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Assistant Manager | LONDON REGION

  • Sales, Business Development, Business Consulting
  • Marketing and PR, Advertising and Creative Media Jobs
  • Management (incl. project, product management & human resources)
  • Retail Jobs

Description

  • Create and foster a respectful and inclusive team environment by welcoming and celebrating differences to ensure a supportive and engaging experience for all team members and guests.
  • Support Store Manager in building a strong and diverse team that includes team members with various experiences, backgrounds, and skillsets to drive store operations.
  • Support ongoing learning and development of team members (i.e., Educators and Key Leaders) consistently and equitably by providing direct feedback, coaching, mentoring, and career path guidance, and addressing performance concerns.
  • Support the store’s recruiting and hiring process, onboarding training, and overall performance management activities.
  • Engage in career discussions to support and reinforce team understanding of how working at lululemon will contribute to their career and personal growth.
  • Provide team member recognition, gap assessment, and overall performance documentation to support and reinforce career and personal growth.
  • Collaborate with Store Manager to plan and prepare team member schedule according to labour requirements, availability, and budget considerations.
  • Establish supportive and productive relationships with all team members, focusing on personal and professional development.
  • Collaborate with team members to ensure an optimal guest experience that values guests’ time and support store operations.
  • Support team members (e.g., leading by example or coaching) to ensure a great guest experience, including assessing guest needs, providing technical product educations, and supporting in-store transactions and omnichannel programs (e.g., buy online pickup in store, phone sales, and ship from store options).
  • Move dynamically on the floor to assess and fulfill the needs of the business, team, and guests.
  • Resolve guest feedback and address emergent issues, including guest escalations and emergency requests, helping to “make it right” for guests.
  • Implement the Store Manager’s vision for the store and cascade to team members.
  • Partner with Store Manager to review business data and metrics (e.g., profit and loss [P&L] statement) to inform planning processes (e.g., quarterly business review and sales planning).
  • Partner with Store Manager to manage store’s budget, labor hours, expenses, and P&L statement.
  • Provide salesfloor leadership to team members, including planning salesfloor coverage and making decisions to maintain efficiency and effectiveness of salesfloor operations.
  • Open and close the store in accordance with the opening and closing checklists.
  • Understand and adhere to people safety policies and procedures to maintain a safe work environment.
  • Perform work in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, and laws or regulations.
  • Accountable for delegated aspects of controllable budget or labour hours
  • Team lead role indirectly responsible for subset of store employees during shift or as delegated by Store Manager

Responsibilities

  • Inclusion & Diversity: Creates/supports an inclusive environment that values/celebrates differences.
  • Integrity/Honesty: Behaves in an honest, fair, and ethical manner.
  • Leadership: Is able and desires to lead, influence, and inspire others; motivates, empowers, develops, and directs people as they work.
  • Collaboration and Teamwork: Works productively with and supports others to achieve goals; seeks partnerships and diverse perspectives.
  • Adaptability/Agility: Tolerates uncertainty and ambiguity and can change priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Decision Making: Uses logic and reasoning to evaluate alternatives and make effective, timely decisions.
  • Strategic Thinking: Sets strategies that are aligned to vision and values of the company to achieve goals/vision/further the mission; considers the 'big picture' implications of decisions.
  • Resilience: Remains persistent; recovers quickly from setbacks.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the country in which the store is located.
  • Must be 18 years of age or older.
  • Must have proof of the Right to Work and evidence relating to associated local legislative requirements (EMEA only).
  • Must have the ability to travel to assigned store.
  • Willing to work a flexible schedule including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
  • Willing to work as part of a team and also complete work independently.
  • Willing to move through a store for most of a shift to help guests and accomplish work.
  • Willing to move boxes weighing up to 30 lbs (13.6 kg).
  • Willing to work in an environment with bright lights and loud music.
  • Work experience in leadership or people management.
  • Education: High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
  • Experience: 1 year retail or sales specific management experience.

Hard Skills

  • Data Analytics
  • Document management
  • Relationship building
  • Team management
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Budgeting
  • Process improvement
  • Business planning
  • Best practice development
  • Agile methodology
  • Business analysis
  • Timelines
  • Scheduling
  • Advanced language knowledge
  • Advanced writing skills

Soft Skills

  • Leadership
  • Adaptability
  • Skilled Collaborator
  • Integrity
  • Enthusiastic

We offer

At lululemon, we care for and invest in the whole person – body, mind, spirit. Our total rewards program is designed to support you in achieving your goals and focus on the things you love. In addition to competitive base pay and a team-based bonus program, we also offer extended health plans, paid time off, savings plans, generous employee discounts, fitness/yoga classes, parenthood top up program and personal and professional development programs.

Note: availability of these benefits and perks may be subject to your location & employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements. The Company reserves the right to alter these benefits and perks in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.