Co-Store Manager: Destination Maternity Corp.
Co-Store Manager - Retail
What We Do:
Destination Maternity Corporation is the world's largest designer and retailer of maternity apparel, using its quick response replenishment system to "give the customer what she wants, when she wants it." As of September, 2009, the Company operates 1,084 retail locations, including 724 stores, in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Canada, and 360 leased departments located within leading retailers such as Sears®, Kmart®, Macy's®, Bloomingdale's®, Babies "R" Us®, Boscov's®, and Gordmans® predominantly under the tradenames Motherhood Maternity®, A Pea in the Pod®, and Destination Maternity®, and sells on the web through its DestinationMaternity.com and brand-specific websites. Destination Maternity also distributes its Oh Baby by Motherhood™ collection through a licensed arrangement at Kohl's® stores throughout the United States and on Kohls.com.
Co-Store Manager
Job Description:
Destination Maternity Corporation, a retailer of maternity clothing for today's expecting women has a career opportunity for a Co-Store Manager in the Palisades, New York area. The co-manager is accountable for partnering with the general store manager to generate and maximize sales through UPTs, ADS, Futuretrust, and Parenting, creating a positive shopping experience for the client, and managing the store's visual and operational standards. The co-manager is responsible for prioritizing the store workload, maintaining knowledge of the marketplace, making business recommendations to the general store manager where appropriate, and partnering with the general store manager to recruit/network, hire, train, develop, and retain high performance sales/support teams.
Job Responsibilities:
- Sales Leadership
- Results-Oriented-- Generate sales. Motivate and inspire store team to exceed store sales goals and productivity standards.
- Communications
- Direction-- Ensure Home Office communication/information is received and understood by all team members.
- People Management and Development
- Networking/Recruiting-- Actively network in order to identify qualified, highly skilled, energetic, and enthusiastic candidates.
- Presentation
- Training-- Conduct visual training utilizing the visual presentation guidelines to implement store based decisions.
- Operations
- Operational Standards-- Understand, support, and comply with all company policies and procedures, team member handbook, and other Home Office directives.
Experience/Minimum Requirements
- Two years of prior retail management experience required
- Mobility/ability to travel preferred
- High School diploma required. College degree preferred
- Proficient in the English language
- Ability to operate computer and/or register
- Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays
- Ability to personally make bank deposits which, in some cases, are to an offsite location
- Prior experience opening credit cards preferred
Physical Demands and Requirements
Able to climb ladder 6-12 feet
Ability to be mobile in a store including standing, walking, bending, squatting, kneeling, reaching, and/or twisting, for up to eight hours or more per day
Simple grasping, pushing, lifting, and/or carrying things which weigh up to 40 pounds.
* Note: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, although additional ones may be required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Benefits:
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Medical, dental and vision insurances
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401(k)
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Employee stock purchase program
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Vacation/sick/holiday/personal time
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Employee assistance program
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Merchandise discount
 Contact Us:
Interested candidates can apply by submitting their resume (with salary history) to:
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