Academy Sports + Outdoors · 1 day ago
NEW STORE - Store Sales Manager #420 - Fayetteville, GA
Fayetteville, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expAcademy Sports + Outdoors is a company dedicated to enhancing the enjoyment of sports and outdoor activities. They are seeking a Store Sales Manager responsible for managing store operations and leading a team in Hardlines and Softlines Sales, ensuring exceptional customer service and operational excellence.
E-CommerceSports
Responsibilities
Overall management responsibility for the execution and operational excellence of the entire store
Management responsibility for Hardlines and Softlines Sales and actively participates in the personnel decisions of team members, including, but not limited to, employee selection, training, discipline, termination and development
Provides departmental direction to the Hardlines and Softlines Sales team and daily supervisory oversight to Team Leads and team members to ensure that exceptional customer service is the priority of interaction with customers
Develops and implements strategy for achieving weekly and monthly operational goals and completing tasks assigned to the store. This includes the development, analysis and implementation of the sales, staffing, training, payroll hours and scheduling of team members
Manages workforce productivity, efficiency and process improvement projects and initiatives
Responsible for holding team members accountable for compliance with established sales, safety and security practices and procedures in conjunction with local, state and federal regulations
Ensures the completion of departmental zoning and adherence to department, store and Company standards
Responsible for supervising the execution of various assignments as delegated by the Store Director in Playbook
Actively participates in floor walks with Regional Vice President, District Manager, and Store Director and creates an implementation plan to make changes based on feedback provided in store walks
Audits firearm sales in compliance with federal and state law, including properly completing ATF Form 4473 and conducting background checks, and signs off as final approver
Required to complete Firearms Sales Certification training
Required to complete Power Industrial Truck Certification training
Successful completion of Academy Leadership University
Provides supervisory oversight to the team member talent lifecycle including hiring, onboarding, developing and coaching team members
Required to learn, understand and enforce company policies, procedures and safety rules
Adheres to company work hours, policies, procedures and rules applicable to management-level employees
Duties may change and Sales Manager may be required to perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in related field preferred
At least three years of relevant work experience required
Demonstrated success in leading overall departments of up to 40 people to drive operational excellence and sales targets
Exceptional supervisory and management skills; ability to effectively coach department members on store policies, protocols and expectations; leads by example and effectively drives the performance of team members
Excellent customer service orientation
Effective problem solving and communication with customers and team members
Strong business acumen with an understanding of business implications of decisions, knowledge of market and competition and an orientation to profitability and established targets
Reads, analyzes and interprets general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
Speaks clearly, positively and persuasively and demonstrates active listening in a variety of situations with team members, customers, business partners and the general public
Writes reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals
Effectively presents information and responds to questions from groups of team members, business partners, customers and the general public
Applies common sense understanding and reasoning to make appropriate, timely decisions
Working knowledge of inventory software, order processing systems, payroll systems and Microsoft Office products such as Word and Excel
Proficiently uses basic mathematical computations and applies common sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral or diagram form
Full-time position averaging 45-50 hours/week
Overall management responsibility for the execution and operational excellence of the entire store
Management responsibility for Hardlines and Softlines Sales and actively participates in the personnel decisions of team members, including, but not limited to, employee selection, training, discipline, termination and development
Provides departmental direction to the Hardlines and Softlines Sales team and daily supervisory oversight to Team Leads and team members to ensure that exceptional customer service is the priority of interaction with customers
Develops and implements strategy for achieving weekly and monthly operational goals and completing tasks assigned to the store. This includes the development, analysis and implementation of the sales, staffing, training, payroll hours and scheduling of team members
Manages workforce productivity, efficiency and process improvement projects and initiatives
Responsible for holding team members accountable for compliance with established sales, safety and security practices and procedures in conjunction with local, state and federal regulations
Ensures the completion of departmental zoning and adherence to department, store and Company standards
Responsible for supervising the execution of various assignments as delegated by the Store Director in Playbook
Actively participates in floor walks with Regional Vice President, District Manager, and Store Director and creates an implementation plan to make changes based on feedback provided in store walks
Audits firearm sales in compliance with federal and state law, including properly completing ATF Form 4473 and conducting background checks, and signs off as final approver
Required to complete Firearms Sales Certification training
Required to complete Power Industrial Truck Certification training
Successful completion of Academy Leadership University
Provides supervisory oversight to the team member talent lifecycle including hiring, onboarding, developing and coaching team members
Required to learn, understand and enforce company policies, procedures and safety rules
Adheres to company work hours, policies, procedures and rules applicable to management-level employees
Regularly required to talk or hear; frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms
Occasionally climb or balance, or stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl
Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
Specific vision abilities required by this role include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
Company
Academy Sports + Outdoors
At Academy Sports + Outdoors, we believe in the power of fun. And we believe in helping our customers have more of it.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2020-10-01IPO
2011-05-31Acquired
Leadership Team
Steven Lawrence
Chief Executive Officer
Carl Ford
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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