About the Company
Charming Shoppes, Inc. is a leading multichannel specialty apparel retailer primarily focused on plus-size women's apparel. We are the parent company of four distinct store brands – Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Catherines Plus Sizes and Petite Sophisticate – as well as Crosstown Traders, Inc., a direct marketer of women's apparel. With more than 2,400 stores nationwide, Charming Shoppes provides a significant presence in strip shopping center, mall locations and outlet centers.
Our Vision is to be the company known for celebrating the lives and fashion image of women wearing plus sizes. Our continuing Mission is to serve the lifestyle apparel needs of women wearing plus sizes with the very best service, fashion selection, value and fit.
Job Description
Category: Retail/Wholesale,Sales
Compensation: -
Catherines Plus Sizes islooking for a Store Sales Manager inthe Philadelphia area. Our Philadelphia area stores arelocated on Roosevelt Blvd; Springfield; Exton; Levittown; as well asMoorestown, Deptford and Lawrenceville, NJ. We are looking forhigh energy, enthusiastic, self-motivated, individuals with a passionfor driving results. If you have a positive attitude, thrive on newchallenges and are looking for a rewarding career opportunity, thisis where you want to be! The Store SalesManager is responsible for achieving all store financial sales,operational standards and profit contribution objectives bydemonstrating and reinforcing the Company Principles. Dailyresponsibilities include the following areas: Meeting and exceedingsales goals, staff supervision and coaching, development of a careersuccession plan for exceptional store staff members, customersatisfaction, loss prevention, and ensuring adherence to safetystandards. * * The ideal StoreSales Manager will possess the ability to manage multiple employees,achieve sales profitability and exceed customer satisfactionstandards and goals. * * Daily duties and responsibilities include:-- Customer Service: Handling and resolving all customer care issues.-- Ensure customer service standards are met to maximize customerexperience. -- Maintain store appearance to current standards.-- Meeting and exceeding store financial goals, all operationalobjectives, and attainment of all company sales initiatives, andexecution of individual store standards. -- Completes storeopening and closing paperwork, daily sales reports and all financialtracking. Human Resources: -- Ensuring the adherence andimplementation of all Human Resources best practices within thestore, including scheduling, training, development and evaluation,and counseling store employees. -- Ensuring all store employeesare in compliance with company policies and procedures. -- Manage andcoach the employees in daily operations. -- Assist the DistrictManager to recruit, hire, train, develop and evaluate storestaff. Leadership Skills: -- Manages and coaches store staff foraccountability to increase their effectiveness, efficiency andproductivity through continual process improvement in the areas ofachieving all sales goals, customer service standards,problem-solving skills, store operations and staff relations. LossPrevention: -- Ensures the effective maintenance and protection ofcompany assets. Self-Development: -- Actively continuesself-development process by gaining knowledge and further buildingskills as a professional businessperson, sales manager and leader. Catherines isa division of Charming Shoppes, Inc. Charming Shoppes Inc., isa leading multi-chain apparel retailer specializing primarily in thewomen’s plus size market. Charming Shoppes is the parentcompany of four distinct brands - Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug,Catherines Plus Sizes, and Lane Bryant Outlets.
Job Requirements
The successful Store Sales Manager candidate will possess thefollowing: -- 1+ years of retail store management. -- Must havedemonstrated professional leadership skills including the ability tomanage diverse staff members -- Organizational and time managementskills, solution oriented, and demonstrated ability to coach stafffor accountability and achieve key results. -- The ability to modeland develop exceptional customer service standards and relationships.