Job: Store Manager - Seattle Southcenter

We're hiring our Store Manager team now for our new store opening in Southcenter Seattle!
The Container Store’s approach to management includes COACHING to improve performance through gracious COMMUNICATION, ACCOUNTABILITY in goal setting and VISIONARY LEADERSHIP.
A STORE MANAGER focuses on DRIVING SALES AND THE BUSINESS through developing theSKILL LEVEL, TALENT and IMPACT of all people directly reporting to them.

A Store Manager Sales and Training:

• Possesses strong selling skills, anticipating the needs of customers.
• Has a passion for customer service and sales and actively works on improving selling skills every day.
• Has strong salesfloor awareness and is able to effectively help more than one customer at a time.
• Is aware of industry trends.  Takes pride in being a product knowledge expert, sharing that knowledge with both customers and staff.
• Works to ensure the development of each employee, focusing on employee needs, goals and aspirations, while keeping the company needs top of mind.
• Meets regularly with the store Sales Trainer to evaluate training needs of the store.  Follows up with staff to ensure training is put into action. 
   

A Store Manager Visual Merchandising:

• Is responsible for the visual presentation of the store, clearly conveying our organized brand to our customers.
• Leads and directs the setup of campaigns in support of marketing initiatives.
• Oversees all new product introductions into the store and ensures that they are placed per Merchandising department direction in a timely manner.
• Has a firm understanding of the direct impact Visual Merchandising has on the sales success of our store.
• Has previous retail store visual display experience.

Are you the one?

We are seeking retail professionals or vision-oriented leaders who are passionate, strategic, motivated and focused in their approach to developing a team to drive the business.

What The Container Store offers you:

• We offer training far above industry average for every employee – focusing on selling skills, product knowledge and leadership development.
• We’re a company that thrives on communication.  We share amazing amounts of information, including sales goals, earnings, real estate expansion plans, marketing strategies and other proprietary company information to support our “whole-brained" approach to our business.
• Our employee-first culture is supported through great training, consistent communication and an outstanding benefits package. 

• Medical/Dental/Vision plans
• Term Life insurance and In-Hospital Cash plans
• Domestic Partner and Common law Spouse coverage
• Pet insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Corporate Wellness Program available online 24-hours a day
• Paid vacation
• Great pay and exceptional training
• Security in a financially strong company
• 401(k) plan with discretionary employer match
• 40% merchandise discount
• 50% discount on elfa — our best selling product
• 30% discount on elfa Installation Service
• A consistent Performance Review process
• Casual, yet professional, work attire
• An opportunity to provide the most extraordinary service to the most amazing customers
• And many, many more!Additionally, our full-time employees are eligible for:
• Company paid group Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid maternity and paternity leave  

Discover for yourself why The Container Store has landed at the top half of FORTUNE Magazine’s list of “100 Best Companies To Work For®” year after year!

Apply Online Today! containerstore.com/careers

The Container Store promotes a smoke-free, drug-free environment. EOE.

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From FORTUNE Magazine, February 4, 2013 © 2013 Time Inc.  FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For is a registered trademark of Time Inc. and is used under License.  FORTUNE and Time Inc. are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of, The Container Store.