Job Abstract

About Us

Beyond Yoga is a luxury athletic and lifestyle clothing brand rooted in the belief that you deserve to look and feel amazing whether you’re headed to the studio or staying in. Prioritizing quality from the start, our clothing is made with luxuriously soft fabrics, ethical manufacturing processes, and rigorous fit testing. Quality, inclusivity, and attention to detail aren’t just catch phrases for us, we apply them to everything we do inside the company walls and out.

In September 2021 we joined Levi Strauss & Co., one of the world’s largest brand-name apparel companies and a global leader in jeans wear. Beyond Yoga will operate as a standalone brand within LS&Co. LS&Co. will provide resources to help Beyond Yoga achieve its goals of brand building, store opening, category expansion and global distribution.

About the Role

We are looking for a Store Manager who will bring creativity and a selling centric energy to our store teams. In this leadership role it is critical you have the desire to help build the future of retail while maintaining the integrity of our brand’s core values. The Store Manager must be a dynamic leader, capable of creating an environment that is engaging and inspiring for both employees and customers alike. Through teamwork and collaboration, you will be leading retail strategies, supporting cross functional store operations, and driving top line sales goals.

About the Job:

Business Ownership

• Leads the retail team in achieving daily/weekly/monthly sales goals in addition to meeting store financial plans through use of strong decision-making skills with a primary focus on driving employee engagement and a collaborative selling environment.
• Can effectively assess and strategize how to drive performance goals (Conversion, Units Per Transaction, Sales Per Hour and other measurable KPI’s)
• Able to utilize company tools and resources to assess the business and put into action a plan to celebrate wins and address areas of opportunity

Team Management

• Recruit and make hiring, pay and termination decisions for all levels of store personnel including members of store management; strong history of hiring and developing amazing talent
• Manage employee relations issues including but not limited to coaching and conflict resolution and ensuring all associates follow Beyond Yoga and LS&CO Operational Excellence policies and procedures
• Facilitate onboarding and training processes for new hires on Beyond Yoga culture, product knowledge, selling culture, and other employee responsibilities
• Coach staff to increase their knowledge, providing opportunities for continued development; create succession plans for developing associates for promotion

In Store Experience + Operations

• Achieve payroll plan through managing store schedules, monitoring labor costs and adapting to business conditions based on weekly and monthly sales; plan payroll/scheduling based on store traffic to ensure the store is staffed to assist customers
• Ensure sound inventory management through an accurate receiving and sending merchandise process, completing all required business directives such as price change and ticketing procedures; prevent loss by educating associates on customer service, monitoring daily store activity, ensuring company policies are followed and partnering with Home Office partners as needed
• Perform store visual standards following visual merchandising direction, accomplishing product presentation; make decisions about and adaptations to visual merchandising direction based on the lay out and needs of the store; ensure product is displayed in a manner which tells a story through styling and is compelling to the customer
• Maintain appropriate levels of product on the sales floor by planning and directing floor replenishment
• Create a compelling store experience for customers by engaging and modeling appropriate selling and service behaviors to associates

Community and Culture

• Builds relationships naturally, embraces individuality and fosters a culture of diversity and inclusion
• Collaborate with store team and Home Office partners on building connections with the local community and contributing to the execution of inspiring events to drive brand engagement as needed
• A brand ambassador that embodies and can cultivate the company’s core values

About You:

• Bachelor's degree (5+ years of retail work experience may be substituted for a degree)
• Minimum 3 years experience in retail store management position managing and coaching sales associates and a leadership team
• Apparel experience
• Positive, helpful demeanor and a passion and interest in Beyond Yoga
• Ability to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the store
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds, and constant standing, walking, squatting, kneeling, bending carrying items, and reaching overhead; comfortable climbing ladders.

Benefits at Beyond:

• Competitive salary
• Benefits for full time employees including Health, Dental, Life Insurance etc.
• 401K with company match
• Paid Time Off + Annual Holiday PTO (position dependent)
• And of course, an awesome clothing allowance and discount

Our policy is to provide equal opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, marital status, Vietnam era/disabled veteran status, physical or mental disability, or other protected classes prohibited by applicable law. Company policy prohibits harassment of applicants or employees on the basis of any protected classes. We have established a continuing Affirmative Action Program to assure equal employment opportunity in all its policy decisions affecting recruitment, selection, assignment, promotion, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment.