About the Role
The Shop Service Manager (SSM) directs the shop team and drives the shop program, delivering best-in-class shop customer experiences and achieving service goals. This role builds and guides the shop team, production management, facilities management, and workforce management, acting as a liaison between customers, the store team, REI headquarters, and manufacturers.
Responsibilities
- Drive business channels by owning and leading the customer and employee experience.
- Handle training, coaching, recognition, and performance management.
- Recruit and hire a diverse, technical workforce.
- Train, certify, and build engaged teams to carry out shop service functions.
- Manage the throughput of shop work to meet customer demand and REI expectations.
- Drive workflow productivity while maintaining or improving quality to meet customer needs.
- Keep shop equipment maintained, organized and accessible for safe and reliable operation.
- Build awareness of REI's shop program through community engagement.
- Develop and deploy store level shop strategy with Store Manager and Regional Shop Specialist.
- Builds teams through effective employee development, involvement, and communication.
Requirements
- 3+ years of successful retail management experience.
- Successful completion of required training/certifications in the role.
- 2-4 years of previous bike and/or ski shop experience or equivalent/transferable skills.
- Sets standards and holds team members accountable to service goals.
- Enjoys communicating and building relationships, both inside and outside the organization.
- Uses business understanding, innovative thinking, and sound judgment to solve problems.
- Produces quality work by setting effective goals and establishing priorities.
- Open to feedback and other viewpoints in the spirit of supporting the business.
Work Type
- retail
Experience Level
- 3+ years of successful retail management experience
- 2-4 years of previous bike and/or ski shop 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.
