APPAREL/DEPT LEADER

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Willing to work weekend and holidays.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate ability to make intelligent decisions quickly.
• Able to tactfully and calmly handle stressful situations and make a positive impression on associates and customers.
• Possess abilities and skills for effective production, merchandising, and customer services related to sale of merchandise.
• Qualified and able to operate power machinery and work with various job tools.

Desired

• Related retail work experience.
• Familiarity with apparel sales terms and processes.
• Past work record reflects dependability and integrity.

• Responsible to stock displays, divisional signing, recovery and merchandising standards, ticketing standards, corporate policies, planograms and composites, setting the ad to standard, processing returns/ exchanges, price changes, processing mismates, and shrink control.
• Coordinate and organize merchandising of the section.
• Build and maintains vendor relationships.
• Receive and processes freight.
• Perform inventory control functions.
• Conduct stock counts.
• Build ends and displays.
• Maintain an awareness of current market trends.
• React with urgency to changing sales opportunities.
• Sell products to Customers; teach/demonstrate selling skills.
• Perform cashier functions.
• Maintain an awareness of overstock/understock conditions to guarantee ordering system integrity.
• Respond to Customer comments/complaints.
• Assist in the inventory process.
• Write Intersection Transfers.
• Manage P and L responsibilities, seasonal sets.
• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.