Safavieh is an upscale global home furnishing, rugs & accessories company looking for a proactive, personable, highly motivated and organized Store Assistant Manager 

Safavieh is looking for a Showroom Assistant Manager to join our team in the Stamford, CT location. The Safavieh Showroom Assistant Manager creates an elevated customer experience while providing leadership to cross-functional teams across all aspects of our business. You set the tone and strategy to motivate your team to accomplish exceptional fiscal goals and deliver functional, beautiful design solutions to our clients. You are team-oriented, passionate about design, display a strong work ethic and attention to detail while maintaining the customer experience at the forefront. You represent our brand through communication, personal appearance, professionalism and personal integrity. If this is you, we want to meet you.

Responsibilities: 

• Sales – Manage store sales and budgets.  Report daily, weekly and monthly KPI to upper management. monitor the Teams individual sales goals.   
• Design--Review projects for completion of the whole space. Partner when needed in completing functional, beautiful spaces that are in good taste. 
• Customer Service –  Elevate customer experience. Respond to customer issues and resolve their needs as they arise. 
• Operations--Maintain a clean store environment safe from all hazards. Manage all daily business activities including sales, returns, exchanges, refunds and credits. Manage inventory counts for all merchandise categories. Maintain floor standards including tagging and visual
• Leadership –  Lead and manage the Design Team. Train, motivate and inspire the team with effective communication, rewards and incentives as earned. Hire for all vacant positions. Manage weekly schedules and communicate vendor updates.

General Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or minimum 2 years retail related home furnishings experience.
• Proven track record of accomplishing KPI metrics.
• Ability to manage daily operations of a store, achieve monthly sales goals and gross profit goals.
• Proficiency in Storis and Office Suites.
• Strong leadership and ability to hire, train, motivate and manage a sales/design team.
• Skilled in elevating customer experience, resolutions and maintaining customer relationships.
• Professional demeanor, appearance and communication skills.
• Willing to work one weekend day .   

Benefits

• $25.00 / hour
• Full time position 
• Benefits –medical, vision, dental, 401k (with 2% match)
• Paid Holidays, Vacation Days and Sick Time
• Generous employee discount