ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER

WestPoint Home is a leader in the Home Fashions textile innovation, design, manufacturing, and distribution with over 200 years of heritage in the United States. We are a global team with business operations in New York, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Bahrain, And Shanghai focused on delivering high quality bed and bath soft goods to home consumers. It also caters to hospitality and healthcare industries.

WestPoint Home sells products under its own brands including Vellux®, Martex®, Utica®, Luxor®, Patrician®, Grand Patrician®, and Modern Living®. WestPoint Home also manufactures and sells products with licensed brands which include Jill Rosenwald™, Southern Tide®, Portico®, Under The Canopy®, and IZOD®. WestPoint Home boasts top retailers like Target, Bed Bath and Beyond, Macy’s, Dillard’s, Costco, Meijer, AAFES, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, Marshalls, Ross Stores, Kohl’s, and JC Penney as customers as well as selling direct to consumers through our e-business platform and own retail outlets in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.

You can learn more about our company at www.westpointhome.com

Role Summary/ Purpose: The Assistant Manager is a leadership position in the store, and is responsible to assist the manager and lead the store staff to deliver financial results and all aspects of store operations including customer service and customer experience, merchandising, store promotions, staff training and staff management, problem solving, and inventory control.

Principle Responsibilities:

• Responsible to support achievement of the store’s financial goals
• Assists manager with monitoring and adjusting schedules to ensure labor is utilized to optimize sales
• Prepares and oversees physical inventories, ensuring proper forecast/planning of merchandise
• Meet or exceeds established store sales and performance goals daily
• Responsible for visual presentation; displays floor sets and merchandise presentations
• Responsible for store marketing function including advertising and promotions
• May prepare weekly schedules in accordance with company guidelines; Ensures compliance to all Federal and State employment requirements
• Ensures banking and cash management guidelines are followed
• Creates and distributes reporting as needed
• Supports recruiting, hiring, and developing store associates; assists preparing and conducting performance reviews and evaluations
• Coaches associates, ensuring that all associates are fully trained on product knowledge and sales skills
• Leads efforts to reduce in-store shrink activity though loss prevention education, awareness and compliance
• Hands-on leader willing to assist with unloading stock and merchandising the floor
• Acts as Manager when Store Manager is not present

Job Requirements/Essential Functions:

Physical Requirements

• Lift or carrying up to 35 lbs frequently, and greater than 50 lbs occasionally
• Pushing or pulling forces up to 35 lbs
• Standing for extended periods of time
• Walking
• Seeing
• Reading
• Bending
• Crouching
• Hearing
• Speaking clearly
• Reaching shoulder level or above
• Use of fingers for cash register
• Repetitive motion

Attendance

• Ability to maintain a regular work schedule
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to include holidays, weekends and evening hours

Mental Demands

• Problem solving
• Adequate concentration/memory skills
• Comprehending
• Prioritizing
• Learning
• Emotional regulation (attitude/temperament)
• Analyzing
• Interpersonal communication
• Decision making
• Orientation – awareness of surroundings
• Ability to take direction
• Stress tolerance

Occupational Exposures

• Cleaning solutions
• Soaps/detergents
• Steamers

WestPoint Home participates in the E-Verify program. To learn more about E-Verify, please visit www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees/e-verify-overview and view the Right to Work and Notice of E-Verify Participation posters.

WestPoint Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Employment with the company is contingent upon completion of the satisfactory results of a required pre-employment background check, credit check and drug screen.

Job Type: Full-time

Required education:  High school or equivalent

Required experience:  Retail: 2 years