Retail Operations Manager

Overview

Retail Operations Manager at Pet Smart Charities in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Role responsibilities include driving operational excellence in our stores while upholding the company’s vision, mission, values, and strategy. This role is accountable for merchandising and inventory management, pet care operations, opening and/or closing the store, leading associates, financial outcomes and maintaining a safe and organized environment.

• Location:
  
  Springfield, Massachusetts
• Role:
  Retail Department Manager / Retail Operations Manager
• Salary: $20.88-$37.97

At Pet Smart, we’re more than just a company obsessed with pets; we’re obsessed with our people too. Our values are rooted in unconditional love—and staying united together. We believe when our associates are happy and healthy, they can provide the best possible care for our furry, scaled, and feathery friends while enjoying a work experience that celebrates them as their authentic selves.

• Paid weekly
• Full time hours
• Health benefits:
  
  medical, dental, vision
• 401k
• Tuition assistance
• Associate discounts and perks
• Paid time off for fulltime associates
• Career pathing
• Development opportunities

Pet Smart’s Process Leader (Retail Operations Manager) has shared responsibility to drive operational excellence in our stores while upholding the company’s vision, mission, values, and strategy. This role is accountable for merchandising and inventory management, pet care operations, opening and/or closing the store, leading associates, financial outcomes and maintaining a safe and organized environment.

People Leadership

• Participates in employment decisions such as recruiting, interviewing, and coaching.
• Facilitates the associate experience and supports associate development; including but not limited to ensuring associates are appropriately trained across the store, onboarding, associate reviews, labor management, mentoring, succession planning, and coaching for accountability.
• Address and administer associate complaints and grievances.
• Prioritize, delegate, and validate daily tasks for associates to meet business and pet parent needs.
• Lead and coach associates on proper operational processes to ensure pets in our care are safe and healthy.
• Coordinates staffing coverage for process activities in pivotal areas of the store (pet care maintenance, hotel cleaning, salon cleaning, etc.).
• Validates completion of assigned operational messages and engagement video compliance.
• Effectively communicates company information and priorities to associates to ensure alignment and deliver on expectations.
• Recognizes and celebrates associates driving overall associate engagement.

Overall Store Experience

• Accountable for and provides oversight for the healthcare of store owned pets, including pet care maintenance, receiving new store owned pets, commitment standards (feeding, watering, and cleaning) for all pet habitats (bird, reptile, small animal, cricket, and fish aquariums), and care for sick store-owned pets.
• Accountable for, provides oversight, and validates proper execution of inventory management and pricing processes, including, but not limited to, inventory accuracy, receiving, stocking/re-stocking, inventory counts (live and non-live), product rotations and planner/planogram sets in a timely and organized manner.
• Evaluates operations and seeks opportunities to continuously improve experiences and services.
• Maintains vendor relationships, backroom standards, and communication boards.
• Oversight of the processes related to the Buy Online and Pick Up In Store and Ship From Store programs.
• Identifies and reacts to sales trends through analysis and merchandising activities.
• Responsible for making sound merchandising decisions with respect to discretionary space and discontinued merchandise.
• Maintains store standards (compliance and cleanliness) and leads a culture of empowerment by ensuring compliance to our Policies & Procedures (P&Ps) and Code of Ethics.
• Ensures a safe environment for our associates, pets, and pet parents.
• Responsible for taking immediate action and reporting when a sick/injured pet is…