
Benefits
40% off product at both AE & Aerie year-round (plus additional seasonal discounts with new Floorsets!)
They participate in store contests for the chance to win FREE merchandise and other exclusive prizes.
Company
Aerie by AEO, Inc.
We make intimates, apparel, activewear and swim. Every single piece is designed to make every girl feel good. #AerieREAL is about no retouching.
Founded in 2006
1001-5000 employees
Funding
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