Assistant in Training

Requirements

• Greet guests with a friendly, engaging attitude and provide legendary service
• Recommend and select merchandise based on guest needs and desires
• Maintain and share knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies, and security practices
• Achieve personal sales-per-hour, average sales, and total net sales goals set by store management
• Investigate and navigate how to expand guest selection through inventory manager, advanced product search, and iPad apps
• Maintain and build good guest relationships to develop a client-based business
• Lead by example with a high level of showmanship, excellent customer service, and attentiveness
• Recognize and communicate guest levels with the team
• Coachable and consistently welcome feedback from manager to improve sales presentations
• Consistently perform leadership actions and maintain high standards
• Plan sales goals with store manager
• Develop skills and assist in leading, directing, motivating, and educating new teammates
• Maintain a positive attitude at all times and create a positive floor culture
• Demonstrate personal dress code to encourage and coach the latest fashion in all teammates and team leaders
• Participate effectively in daily setup, training, impacting, and reviewing while effectively utilizing the performance tracker
• Motivate teammates to initiate and complete daily tasks set by store management
• Execute actions from department calendars and track on the weekly delegation worksheet
• Demonstrate leadership actions during segments
• Demonstrate how to get the guest involved with product
• Be vocal and continuously update fellow leader and team
• Responsible for asking for and remembering guest names
• Ability to effectively understand and show the merchandise of both the gals and guys' sides to benefit the team and guests
• Partner with store manager to pick store's education focus and help delegate and implement focus all week
• Help execute all segments to support business goals
• Assist store manager in recruitment of all store staffing needs
• Understand how to explain pay and Buckle benefits
• Responsible for keeping up to date with contact list and adding top talent on the team consistently
• Execution/training on leadership playbook
• Accountability of all characteristic pieces
• SPG teammate/leader training shifts
• Responsible for training and coaching with manager on all non-sales positions
• Assertive to execute actions with constantly changing sales focuses
• Ability to identify and follow through on all teammate training needs
• Visual merchandise management, including owning and influencing product through zone ownership
• Ability to execute and demonstrate all new tools and videos that apply to zone ownership
• Confirm teammates are following through with visual standards, visual library, and weekly visual checklist
• Exhibit ability to create changes to improve store's overall performance via performance tracker
• Ability to foresee and anticipate changes in product and act independently to improve overall visual results
• Responsible for visual standards on floor and backroom
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including mornings, evenings, and weekends
• Understand and utilize planner, including completion of opening and closing checklists
• Watch for and recognize security risks and thefts, and know how to prevent or handle these situations
• Follow all loss prevention guidelines, including daily bag and purse checks
• Ability to execute and teach all point of sale procedures
• Appropriately handle calls from corporate office
• Maintain positive attitude when dealing with challenging situations
• Understand and execute all policies regarding payments, returns, exchanges, and loss prevention practices
• Ability to navigate and execute all tools on the home page
• Knowledge and ability to give guidance and feedback to all non-sales positions
• Complete all scheduled shifts and cover shifts when needed
• Consistently maintain a clean, organized, and shoppable store to fulfill Buckle's mission statement
• Provide feedback to store manager and leadership team regarding merchandise handling concerns
• Communicate any policy violations and teammate or guest concerns to store manager, district manager, and/or human resources in a timely and confidential manner
• Understand and apply Buckle's code of ethics and all policies, procedures, and handbooks
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Insurance
• Spending and Savings Accounts
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Teammate Discount
• Performance Bonuses
• Leave Options
• Employee Assistance Program