Store Manager - Oxnard, CA - Careers

Posted Date

05-25-2023

Job ID

27969

Job Function

Retail Management

REI City

Oxnard

REI State

California

REI Location

Oxnard

Remote Eligible

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What's cool about this job

REI is committed to becoming a fully inclusive, antiracist, multicultural organization. To fulfill our brand promise of enabling a life well-lived outside for everyone, we are seeking candidates who demonstrate shared values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism.

REI is looking for bold people who are ready to drive daily operations of an REI store with $5-$30 million in sales volume! Are you ready to fulfill REI’s vision of educating, inspiring and outfitting our customers for a lifetime of outdoor experiences and stewardship? As the head of the Retail Management Team, you are for all store functions associated with running a retail income center to achieve sales, service, membership, customer satisfaction, and profitability goals. Join our retail team where you will find supportive leadership, a committed staff and an engaging work culture. The scope of responsibility you can expect as Store Manager:

Develop, deploy and execute short and long term Retail Strategic Plans and a store vision that supports the achievement of the plan priorities through the management of and delegation to skilled Retail Sales Managers
Take responsibility for store’s profitability and financial budgeting
Monitor inventory levels, facilities and other assets
Examine store-level reports and identify new strategies for improving results
Take part in local organizations and community events
Develop top performers and evaluates performance
Ensure implementation and execution of visual merchandising standards
Create and reinforce a sales culture within the store, including the REI selling process, ensuring that service is prompt, knowledgeable and that customer expectations are met

Bring your passion and expertise

Are you a bold person? Do you thrive in the outdoors? Are you able to drive large teams through change and develop employees to reach broad organizational goals? Bring your leadership and teamwork skills to REI and help us enhance our co-op by promoting the REI culture within the co-op and evangelizing our brand to our external customers. We pride ourselves on living our values and we look to our store leadership teams to deliver on that promise. Are you for your next journey? Take a look at the skills we look for in our Store Managers: 
 
Minimum of 3-5 years of successful retail management experience
Collaborative team leadership approach
Proven ability to understand and drive store profitability through service
Demonstrated ability to set standards and hold team members accountable
Dynamic managership skills with the ability to recruit, hire, train, head, motivate, and develop future managers
Proven financial acumen to include: budgeting and forecasting sales, gross margin, inventory turns, expense control and net profit
Proficiency in strategic planning and data examination
Bold leadership in leading change
Excellent problem-solving ability
Effective written and verbal communications skills
Ability to develop and maintain open and positive relations within the local community
Dedication to extraordinary customer service
Extraordinary experience in Visual Merchandising 
 
REI hires, trains, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We remain deeply committed to making the Co-op a place where everyone can feel safe and be themselves. Join us. 

As required by applicable Pay Transparency laws, REI provides a range of compensation for roles that may be hired in locations under these requirements. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include a wide array of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic location or other relevant factors.

The pay for this role is: $98879 - $148437 per year .

At REI we offer an enviable work environment that Fortune Magazine has recognized on the "100 Best Places to Work" list since the award's inception – 23 years in a row! Sure, we work hard, but it’s balanced with time off to play—a strategy that works for us as we continue to grow and thrive. Want to enjoy a workplace where you can be yourself, be heard and be respected while having a job that challenges you? This is the place.

With more than 160 retail locations (and growing), REI offers unique competitive benefits to its more than 15,000 employees, including healthcare, gear and apparel discounts, free equipment rentals and challenge grants to help employees reach personal outdoor goals, generous retirement plan contributions, public transit subsidy, adoptions assistance, paid sabbaticals, and more.

REI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Posting Range

$98879 - $148437 per year