The Loveless Retail team is currently seeking a reliable full-time Merchandising Manager/Assistant Store Manager with open availability (must be available to work nights, weekends and holidays when requested). This role will help the management team to achieve sales and margin goals by providing leadership that supports the Loveless' Retail Mission Statement and Core Values. We expect our managers to lead by example through motivation, support, and communication with the goal of providing an exceptional and rewarding Loveless experience for our guests. Lastly, we expect all of our team members to enhance each guest’s experience by fostering friendly, courteous and professional service and an enjoyable shopping environment.

Pay Range: $45-50k/annually DOE operational bonuses

Excellent benefits are available for eligible employees such as:

• Discretional operational sales bonuses
• Employee Referral bonuses
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and various supplemental insurances with family coverage available (we cover nearly 80% of your medical premiums)!
• Company Matched 401(k)/ROTH - free money for retirement!
• Student Loan Payment assistance through Gradifi - we help pay off your principal balance!
• PAID Parental Leave for new mothers AND fathers available after 1 year of employment
• Paid Time Off - begins accruing immediately
• Holiday Pay
• Professional Development opportunities
• Employee engagement events throughout the year

Benefits are available for eligible employees beginning as early as 60 days! Promoting from within the company is encouraged and practiced regularly.

*** Please make sure you are comfortable with our location and commute before applying. **

Essential Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Build strong sales and service relationships with guests through inspiring and motivating the team into action. Set the tone, pace, and consistently role model key sales and service behaviors with every team member creating an optimal guest purchase experience.
• Consistently cultivate an environment of open, authentic dialog with store team, colleagues, and management.
• Drive profitability and promote an entrepreneurial spirit in all aspects of store operations while remaining brand appropriate.
• Proactively manage all aspects of loss prevention to ensure the protection of company assets including cash, merchandise, and company property.
• Support the direction of the brand through merchandise assortments appropriate to store market and promote the use of Product Knowledge as a tool to enhance employee productivity, sales, and service levels.
• Analyze the business to provide specific store trends, assortment needs.
• Communicate the Loveless lifestyle through brand execution, both visual and experiential.
• Ensure merchandising and visual standards are executed to maximize sales while maintaining brand philosophy and direction.
• Maintains proper inventory levels of market products by creating and sending purchase orders according to our needs.
• Responsible for adding new items to system/removing old items to ensure the system is up to date for the most optimal use of our POS systems.
• Physically receives incoming shipments, checks for item discrepancies, damages, etc.
• Organizes and fills products in shops as necessary/works with the store associates to ensure products are properly priced and stored.
• Electronically receives purchase orders in the back of house system to ensure most up to date inventory levels.
• Works with vendors to obtain credit for damages or shortages with incoming orders.
• Works with the accounting department to code and process invoices in a timely manner.
• Checks GL product cost and supply lines and adds them to the COGs report as necessary.
• Physical inventory count each month.

Note: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Competencies

• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Customer service skills
• Detail oriented
• Flexible
• Reliable and punctual
• Ability to multitask

Supervisory Responsibility
Assist the store manager with hiring and supervising retail employees. Manage customer service performance and filter customer issues as necessary.

Work Environment
The majority of work will be completed indoors with moderate noise levels. At times, work could potentially involve exposure to unusual elements such as extreme temperatures, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors and/or loud noises.

Physical Demands
The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift or move objects up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 50 pounds.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time, exempt position. Must be able to work nights, weekends, and holidays. Hours will range inside of our operating hours of 8:00am – 8:00pm 7 days a week. Must be able to adapt to a changing schedule as needed.

Work Authorization
Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED required
• Management Experience Preferred
• Specialty store experience preferred

The Loveless Cafe is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company’s achievement as well. The Loveless Cafe LLC is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to hiring and maintaining a capable and committed workforce. EOE/M/F/D/V

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45,000.00 - $50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 1 year

Shift:

• 8 hour shift

Weekly day range:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Retail Sales: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Nashville, TN 37221: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person