Area manager

Company Description

You can find retail jobs just about anywhere. So, why work at Red Wing Shoes? From our purpose-built footwear to our stylishly designed stores, you’ll see the difference.

From our life-friendly retail schedules to career advancement, you’ll feel the difference. And, when you create remarkable, in-store experiences for customers who build, shape, and protect the world around them you’ll make a difference.

We’re not just retail. We are Red Wing.

Job Description

GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB :

Responsible for the overall model operations of his / her Red Wing Shoe Store by selling profitably, controlling expenses, managing accounts receivable process, developing new business, managing inventory and merchandising.

Manage all store personnel in the areas of recruiting, hiring, coaching, training and performance management. Responsible for training of sales related and business operations for retail store and industrial center personnel within the market area.

Provide managerial support to stores in market area as needed. Assist the ROM in developing and implementing plans to coordinate Retail / Industrial store activities in order to enhance the sales and image of Red Wing Shoe Company by making regular visits to assigned stores and troubleshoot where necessary.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Manage inter-store transfers, payment collections, and follow up as outlined in the Standard Operating Procedures
• Analyze monthly financial statements (P&L) while adjusting operating expenses to ensure store profitability
• Manage monthly labor model as defined by monthly labor and sales budgets
• Uphold RWSC merchandising and brand standards to ensure store presentation requirements are met
• Lead by example by guiding each customer through RWSC’s Ultimate Fit Experience
• Manage all store personnel in the areas of recruiting, hiring, coaching, training and performance management
• Responsible for training of sales related and business operations for retail store personnel within market area
• Provide managerial support to stores in market area as needed
• Assist Region Operations Manager in developing and implementing plans to coordinate store activities in order to enhance sales and image of Red Wing Shoe Company by making regular visits to assigned stores and troubleshoot where necessary

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (following duties are required on all positions) :

• Obtain necessary information by maintaining knowledge of RWSC’s electronic communication software
• Maintain quality service by establishing, following, and enforcing organization quality system standards
• Uphold Red Wing Shoe Company’s core values
• Willingness to perform additional duties as required
• Conduct self-accordance to RWSC policies
• Build collaborative relationships between you and key people with whom you’ll work or interact with

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

Associate’s degree ( or equivalent from two-year college or technical school and two to five years related experience / training;

or equivalent combination of education and experience in the Retail / Industrial business or equivalent experience in related field.

• Two to five years of retail management experience
• Results oriented
• Effective Written / Verbal Communication
• Computer Utilization
• Retail experience

ADDITIONAL DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION AND COMPETENCIES

• Two or more years of multi-store management responsibility
• Profit and loss accountability
• Operational excellence
• LEAN thinking, nimble to drive change that enables efficiencies and drives growth
• Team and collaboration orientation

REQUIRED LICENSES, CERTIFICATES OR KNOWLEDGE

• Working knowledge of Microsoft WORD, Outlook, with proficiency in Excel
• Valid Driver’s License
• Personal credit card for reimbursable expenses

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Lifting 50 pounds, bending / squatting to lace shoes, overhead lifting, twisting, climbing a ladder, standing for long periods of time
• Travel to assigned stores within market area and to attend training and business meetings
• Housekeeping duties including but not limited to : vacuuming, mopping & waxing floors, washing windows, use of disinfectant chemicals, discarding of all trash, maintaining recycling, installing, and maintaining furniture, fixtures, and displays.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Live within the assigned market area
• Retail store
• Mobile environment
• Travel to assigned stores

Additional Information

Red Wing Shoes is an Equal Opportunity Employer .

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities.

Individuals with disabilities needing assistance in completing an application may contact or call

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP at

All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory results of a background check.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR

Last updated : 2024-05-23