General Manager Trainee Full Time - South Lamar

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Bonus based on performance
• Company parties
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Employee discounts
• Flexible schedule
• Free food & snacks
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

** IMPORTANT! We will contact you VIA E-MAIL if we wish to schedule an interview . Please check your SPAM folder for a response. If you have not heard back from us in a week, please feel free to follow up. You will not be contacted by phone or by text except under special circumstances.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR SEASONED RETAIL / RESALE PROFESSIONALS WITH A MINIMUM 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MANAGEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY, WE WILL NOT RESPOND TO YOUR APPLICATION.

Uptown Cheapskate Austin is one of the highest volume stores in the country and operated by Uptown's #1 independent franchisee. We are looking for experienced retail managers and seasoned resale professionals & buyers who ideally have worked specifically in the secondhand resale clothing industry. By that, we do not mean just regular retail. Previous experience with another secondhand resale store is strongly preferred. We seek motivated individuals with a long-term interest in sustainable fashion. For assistant managers, experience and an interest in future opportunities in management, district-management and corporate-level positions down the road is the goal.

AS SECONDHAND RESALE IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL, PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IS STRONGLY PREFERRED for candidates. By that, we mean being an employee of a secondhand resale store such as those listed below. Having sold or shopped in one does not qualify.

Examples of resale stores that would provide appropriate past work history:

Uptown Cheapskate
Buffalo Exchange
Plato's Closet
Crossroads Trading
Style Encore
Clothes Mentor
Second Street
Hut 8
Kid-to-Kid
Once Upon a Child
Local stores with similar business models.

Manager position will require min of 35-40 hours sales floor team management with additional hours off the sales floor dedicated to administrative and HR duties. Candidates will be required to start learning the sales associate position and other jobs in order to be able to supervise the team as they advance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations, assign weekly performance goals and ensure their completion, and accomplish your own goals
• Recruit, onboard, and train high-performing employees to achieve objectives for sales, profitability, and market share
• Maintain project & task daily, weekly & monthly timelines to ensure tasks are accomplished effectively
• Maintain budgeted labor goals
• Delegate responsibilities to the best-qualified employees and enforce all policies, procedures, standards, specifications, guidelines, training programs, and cultural values
• Resolve internal staff conflicts efficiently and to the mutual benefit of all involved

Required skills and qualifications

• Proven success in a retail managerial role
• Strong decision-making ability
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and delegation skills
• Proven ability to develop and achieve sales goals
• Ability to motivate and lead employees, and hold them accountable
• Strong working knowledge of operational procedures
• Strong knowledge of current fashion trends and brands for our target demographic of men & women 18yrs-35 yrs old.

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in business management or related field
• Experience in conducting performance evaluations
• Working knowledge of human-resources processes
• Microsoft Office
• Google Drive
• AI tools

** IMPORTANT! We will contact you VIA E-MAIL if we wish to schedule an interview . Please check your SPAM folder for a response. If you have not heard back from us in a week, please feel free to follow up. You will not be contacted by phone or by text except under special circumstances.