Academy Sports + Outdoors: Store Director

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Job Description:WORK EXPERIENCE: At least five years of management experience in a complex, large format store EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field of study or equivalent years of related work experience required ATTENDANCE: Regular attendance required.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:Leadership skills to inspire, lead and manage a large retail organizationCustomer service skills to train store associatesEntrepreneurial skills to diagnose and capture sales opportunitiesOperational and execution skills to manage store supply chain, maintenance and other activitiesEmployee relations expertise to drive associate recruitment and retentionAbility to interpret and communicate policies and initiatives to store associates to drive executionFinancial planning and budgeting experience to achieve financial objectivesAbility work flexible hours such as evenings, weekends, and holidays as necessaryAbility to travel periodically to assist in other stores as needed SOME DUTIES: Primary Objective: Provide leadership to a store in order to achieve customer service, associate engagement and profitability goals.Oversees an assigned store to inspire and lead associates while driving salesDrives customer service through leading by example and providing hands on customer service trainingServes as the primary communication channel to store associates on policies, procedures and sales opportunitiesConveys Academy’s entrepreneurial and sales oriented culture to capture and preserve market shareMaximizes employee retention through utilization of best practices in hiring and mentoringManages store operations including supply chain, merchandising, maintenance, inventory control, loss prevention, treasury and risk managementDrives in-store training processes to provide excellent customer service, associate product knowledge, process understanding and risk managementProvides strategic regional merchandise insights to Academy’s merchant organization from personal insights and customer feedbackDrives store profitability by driving sales and managing expenses including payroll, maintenance, shrink and other controllable expensesProvides strategic insights on regional attributes related to competition, economic trends, marketing opportunities and other variablesParticipates in Academy’s budgeting process by assisting in the development of sales objectivesOversees the performance management and career-pathing process for assigned store to ensure career development goals are metFosters Academy’s community involvement to drive sales and customer awarenessChampions Omnichannel initiatives to drive in-store customer service and online salesPartners with marketing team to drive customer traffic through grass roots and localized marketingDevelops, coordinates and delivers performance evaluations and career-pathing objectives for store associatesStays abreast of retail trendsRequired to learn company policies and proceduresRequired to learn company safety rules Duties may change and associates may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Full time Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate with regard to employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.