Assistant Store Manager - Original Penguin

Overview

Perry Ellis International, Inc. represents a diverse portfolio of lifestyle apparel brands. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries owns and licenses nationally and with a brand portfolio of over 40 Brands domestically and internationally recognized brands including:
Perry Ellis®, Original Penguin® by Munsingwear®, Laundry by Shelli Segal®, Rafaella®, Cubavera®, Ben Hogan®, Savane®, Grand Slam®, John Henry®, Manhattan®, Axist® and Farah®. The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties, including:
Nike® for swimwear, and Callaway®, PGA TOUR®, and Jack Nicklaus® for golf apparel.

Original Penguin is an American clothing line with roots in the 1950s and 60s; the brand specializes in clothing, footwear, and eyewear. Original Penguin embodies a mix of iconic American Sportswear with modern-minded style into a diverse range of products for a full lifestyle brand. Made for originals, by originals.

The Assistant Manager helps organize and run our retail stores to fill in for the Store Manager when needed. Assistant Managers ensure the sales team meets its goals of efficiency and customer satisfaction. Their direct responsibility is to ensure the store is replenished, marketing and promotional changes are executed to company directives in addition to supporting hiring, training sales associates, monitoring inventory, and ordering merchandise based on demand.

• Customer
  
  Experience:
  
  Function as a role model at all times, ensuring that customers remain the top priority; respond to customer complaints or needs.
• Promotes merchandise and demonstrates product knowledge to customers and assists them with requests.
• Shares vision and plans execution of store strategy in alignment with corporate and district initiatives.
• Supports store financial objectives in the areas of sales goals, comp store increases, sales per square foot, expense control, units per transaction, payroll percent and shrinkage.
• Analyze business reports consistently and develop strategy to maximize sales performance.
• Prioritizes workflow through successful planning and time management.
• Supports appropriate staffing levels based on business trends and payroll guidelines.
• Understands and complies with all company policies, procedures and operations.
• Supports the Store Manager on meeting the expectations for the maintenance and the physical appearance and cleanliness of the store.
• Recognizes problems, analyzes causes, and generates alternatives and solutions in partnership with the Store Manager.
• Demonstrates ability to convey company expectations.
• Communicates all loss prevention occurrences to the Store Manager, District Manager and Loss Prevention Manager.
• Supports the Store Manager in the reviews and audits store processes, transactions and paperwork to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Supports the supervision and motivates staff members.
• Supports the Store Manager in the execution of all pricing strategies to achieve gross margin and communicates store inventory opportunities to the Store Manager.
• Supports the planning and execution of store planograms in timely manner.
• Shares and understands the company brand position.
• Supports the Store Manager in leading and executing replenishment of merchandise on the selling floor as needed.
• Monitors merchandise levels in stores and coordinates the balance of stock between stores to ensure that inventory levels are adequate.
• Supports Store Manager in ensuring that PEI customer service standards are met and modeled.
• Adheres to Human Resources standards following general practices.
• Supports the Store Manager in recruiting, selecting, hiring and developing diverse management level talent for the store.
• Holds teams accountable for achieving results and communicates with Store Managers opportunities.
• Manages conflict; empowers and involves the team in decision making while guiding the process.
• Receptive to feedback and fosters dialogue around solutions.
• Maintains confidentiality and meets own commitments.
• Ensures all store associates are adhering to federal, state and local labor laws.

• Ability to perform effective…