Outlet Store Manager - Woodland Hills

About:

Bloomingdale's makes fashion personal and fun, aspirational yet approachable. Our mission is to guide and inspire our customers to make style a source of creative energy in their lives. We will always strive to make Bloomingdale's like no other store in the world. Everyone plays a critical role to bring our mission to life. Regardless of position, we believe all colleagues have a voice and access to share their thoughts with every level of leadership. Our colleagues are passionate, driven, entrepreneurial and collaborative. We welcome and embrace diversity of background, thought and opinion while having a lot of fun along the way.

Job Overview:

Store Managers are on the forefront of both the colleague and customer experience. Through your dynamic leadership style, interpersonal skills and business acumen, you will inspire your team to bring the Bloomingdale's mission to life. A successful Bloomingdale's Store Manager possesses an inherent passion for people whether it is recruiting, onboarding and developing your direct reports or ensuring the customer receives an outstanding experience regardless of why they are in our stores. The Store Manager devises business strategies that will drive sales, service and loyalty through their store leadership team and colleagues to deliver the sales and profit objectives for the store. The Store Manager anticipates the daily needs of the business and responds to market/fashion trends. In today's retail environment, our leaders are flexible and agile supporting sales results and merchandising standards.

Essential Functions:

• Observe, coach and role model customer-centric selling behaviors to drive sales and provide a fun shopping environment where all customers feel welcome
• Drive the highest levels of courtesy and respectfulness in how we interact with and service our customers
• Communicate individual store needs, market differences and merchandise assortment opportunities
• Develop business partners including Central, Merchant and Support teams that drives business performance
• Direct team on the operational standards of the store including merchandising, floor plans, logistics, visual directives, shipments, transfers, floor moves, signing and markdowns
• Demonstrate product knowledge across all merchandise areas, including the ability to suggest and implement merchandising decisions to drive the business.

Qualifications and Competencies:

• We encourage candidates with either a bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in a related field to apply.
• 3-5 years related experience
• Effectively communicate and present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, and all levels of internal and external business partners
• Ability to effectively plan and execute strategies
• Ability to monitor and maneuver workflow to achieve priorities
• Ability to work a flexible schedule with retail hours, including day, evening, weekends, and/or holidays

Physical Requirements:

• Requires periods of walking, standing, communicating, reaching, crouching and climbing ladders
• Frequent use of computers and other technology, necessary to perform job functions, including handheld equipment, cash register and ability to process register transactions
• Frequently lift/move up to 25lbs