Store Manager, Beyond Yoga - Westport, CT

JOB DESCRIPTION

Store Manager

Headquartered in Los Angeles Beyond Yoga is a premium active lifestyle brand femalefounded LA born and bred. Founded in 2005 and grounded in the value of body positivity Beyond Yoga creates clothing from luxuriously soft easy to care for fabrics in styles that serve a broad range of workouts and activities. The brand has over 1218 wholesale accounts spanning both US and international markets alongside seven stores located in California Chicago and Seattle. Its strong fan base is fueled by enthusiasts of its signature Spacedye fabric and lifestyle essentials including outerwear lifestyle pants fleece and beyond. Beyond Yoga seeks to inspire growth in mind body and in connection with community.

In September 2021 we joined Levi Strauss & Co. one of the worlds largest brandname apparel companies and a global leader in jeanswear. Beyond Yoga benefits from our relationship with LS&Co.s global capabilities. For more information go to

About the Job

• Lead the retail team in achieving daily/weekly/monthly sales goals in addition to meeting store financial plans with a primary focus on promoting employee engagement and a collaborative selling environment.
• Can assess and strategize how to improve performance goals (Conversion Units Per Transaction Sales Per Hour and other measurable KPIs)
• Use company tools to assess the business and put into action a plan to celebrate wins and address areas of opportunity
• You will report into the District Manager

Team Management

• Recruit and make hiring pay and termination decisions for all levels of store personnel including members of store management; history of hiring and developing amazing talent
• Manage employee relations issues including coaching conflict resolution and ensuring all associates follow Beyond Yoga and LS&CO Operational Excellence procedures
• Facilitate onboarding processes for new hires on Beyond Yoga culture product knowledge selling culture and other employee responsibilities
• Coach staff to increase their knowledge providing opportunities for continued development; create succession plans for developing associates for promotion

InStore Experience and Operations

• Achieve payroll plan through managing store schedules monitoring labor costs and adapting to business conditions based on weekly and monthly sales; plan payroll/scheduling based on store traffic to ensure the store is staffed to assist customers
• Ensure sound inventory management through an accurate receiving and sending merchandise process completing all required business directives such as price change and ticketing procedures; prevent loss by educating associates on customer service monitoring daily store activity ensuring company policies are followed and partnering with Home Office partners
• Perform store visual standards following visual merchandising direction accomplishing product presentation; make decisions about and adaptations to visual merchandising direction based on the lay out and needs of the store; ensure product is displayed in a manner which tells a story through styling and is compelling to the customer
• Maintain appropriate levels of product on the sales floor by planning and directing floor replenishment
• Create a compelling store experience for customers by engaging and modeling appropriate selling and service behaviors to associates

Community and Culture

• Build relationships naturally embrace individuality and foster a culture of diversity and inclusion
• Collaborate with store team and Home Office partners on building connections with the local community and contributing to the execution of inspiring events to support brand engagement
• A brand ambassador that embodies and can cultivate our core values

About You

• Bachelors degree (5 years of retail work experience may be substituted for a degree)
• Minimum 3 years experience in retail store management position managing and coaching sales associates and a leadership team
• Apparel experience
• Positive helpful demeanor and a passion and interest in Beyond Yoga
• Flexible work hours to meet the needs of the store
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds and constant standing walking squatting kneeling bending carrying items and reaching overhead; comfortable climbing ladders. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

• You are a collaborative role model exhibiting behaviors aligned with company culture of inclusion and belonging.
• Must have reliable transportation

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) offers a total rewards package that includes base pay incentive plans 401(k) matching paid leave health insurance product discounts and more designed to help you and your family stay healthy meet your financial goals and balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits and incentive compensation vary depending upon the specifics of the role; details relating to a specific role will be made available upon request. Read more about our benefitshere.

LS&Co. is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome and value people from diverse cultures backgrounds and experiences to make LS&Co. a collective success.

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LifeEnhancing Perks:

FullTime Employees:

Unwind & Recharge: 3 weeks of paid time off for the first year growing to 4 weeks thereafter.

Health & Wellness: Immediate medical dental and vision coverage. Free Medical Premiums w/Live.

FullTime & PartTime Employees:

Make a Difference: Paid volunteer hours & charity donation matching up to $2000/year.

Live in Levis: 60% employee discount.

Retire Sooner: 125% match on your 401k up to 6%! Thats getting $1.25 for each $1 you put in. Free $$$.

Level Up: Grow here dont just work somewhere. Explore advanced opportunities at Levis Dockers & Beyond Yoga.

LOCATION

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Our policy is to provide equal opportunity to all persons without regard to race color creed religion national origin citizenship sex age sexual orientation gender identity or gender expression marital status Vietnam era/disabled veteran status physical or vmental disability or other protected classes prohibited by applicable law. Company policy prohibits harassment or discrimination of applicants or employees on the basis of any protected classes. We have established a continuing Affirmative Action Program to assure equal employment opportunity in all its policy decisions affecting recruitment selection assignment promotion training and all other terms and conditions of may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. However LS&Co pays at least the local state or federal minimum wage whichever is higher. The amount a particular employee will earn within the wage range will be based on several factors including but limited to relevant education qualifications experience skills seniority store location performance shift travel requirements sales or revenuebased metrics and business needs (LS&Co.) offers a total rewards package that includes competitive pay incentive plans and a wide array of benefits designed to help you and your family stay healthy meet your financial goals and balance the demands of your work and personal life. These benefits include paid leave life and disability insurance 401(k) match and health care benefits for eligible employees. The amount and availability of any bonus benefits or other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.