General Manager
CurrentEstablish and maintain an environment to support and strengthen the store. The Store Manager is responsible for creating a culture focused on the customer experience through building a best-in-class team. Consistently achieve profitable sales and margins while adhering to the standards put forth by the Palmetto State Armory leadership team. Provide leadership to develop employee career growth within the organization. Maintain a focus on customer service to ensure sales goals are met.Balance the personnel and organizational needs of the store to ensure the utmost efficiency. •Ability to maintain overall function of the store by ensuring higher standards of compliance than is required by law.• Delegate tasks as needed.• Teach and reinforce behaviours that result in managers and associates delivering exceptional sales and service.• Increase sales by coaching, training, motivating and inspiring the team to ensure customers receive the best customer service possible. Ability to communicate effectively, coach and train staff for growth and developing company strength. Support Retail growth by executing process communications and assembling teams to support the retail strategy.• Facilitate change and new program implementation by effectively communicating new direction from corporate level by explanation, clarification and implementation of new programs to gain efficiencies, increase sales and grow profits.• Partner with retail management to establish and execute Retail strategies throughout all retail locations. Assess resources to include human capital and monitor progress and adjust as needed. Maintain Human Resource partnerships by setting expectations for staff development; effectively manage performance and execute effective succession plans for CSRs providing coaching, direction, and leadership.• Maintain profitability by managing payroll, donations, small advertising expenditures, markdowns, staffing levels and productivity.