Sears Holdings Corporation is the nation's fourth largest broadline retailer with approximately 3,900 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada. Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, home electronics and automotive repair and maintenance. Key proprietary brands include Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering, including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn Smith and Joe Boxer, as well as the Apostrophe and Covington brands. It also has the Country Living collection, which is offered exclusively by Sears and Kmart. We are the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 12 million service calls made annually. Sears Holdings Corporation operates through its subsidiaries, including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Corporation. For more information, visit Sears Holdings' Web site at www.Searsholdings.com .



















Job Title
Big Box Retail Assistant Manager (Boston North)



Company
Kmart Corporation



Location
map it!US-MA-Somerville



Status
Full-Time




Job Category
Customer Service
Management
Retail




Career Level
At least 3 year(s)









Big Box Retail Assistant Manager (Boston North)

Kmart, a member of the Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) family of companies, is a mass merchandising retailer that offers customers quality products through a portfolio of exclusive brands and labels such as Craftsman, Kenmore, DieHard, Jaclyn Smith, Joe Boxer, Route 66 and Country Living. We operate over 1,300 Kmart stores across 49 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This includes discount stores, averaging 92,000 square feet, and Super Centers, averaging 165,000 square feet. We also offer a wide selection of merchandise through kmart.com and operate over 1,000 pharmacies within our stores.
Locations include: Billerica, Saugus, Somerville and Acton.

Kmart and Sears Holdings Corporation is committed to improving the lives of our customers by providing quality services, products and solutions that earn their trust and build lifetime relationships. We are proud of our diverse, high-performance team work environment and we strive for continuous improvement through keen focus on growth, effectiveness and a sense of urgency. We are seeking to grow our Leadership Team with individuals who are driven to earn our customers' trust and business every day, who lead with integrity and are able to motivate and inspire store team members to consistently deliver their best. Softlines experience is strongly preferred!

The Assistant Store Manager is accountable for driving business results through effective teambuilding, merchandising and coaching of the store team in the key areas of retail revenue growth, expense management, marketing, merchandising, process execution and customer service.

Qualifications
Requirements

  • Bachelor�s Degree preferred.
  • 2 to 5 years of retail merchandising and operations management experience in a high-volume discount, department or specialty store.
  • Strong drive for results.
  • Process driven.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
  • Strong interpersonal, organizational, administrative and leadership skills
  • Proven conflict management skills
  • Strong cognitive skills, including problem analysis, decision-making, financial and quantitative analysis

    Responsibilities
  • Proactively assist in leading the store to ensure achievement of business goals in revenue, expense, profitability, customer satisfaction, inventory shrinkage, and associate morale.
  • Coach and develop the store team. Recruit, coach and train new talent.
  • Support and enforce effective execution of retail programs and strategies to achieve business standards and goals.
  • Analyze store financial data and partner with team to take action to maximize revenues and control costs at or better than plan
  • Model effective leadership to gain commitment to store goals and training standards
  • Embraces and implements store merchandising and marketing programs to enhance and grow the business.
  • Implements all company policies procedures and guidelines as they relate to store operation
  • Maintains an exemplary degree of professionalism in all situations

    Required Skills
  • Demonstrated skills in analyzing and interpreting business data; translating knowledge gained into bottom-line results at or better than goal
  • Demonstrated skills in working with peers, direct reports and support departments to maximize bottom-line results at or better than goal
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, computer skills including word and excel
  • Knowledge of basis software applications including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
  • Demonstrated record of success managing P&Ls successfully and meeting budgetary requirements
  • Demonstrated ability to make good business decisions

    Benefits
    Full-time salaried associates are eligible for the following benefits at Sears Holdings:
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Merchandise Discount
  • Vacation and Holidays
  • WorkLife Solutions
  • Business Travel Accident Insurance
  • ConSern Education Benefits
  • Kmart Advantage Rx
  • Short-term disability
  • Long-term disability (automatic enrollment)
  • Company Paid and Optional Life Insurance
  • 401(K) Savings Plan
  • Associate Stock Purchase Plan
  • Personal Days

    A comprehensive and competitive benefit program is designed to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Benefits eligibility depends on employment classification, location, and other variables. Benefits offered include:

    Medical and Dental Plans

    Health Care and Dependent Daycare Flexible Spending Accounts

    Short and Long-Term Disability

    Company Paid and Optional Life Insurance

    Business Travel Insurance

    Merchandise Discount

    Adoption Assistance

    Kmart Advantage Rx

    ConSern Loans for Education

    Worklife Solutions

    Voluntary Benefits

    Commuter Benefits

    Sears Holdings Corporation Associate Stock Purchase Plan

    401(k) Savings Plan

    Vacation Time with Personal Days

    National Holidays

    An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

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