Title: RETAIL DEPARTMENT MANAGER - 5K SIGN-ON BONUS Location: United States-Maryland-Annapolis Job Number: 220002GL Now is the time to join an organization whose mission is in line with yours.... And that offers the ability for future growth within our organization, at various locations around the world on us!! Yes, you can bring your spouse, family pet and the lamp too. Let's do this!! We are the Navy Exchange Service Command ( NEXCOM) , headquartered in Virginia Beach Va, (with locations worldwide), we provide quality goods and services at a savings and to support Navy quality of life programs. We offer several World-class benefits programs that set NEXCOM apart from our competitors... - Pension Plan: By far, the pension retirement plan is the richest benefit NEXCOM offers. - 401(k) Plan: Contribute up to 6% and receive a company match of $.50/$1.00. - Health Plans: Aetna regular conventional health plan or an Aetna High Deductible Health Plan. Includes Vision Care. - Dental Plans: Low cost dental plan. How does $4.50/pay period grab you? - Life Insurance Plans: Basic and/or Optional Life Insurance. Basic life enrollment allows you to buy Dependent Life Insurance for pennies on the dollar plus a whole suite of End-of-Life planning services for free! - Short-Term Disability & Long Term Disability (LTD) Plans: keep money flowing when you are sick or injured for an extended period of time. - Long Term Care (LTC) Program: Financial Planners say that a Long Term Care (LTC) policy is one of the -must haves- when planning for your future. LTC is available through the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program. Saving the best for last...you can take almost all of these programs* into retirement with you if you meet the eligibility requirements. Note: This position will offer relocation assistance and recruitment incentives. Job Summary: Manages sales activities in assigned retail and/or mall services departments. Ensures departments are appropriately stocked attractively displayed and adequately staffed to achieve sales goals and service standards. Duties and Responsibilities: Responsible for department level execution of retail business strategies, procedures and policies. Ensures department is fully stocked and merchandise is attractively displayed to include effective signing, accurate pricing and signage, etc. Adheres to organizations Visual Merchandising standards. Coordinates stock replenishment with backroom and procurement personnel. Acts as stock replenishment expert. Ensures stock replenishment program for responsible departments is effectively executed. Establishes and implements an effective customer relations program. Ensures service provided meets or exceeds organizational standards and customer expectations. Reviews departments merchandise stock structure, makes recommendations and provides information to Store Manager, Buyers, etc. regarding merchandise in-stock position, merchandise assortment, etc. Reviews daily sales reports. Recommends/initiates markdowns as necessary. Provides input to Store Manager regarding departmental promotions, sales, goals and budgets. Controls scheduling to ensure staffing levels and payroll expenditures are appropriate to current business conditions. Coordinates and implements departmental promotions and sales events with store operations visual merchandising and merchandise procurement associates. Provides postpromotion feedback to Buyers, Store Manager etc. Supervises trains and motivates assigned sales associates. Ensures subordinate associates are aware of sales goals sales events sales incentive programs store policies etc. Keeps current regarding industrymarket trends for assigned departments. Conducts comparisons with other retailers to benchmark business practices. Implements best practices as feasible. Carries out policy of courtesy and service recognizing the importance of genuine obvious and active attention required in a retail organization. Exercises tact good manners and courtesy when serving and assisting customers and fellow associates in the performance of duties. Actively seeks to become knowledgeable concerning store policies and services offered in order to effectively carry out the requirements of this position. Responds to inquiries and provides assistance in a prompt and friendly manner. Performs independently under the direction of a Store Divisional Manager or Store Manager. Work is reviewed in terms of achievement of operational goals and objectives RELOCATION ASSISTANCE Qualifications: Requires a total of 4 years as indicated below: 3 YEARS GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience which was gained in administrative clerical retail sales or other related work which enabled the applicant to gain knowledge of selling floor operation practices and procedures skill in dealing with others in persontoperson work relationships and the ability to exercise mature judgment. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE 1 year of academic study above the high school level may be substituted for each 9 months of experience. Substitution of 1 year for 1 year in those instances where coop experience is required of a student as part of the program study. AND 1 YEAR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE Progressive experience which provided background in merchandise controls inventory stock record keeping and reports exempt or nonexempt supervisory experience merchandise display and retail promotions or experience in the area of customer relations in an effort to improve sales and maintain operating cost efficiencies. Job: Store Management
