Store Manager - Asheville Mall

Overview

Store Manager. As the Store Manager, you inspire, motivate, lead, and develop a store team. You champion business strategies, vision, and values. You impact the overall bottom line by maintaining optimal staffing levels, recruiting, hiring, educating, and motivating a team. You are responsible for setting the example for customer engagement that exceeds industry standards. You maximize store profitability by controlling expenses, protecting company assets, and by ensuring that store standards and processes for merchandising, operations, and community participation are well executed.

You create an inclusive environment and always put our internal and external customers first. If you are looking for a company dedicated to your personal development, continuing your growth into a leader of tomorrow, Vans is for you.

Join the Vans Family. Vans is the original action sports footwear company, rooted in authenticity and creativity. Founded in 1966, we have thrived on a legacy of impacting our greater community through four pillars: action sports, music, art and street culture. Our mission is to empower everyone to use creativity to discover themselves. Our vision is to create a world where anyone can be their unique self.

At Vans, our culture sets us apart and influences everything we do. We are driven by five values: heart, curiosity, unapologetically authentic, ingenuity, and communities. We are a family that has fun together.

By joining our family, you will be immersed in an environment of incredibly supportive and collaborative people. We work hard across initiatives to bring the Van Doren Spirit to life. We live for what we do.

• You will strategically lead the team in maximizing and achieving store sales goals and monitor sales progress and results against key targets.
• Model and foster a consumer centric mindset within the store, and model selling behaviors through genuine interactions with consumers for the teams to emulate.
• Attract, recruit and hire high caliber, diverse talent, and maintain a strong succession plan within your store.
• Provide direct coaching, feedback, training and supervision of the associates.
• Demonstrate clear communication, training and coaching the team, set expectations for customer engagement, store policies and procedures as well as hiring and building a strong team.
• Manage expenses to maximize sales and profitability, lead an environment of productivity by ensuring the team has the knowledge and skills to meet store goals for sales and customer engagement.

• 3-5+ years of related professional/retail management experience
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business; will require weekends, evenings, and holidays
• Ability to meet business goals by driving results through store teams
• Ability to coach and motivate a team to excel at sales & profit results
• Proven communication skills
• Ability to be solution oriented and flexible in a fast-paced environment
• A formal education and subsequent undergraduate/graduate degrees are nice to have, but we are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements.

As a purpose-led, performance driven company, we strive to foster a culture of belonging based on respect, connection, openness and authenticity. We are committed to building and maintaining a workplace that celebrates the diversity of our associates, allowing them to bring their authentic selves to work every day.

We’re in the business of unleashing human potential, driven by the ideas, energy and commitment of our people. That’s why we offer comprehensive benefits that encourage mental, physical and financial well-being for all VF associates. When it comes to benefits, we’re the total package. Go to  and click on “Looking to Join VF?” to learn more.

VF is one of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies connecting people to the lifestyles, activities and experiences they cherish through our family of iconic outdoor, active and workwear brands. Our purpose is to power movements of sustainable and active lifestyles…