Store Manager - Soma

Store Manager This position creates, engages, and welcomes an environment that cultivates an inclusive culture that provides equitable opportunities and drives associate and customer engagement. This role directs activities to achieve store goals including customer experience, talent management, financial objectives, operational controls, asset protection, safety, and merchandise presentation. Functional responsibilities include understanding and modeling associate commitment to brand culture, recruiting and developing talent, partnering with design and merchandising leaders, leading merchandising activities, ensuring compliance with company policies, guaranteeing selling behaviors are consistent, supporting in-store events, analyzing reporting to create strategies, leading visual merchandising updates, articulating brand positioning, managing controllable expenses, understanding market trends, leading execution of tasks with productivity, confirming schedules support business peaks, ensuring compliance within operational guidelines, valuing individuality and diverse talents, and leading the team by communicating expectations. Competencies include living the Chico's FAS values, making good and timely decisions, taking on new opportunities with urgency, relating openly with diverse groups, and adapting approach in real time to match shifting demands. Qualifications include high school education, some college or bachelor's degree preferred, 18 years old or older, 5+ years of supervisory/management experience in the retail industry preferred with 2 of those years in a store manager position, proven ability to recruit, select, develop, and retain full store team, proven ability to foster team commitment and create a positive, inclusive working environment, demonstrated ability to function as a role model, demonstrated ability to organize, delegate, prioritize, meet deadlines, knowledge of visual standards and techniques, demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to forecast and analyze business trends, ability to take initiative, ability to work a flexible schedule, and physical activity which may require lifting up to 50 pounds. Chico's FAS, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, lactation, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military service, veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.