At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a passionate team to create an amazing in-store experience and achieve sales goals.
- Company: Join Hot Topic, where music and pop culture come alive in retail.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, dynamic work environment, and opportunities for personal growth.
- Other info: Fast-paced environment with plenty of opportunities to develop your skills.
- Why this job: Be a retail superhero and make a real impact in the fandom community.
- Qualifications: 1-2 years of retail management experience and a love for pop culture.
The predicted salary is between 25000 - 32000 £ per year.
At Hot Topic, we’re passionate about a few things: music, pop culture, and creating the most amazing in-store experience for our customers and employees. We’re on the search for a Store Manager that will be at the forefront of bringing the fandom to life. You’ll lead the store in achieving store objectives with regards to hitting sales targets, recruiting, development, and performance management. You’ll be a retail maverick that can handle anything that comes your way. You’ll be a believer in developing talent and providing the best customer service in the mall.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Ensure that your store achieves the sales plan and/or comp sales goals.
- Recruit, develop, and retain a super collaborative and passionate team to run your store alongside you.
- Lead an operationally sound business; you’ll bring the right balance of organizational structure, delegation & autonomy, and customer first selling practices.
- Keep watch on shrink/loss prevention, payroll hours, schedules, and external factors that will affect business.
- Collaboratively communicate with retail leadership and HQ partners on trends & customer feedback.
- Run sales reports and use data to help guide your strategy to hit sales targets.
- You’re willing to adapt to new technologies, communicate company policies & procedures, and control supply ownership.
- Deliver the goods - you’ll merchandise the store in a compelling way, leveraging planograms as a guide, while launching all promos on time.
- Ensure that you’re continually building a bench of equally talented, passionate staff through mentorship, recognition, and feedback.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
- At least 1-2 years of retail store management experience; you’ve led teams to success.
- A high school diploma or GED equivalent. If you have a degree, even better.
- Open-minded and inquisitive regarding pop culture fandoms & music trends.
- The usual retail stuff: able to navigate your way around the store, merchandise product utilizing approved store equipment, and pack and unpack boxes of awesome merch that may weigh up to 50 pounds.
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At Hot Topic, we pride ourselves on fostering a vibrant and inclusive work culture that celebrates music and pop culture. As a Store Manager, you'll not only lead a passionate team but also enjoy opportunities for personal and professional growth in a dynamic retail environment. With a focus on collaboration, mentorship, and customer engagement, working here means being part of a community that values creativity and innovation.
