Retail Area Manager (East)

Retail Area Manager

Stio is an omni-channel mountain brand that designs, develops and sells beautiful, functional, and innovative apparel, footwear and other accessories infused with the soul of the mountain lifestyle. With headquarters in Jackson, Wyoming, Stio draws inspiration from the surrounding Teton Range and offers product via Stio.com, catalog, B2B and its Mountain Studio retail locations.

We live and love mountain life, and as such see ourselves as caretakers of the resources that provide it. We are proud partners of Protect Our Winters and the Conservation Alliance among many other organizations. We have a strong preferred materials platform, use Bluesign approved textiles wherever possible, audit our supply chains for best practices, and operate our workplaces responsibly.

We think that outside is the best side and that you can't improve on nature. It's good for mind, body and soul, and it's our responsibility to help enable access for all people, regardless of race, gender, beliefs, background or ability. We strive for inclusion at Stio and in our local and national communities.

The Retail Area Manager supports our Stio Mountain Studio leadership and teams in all aspects of their business and people leadership. This role is responsible for people and business leadership related to store needs with retail leadership and key internal stakeholders aligned with our evolving channel growth, both current and new retail locations. The Retail Area Manager will bring seasoned experience in multi-unit leadership, budget planning and ownership, as well as individual and team development. The responsibilities of this role will continue to evolve with changing needs of our teams and growth ahead for the retail channel and company.

Collaborate with retail leadership and cross-divisional teams to continue to grow our retail channel, creating meaningful customer and employee experiences

Hiring new Store Managers when needed, guiding a quality onboarding process

Support all retail hiring needs within your store teams, collaborating with your Store Managers and HR team

Consistently connect with your team and support their varied projects and progress

Ownership over budget management including investing in Store Manager business acumen and monthly tasks, individual stores' EBITDA, annual budget planning and monthly reforecast processes

Participate in capital expense and assortment planning proposals when relevant

Ongoing support for local retail marketing planning and initiatives

Support successful progress in retail KPIs, developing teams who create memorable Mountain Studio experiences

Provide daily, weekly and monthly operations accountability and updates for process improvements

Support new store openings and physical inventory counts when needed

Facilitate Sendback TOs in partnership with the Planning team and NRI for your assigned stores.

Facilitate cycle counts and annual physical inventory counts for assigned stores

Develop and launch various initiatives for the retail channel in partnership with the Sr. Director of Retail as needed (eg. Training programs, incentive programs, succession plans, etc)

Able to travel up to 40% annually

Ongoing collaboration with Retail Director, Store Managers and teams, key stakeholders in Planning and Finance as needed

Commitment to our company mission, vision and values

Bachelor's degree with subsequent experience in retail leadership required

8+ years of relevant experience including multi-unit leadership and/or responsibility over $12M+ in retail volume and budget ownership required

Proficient in Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite including Excel required

Experience in Asana or similar project management platform preferred

Effective communicator and collaborator, with an ability to clearly articulate support needs and summarize high level progress updates across key stakeholders

Able to work independently and collaborate cross-divisionally as needed

Excited to jump in wherever needed and to adjust to growing needs of our team as this role evolves and we add more Mountain Studios

This role is full-time salaried and exempt, reporting to the Retail Senior Director

Required location based in Denver, Colorado (CO mountain town acceptable) or near Boston, Massachusetts

When supporting on-site, must be able to move around the retail space, move upwards of 50lbs, and occasionally traverse ladders

Medical, Dental Vision plans

Company Paid Long Term Disability

Employee Assistance Programs

401k with Match

Generous paid time off policies

Gear test, perks and more

We provide competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives and benefits. The base salary range for this role is $90,000-$110,000. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of the range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience, skills, and qualifications.

This job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, we reserve the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed. Stio is an equal opportunity employer of all qualified individuals, including minorities, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, veterans & individuals with disabilities.