Zone Manager

Zone ManagerOur Mission: Enable everyone to make their house a home.Our Vision: To become the first-choice destination for home and holiday décor.Job SummaryThe Zone Manager (ZM) position is accountable for all visual merchandising and conditioning aspects of the business at the store level and executes the Company's business objectives, ensures customer satisfaction, and maximizes sales. The ZM leads and manages the Zone Lead team to maintain a neat, clean, and safe store, provide an inviting and engaging environment for our customers to shop and our team members to enjoy work. The ZM achieves success by providing problem-solving resources, managing staff, and working collaboratively with the Store Director.Key Roles and ResponsibilitiesThe ZM is responsible for building, coaching, and maintaining a store team to meet At Home's Vision, Mission, Values, and business objectives while following all Company processes and policies.The ZM will recruit, interview, and hire team members to ensure a positive customer experience while ensuring all new hires are properly trained and developed as a team member. The ZM serves as a role model and coach in all areas as it relates to Customer and Team Member experiences.The ZM coaches, drives performance, sets goals and, where appropriate, takes follow-up action with team members, including performance support plans, performance improvement, and corrective actions.The ZM makes employment decisions for Zone Lead team members, including decisions relating to hiring, compensation, promotions, transfers, releases, disciplinary actions, and addressing Team Member concerns.The ZM coordinates directly with Store Director to maximize staffing effectiveness that supports traffic, sales, and the customer experience, including compliance with Company timekeeping policies, timely and accurate payroll processing, meeting labor model standards, customer interaction standards, and business metrics. The ZM makes recommendations about whether additional labor, such as team member overtime or additional coverage, may be necessary.The ZM reviews, analyzes, and communicates to Team Members the store financial and business data from the store scorecard including sales and expenses; develops and executes budgets, financial plans, and strategies to maximize sales and profits.The ZM oversees Task Management by planning, directing and scheduling team members for their shifts and tasks on a daily and weekly basis and validating completion of all tasks in a timely manner. The ZM adjusts the schedule as needed based on operational needs/objectives.The ZM oversees and leads all aspects of the visual merchandising team for the store by planning and leading the transitions, reinventions, product assortment changes, and resets while at the same time ensuring visual integrity, a neat/clean, organized environment, and inspiring guests to discover ideas and solutions through compelling visual merchandising.The ZM leads the store team in the areas of customer satisfaction, inventory control/shrink, safety, loss prevention expense control, and customer experience so the store will operate effectively and profitably. Develops and leads regular meetings/huddles with team members on these subjects.The ZM leverages daily interactions and team huddles to communicate and teach/train visual priorities and creation of visual moments that support the customer experience.The ZM ensures the maintenance of a neat, clean, organized backroom sign storage area ensuring the store is always up to date with current signing tools and signing fixtures.All other duties based on business need.Open AvailabilityQualifications and CompetenciesAt least 18 years old.High School Diploma/Equivalent; College degree preferred.At least 3 years Management/Leadership experience or equivalent At Home experience.At least 3 years' direct responsibility of leading 10 or more people in multiple departments or equivalent At Home experience.At least 1 year experience direct/indirect familiarity or responsibility for annual revenue, operating budget, or profit & loss dollars of at least $5 million.Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and some holidays.Ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs. or team lift 100 lbs.Proficiency within Microsoft office (Word, Excel)Communicates clearly and concisely with excellent verbal, written and comprehension skills.Reliable and trustworthy role model for ethical and honest behavior. Does the right thing for the team member, the customer, and the company in all situations.Creates a sense of urgency; promotes teamwork, delegates appropriately; motivates self and team to accomplish objectives. Timely and thorough execution.Ability to comprehend, train, develops, motivate and lead in a manner of fostering a work environment that is smart & scrappy, safe, and fun.Flexible and creative with an ability to handle multiple tasks where priorities shift with the demands of the business.#LI-EY1