Manager in Training

Brand Overview At maurices, we’re all about feel-good fashion for real life. We’re committed to our service with style promise and to offering affordable fashion that takes women from workday to weekend—and all of life’s adventures in between. With inclusive sizing from 0–24, maurices is known for versatile styles across key categories like denim, dresses, tops, and more. Position Overview The Manager in Training (MIT) works with store manager and store teams in achieving sales goals, driving a customer focused environment, managing talent and performance, and executing visual standards. The MIT participates in a training program to prepare them for a store manager position within 3–6 months. The MIT is hired with the expectation that they are relocatable to a specific new store or a group of new and existing stores. The MIT will complete the training program that prepares them for a Store Manager Position at maurices. The MIT must actively participate in all training modules and activities while also fulfilling a managerial role on the team. Responsibilities: Customer Obsession: Drives and achieves a customer focused store environment. Creates and demonstrates fashion focused store environments by delivering product knowledge and fashion expertise. Driving Sales: Manages sales goals by analyzing store performance using historical reports and adjusting plans and priorities as necessary. Responsible for the performance of store team. Manages payroll hours to support the needs of the business and sustain profitability. Talent Management: Makes quality hiring decisions and nurtures talent through strong networks in store community. Develops successors and talent pools for all store positions. Provides actionable positive and corrective feedback. Operational Execution: Maintains an operationally sound store. Minimizes inventory loss. Ensures execution of company direction (POS, Visual, HR, Operations). Requirements High School Degree or GED required; business or retail merchandising degree preferred. Supervisory experience required in a customer focused environment; experience in the fashion industry preferred. Proven track record of achieving and setting goals and executing company direction. Experience in hiring, promoting, and motivating talent. Proven ability to lead by example, make sound decisions, and demonstrate professionalism. Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills. Diligence and the ability to persevere in the face of resistance or setbacks. Must commit to a specific store location or a group of new and existing stores. Unique/Physical Requirements Work varied hours/days as business dictates. Able to reach, push, pull, stand, squat and bend for up to 8 hours or longer. Able to operate and use all equipment necessary to run the store. Able to operate computerized register system. Move or handle merchandise throughout the store weighing up to 50 pounds. Compensation Pay Range: $24.84 - $26.33 per hour. Eligible for monthly incentive compensation based on store performance. Position is eligible for benefits as described above. Benefits Overview We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your health, financial security, and work-life balance. Full-time associates are eligible for a suite of benefits: choice of three medical plans (PPO or high-deductible with HSA), dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, voluntary life, spouse & child life, long-term disability, basic life and short-term disability at no cost, wellbeing platform, employee assistance program, 401(k) after 6 months with immediate vested match, tuition assistance after 1 year, early access to earnings via PayActiv, paid time off earned on an accrued basis, sick time, holiday pay, new parent leave, flexible scheduling. Equal Employment Opportunity The Company is committed to hiring and developing the most qualified people at all levels. We ensure that all associates and potential associates are evaluated based on qualifications and ability without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability (reasonably accommodated), genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected classification. We do not discriminate in any employment policy or practice. All associates are expected to follow these principles. #J-18808-Ljbffr