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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
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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.
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Support Store Manager in building a strong and diverse team that includes team members with various experiences, backgrounds, and skillsets to drive store operations.
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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.
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Support the store’s recruiting and hiring process, onboarding training, and overall performance management activities.
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Engage in career discussions to support and reinforce team understanding of how working at lululemon will contribute to their career and personal growth.
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Provide team member recognition, gap assessment, and overall performance documentation to support and reinforce career and personal growth.
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Collaborate with Store Manager to plan and prepare team member schedule according to labour requirements, availability, and budget considerations.
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Establish supportive and productive relationships with all team members, focusing on personal and professional development.
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Collaborate with team members to ensure an optimal guest experience that values guests’ time and support store operations.
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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).
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Move dynamically on the floor to assess and fulfill the needs of the business, team, and guests.
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Resolve guest feedback and address emergent issues, including guest escalations and emergency requests, helping to “make it right” for guests.
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Implement the Store Manager’s vision for the store and cascade to team members.
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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).
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Partner with Store Manager to manage store’s budget, labor hours, expenses, and P&L statement.
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Provide salesfloor leadership to team members, including planning salesfloor coverage and making decisions to maintain efficiency and effectiveness of salesfloor operations.
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Open and close the store in accordance with the opening and closing checklists.
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Understand and adhere to people safety policies and procedures to maintain a safe work environment.
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Perform work in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, and laws or regulations.
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Accountable for delegated aspects of controllable budget or labour hours
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Team lead role indirectly responsible for subset of store employees during shift or as delegated by Store Manager
Responsibilities
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Inclusion & Diversity: Creates/supports an inclusive environment that values/celebrates differences.
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Integrity/Honesty: Behaves in an honest, fair, and ethical manner.
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Leadership: Is able and desires to lead, influence, and inspire others; motivates, empowers, develops, and directs people as they work.
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Collaboration and Teamwork: Works productively with and supports others to achieve goals; seeks partnerships and diverse perspectives.
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Adaptability/Agility: Tolerates uncertainty and ambiguity and can change priorities in a fast-paced environment.
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Decision Making: Uses logic and reasoning to evaluate alternatives and make effective, timely decisions.
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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.
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Resilience: Remains persistent; recovers quickly from setbacks.
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Must be legally authorized to work in the country in which the store is located.
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Must be 18 years of age or older.
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Must have proof of the Right to Work and evidence relating to associated local legislative requirements (EMEA only).
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Must have the ability to travel to assigned store.
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Willing to work a flexible schedule including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
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Willing to work as part of a team and also complete work independently.
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Willing to move through a store for most of a shift to help guests and accomplish work.
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Willing to move boxes weighing up to 30 lbs (13.6 kg).
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Willing to work in an environment with bright lights and loud music.
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Work experience in leadership or people management.
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Education: High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
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Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
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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