Sales & Service Manager - Newbury Street

ALO
Newbury Street +2 more
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to retail leaders with a passion for guest experience and community engagement working in Boston, MA.

Best fit for

  • Retail leaders with a passion for guest experience and community engagement
    — “ensuring that guest experience in the store is exceptional”
  • Individuals who can embody and communicate brand mission effectively
    — “Ensure that the Sales, Service, and Community team exudes ALO's mission and guiding principles”

Things to consider

  • Requires physical stamina and ability to move throughout the store for long hours
    — “Requires constant movement in and around all areas of the store”
  • Must be available for holiday season shifts, including Black Friday and weekends
    — “All Employees are expected to be able to work from the week of and including 'Black Friday' until the end of the holiday season”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in driving sales and guest experience outcomes in retail settings
    — “Investigate and root cause sales opportunities, partnering with the General Manager”
  • Showcase leadership in team development and communication strategies
    — “Leads a team through accountability, continuous coaching on a regular basis”
  • Emphasize alignment with brand mission and values in your application materials
    — “Aligns with and embodies ALO’s Guiding Principles”
  • Demonstrate ability to manage budgets and sales metrics effectively
    — “Review, Monitor and partner with General Manager to manage the budget, reporting and other business data”
  • Include examples of cross-functional collaboration and brand culture navigation
    — “Collaborates and implement General/Store Manager’s vision and work cross-functionally with business partners”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • execute sales and service strategy
  • oversee sales floor coverage
  • manage budget and reporting
  • lead talent development
Typical background
3-5 years of retail or related industry leadership experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales LeadershipGuest Experience ManagementTeam CoachingBudget ManagementCross-functional Collaboration

Preferred

Yoga Industry Experience

Stack & domain

RetailSalesGuest ExperienceTeam ManagementBudget ManagementMS OfficeInterpersonal SkillsCommunicationTime ManagementLeadershipCollaborationCustomer ServiceSales Management

About the role

Original posting from ALO via Greenhouse

WHY JOIN ALO?

Mindful movement. It’s at the core of why we do what we do at ALO—it’s our calling. Because mindful movement in the studio leads to better living. It changes who yogis are off the mat, making their lives and their communities better. That’s the real meaning of studio-to-street: taking the consciousness from practice on the mat and putting it into practice in life.

OBJECTIVE

The Sales & Service Manager is a member of the store leadership team who deals with ALO’s business and guest experience strategy in the store. This individual is passionate about business targets, sales, guest experience, and elevating talent to meet ALO’s guiding principles. This role’s north star is pointed at ensuring that guest experience in the store is exceptional.  

Sales & Service Leader 

Investigate and root cause sales opportunities, partnering with the General Manager to escalate process or system gaps

Oversee the Sales & Service team to execute an exceptional guest experience on the floor through assessing the level of guest connection and technical product education and supporting team members to address gaps through feedback and coaching

Continue to build the client relationship daily with our customers

Ensure effective sales floor coverage through the development of workforce solutions and leading selling initiatives throughout the store as needed

Partner with the General Manager to build the Sales & Service strategy for the store and execute implementation with the Sales & Service team 

Business Leader  

Represent the business in meetings and on conference calls, in partnership with General Manager

Review, Monitor and partner with General Manager to manage the budget, reporting and other business data; including metrics (e.g. Expenses, Sell-Thru) and inform planning processes (e.g., quarterly business review and sales planning)

Future planning workflow business needs to protect optimal performance 

People Leader 

Ensure that the Sales, Service, and Community team exudes ALO's mission and guiding principles to effectively communicate to our visitors who we are, what we do and why we do what we do

Leads a team through accountability, continuous coaching on a regular basis, development of talent, and elevating effective communication throughout the Operations and Visual team

Establish internal & external pipeline through succession planning and recruitment strategy

Writes an effective schedule that prioritizes the best business strategy, in partnership with the General Manager 

Business Partner 

Oversees the execution of certain deliverables on the ALO Sales and Service Model, protecting operational efficiency

Collaborates and implement General/Store Manager’s vision and work cross-functionally with business partners, as directed, to support all-level organizational goals

Demonstrate an ability to navigate the organization with a balance of business need and brand culture

SALES AND SERVICE MANAGER QUALIFICATIONS

3-5 years of retail or related industry leadership experience 

Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)  

Extraordinary interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written

Agile with the ability to handle multiple tasks in a changing environment

Independent work ethic, time management skills, and personal accountability  

Requires constant movement in and around all areas of the store

Aligns with and embodies ALO’s Guiding Principles

Ability to lift, push, carry or otherwise move up to 50 pounds

Ability to lift, bend, kneel, climb, crawl and/or twist, and safely climb up/down a ladder

Ability to stand and move for an entire shift 

SALES AND SERVICE MANAGER SCHEDULE

The Sales & Service Manager role is a full-time role. To build a balanced schedule that supports the needs of the business and our teams, we expect all full-time employees to be available for opening, closing and weekend shifts, which may be subject to change. All Employees are expected to be able to work from the week of and including “Black Friday” until the end of the holiday season, first week of January. 

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, ALO does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or because of any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. 

JUST SOME OF THE PERKS 

Generous ALO employee discount and free membership to ALO Wellness Club, with access to hundreds of streaming fitness and yoga classes with top instructors

Competitive medical, dental and vision plan options, and enhanced additional benefits such as free virtual access to mental health providers and new parent support for employees and dependents 

401k matching

Monthly Store Incentives

Clothing Allowance

Free yoga classes at any of our Sanctuaries (select cities)

The Company’s Assistant Store Manager base pay ranges from $65,000 - $79,000/hr/year. Please also note, Assistant Store Managers are eligible to participate in the Company’s Monthly Store Incentive bonus program, which may result in bringing the total compensation to a higher range. Further, the range listed is just one component of the Company’s total rewards package for retail employees. Other rewards may include: clothing allowance, employee discount, 401K, competitive medical, dental, and vision plans, commuter benefits, ALO Wellness Club. 

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Source: ALO careers (Greenhouse)

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