Assistant Store Manager in Gretna

Kate Spade New York, launched in 1993, has grown into a global lifestyle brand designing seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more. Known for its rich heritage and distinctive brand DNA, Kate Spade New York offers a unique point of view and celebrates communities of women worldwide who live their perfectly imperfect lifestyles.

The Assistant Store Leader leads the store with their Store Leader by maximizing store productivity and profitability through teambuilding and staff development, goal attainment, and by ensuring compliance with all Kate Spade Standards. We are looking for an exceptional Assistant Store Leader who leads by example, sets the tone on the sales floor, and provides feedback to the store team that will result in exceeding Kate Spade Service standards. In return you will be given the chance to lead an exceptional team and be part of a rapidly expanding modern luxury brand with the opportunity to advance your career.

The Successful Individual Will Leverage Their Proficiency To:

• Take ownership and accountability for store and support the Store Leader;
• Show leadership through role modeling Kate Spade Service behaviours and Kate Spade selling standards;
• Demonstrate empowerment to solve customer problems and meet customers’ needs;
• Inspire team to meet and exceed performance standards;
• Act as advocate for the team, able to motivate others to achieve results;
• Communicate effectively with store leader, peers, supervisors, and corporate partners;
• Assist in developing plans to address key business issues, and utilise plans to impact business and achieve desired results;
• Able to influence others to gain support to achieve goals and complete projects;
• Demonstrate effective time management skills.

The Accomplished Individual Will Possess:

• Experience in a retail service environment in a position of management;
• Knowledge of, and ability to use Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook;
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and staff and manoeuvre the sales;
• Ability to work flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business, including nights, weekends and public holidays.

Our Competencies for All Employees:

• Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems quickly and directly.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can decide and act without having the total picture.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly one of the top performers.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people; builds constructive and effective relationships.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement.

Our Competencies for All People Managers:

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team.

Kate Spade is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions are based on the applicant's or employee's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration.