About the Role
As a Store Department Manager (SDM) at REI Co-op, you will coach and motivate store sales teams, acting as a key member of the store management team. You will manage retail staff to achieve business and service goals, using your leadership style to deepen engagement and cultivate synergy through recognition and rewards.
Responsibilities
- Plan, identify, communicate, and delegate responsibilities to the team.
- Handle training, coaching, recognition, and performance management.
- Direct the execution of core standards and overall visual direction.
- Drive sales through all channels by maximizing selling behaviors.
- Make business adaptations to increase sales and service.
- Communicate key company strategies and changes to teams.
- Recruit and develop diverse talent.
- Inspire a customer-centric culture by recognizing and rewarding the team.
- Develop top performers, evaluate performance, and provide coaching and feedback.
- Build teams through effective employee development, involvement, and communication.
Requirements
- 3+ years of successful retail management experience (preferred)
- Enjoys communicating and building relationships, both inside and outside the organization.
- Open to feedback and other viewpoints in the spirit of supporting the business.
- Uses business understanding, innovative thinking, and sound judgment to solve problems.
- Makes solid recommendations by combining information from various sources.
- Produces quality work by setting effective goals and establishing priorities.
- Organizes and uses resources to meet deadlines, keeps others informed about plans and progress.
- Engages and influences others to accomplish worthwhile organizational goals.
Skills
- Leadership
- Coaching
- Performance Management
- Sales
- Customer Service
- Talent Development
- Communication
- Relationship Building
- Problem Solving
- Goal Setting
- Prioritization
- Organization
Work Type
- Retail
Experience Level
- 3+ years of retail management experience
Salary/Compensations
- $27.01 - $33.79 per hour
Benefits
- Generous employee discount
- Access to health benefits
- Retirement savings plan
- Accrued time off
About the Company
- REI Co-op is united around discovering, building and celebrating better ways of working in this world, all so that folks can find and pursue a love of the outdoors.
- When you work for the co-op, you do your best work with the support to live your best life.
- You play a part in shaping the future of the outdoors, for people and our planet.
Equal Opportunity
- At REI, we believe the outdoors is for all.
- We are committed to becoming a fully inclusive, anti-racist, multicultural organization.
- We know that there's strength in our diversity – that each employee brings unique skills, experiences, and perspectives.
- Every day you are driving change, fostering a culture of respect, and knowing you're backed by benefits that support your whole life.
- To work towards this commitment and fulfill our brand promise of inspiring and enabling a life outside for everyone, we seek employees who demonstrate different ways of working, create a sense of belonging, and actively listen and learn.
- We are committed to practices that promote pay equity and transparency.
