Job Description:

Assistant ManagerAKIRA Assistant Managers are fanatical salespeople, goal-driven & servant leaders. They ensure that our customers are styled by experts who eat, sleep, and breathe fashion. We live to make our customers look & feel good! They relentlessly hire & train to ensure their store has top-notch talent! Through leading by example and thinking & acting like an owner, our managers stop at nothing from achieving their personal & store goals.Responsibilities:â— Recruiting, interviewing, & hiring new employees & managersâ— Training, developing, & retaining top-notch employees & managersâ— Developing & maintaining a high store moraleâ— Reinforcing & improving our selling culture through our 5 steps of sellingâ— Delivering in the moment & written feedbackâ— Acting as a supreme motivator for employees & managersâ— Ensuring store operations and visual presentation are up to AKIRA standardsâ— Upholding and enforcing all AKIRA policiesâ— Achieving & surpassing individual sales goalsâ— Achieving & surpassing the store's daily, weekly, & monthly sales goalsâ— Leading by example to promote and exemplify AKIRA's culture, & code of conduct through our 4 principlesRequirements:â— Passion for fashionâ— Fanatical work ethicâ— Strong Leadership skillsâ— Excellent communication & organizational skillsâ— High motivation and an appropriate sense of urgencyâ— Minimum of 1 year experience in retail managementâ— Ability to supervise, motivate, & direct employees effectivelyâ— Ability to adapt well to new direction and embrace changeâ— In-depth knowledge of visual merchandising & customer serviceâ— In-depth knowledge of store operations including: inventory control, loss prevention, retail systems, & store budget preparationâ— Ability to work in a highly entrepreneurial environment, where being hands-on is critical to our store's successâ— Ability to work in a collaborative environment and establish & sustain strong relationships with employees & managers