Orvis is seeking a dynamic Retail Store Manager who appreciates the outdoor lifestyle and enjoys outfitting customers for great adventures.
Requirements
- Recruit, develop, and encourage your team of associates to inspire customers to love the adventure and wonder in nature.
- Lead as the cultural cornerstone, setting the tone for your team to consistently deliver an exceptional customer experience.
- Create a store environment that is welcoming, inclusive, and an educational resource for the surrounding community.
- Possess a fundamental understanding of core retail metrics and know which levers to pull to drive sales and profitability
- Work with an entrepreneurial spirit, leveraging assets across Orvis’ omnichannel retail platform
- Communicate the Orvis brand and its lifestyle through creative and effective presentations, maintain visual standards, and maximize sell-thru by product placement and signage
- Recruit, develop, train, and coach associates and create a pathway for growth
- Empower and support your team through regular feedback, coaching in-the-moment, positive reinforcement, and acknowledgement
- Ability to engage customers and to suggest product in an authentic and helpful manner
- Confidence in observing and coaching selling opportunities to develop the team
- Strong computer skills; ability to learn and apply business programs and assist others
- Ability to solve problems for customers and associates, handling ambiguity with sound judgment
- Reliability and responsibility to open and close the store
- Creativity and visual merchandising skills are a plus
- Ability to reach, move, and handle merchandise, reaching high and crouching low, lifting up to 30 pounds, and the stamina to execute floor sets
- Ability to lead the sales floor for extended periods of time
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Employer-matched 401(k) savings plan
- Paid time off and holiday pay
- Paid Parental Leave
- Generous associate discount, and opportunities to earn travel credits in partnership with Orvis Adventures – Travel Division
- Fly Rod loaner program
