Overview

The Area Manager supports a District Manager by leading a designated group of stores within the district, while also managing their home store.  They lead their home store team to maximize store potential, achieving sales productivity goals and profitability as well as hiring, coaching, and developing associates as selling advisors. Their leadership influence and expertise help support their area stores to meet all the goals above. 

Responsibilities

Sales Generation and Performance

• Ensures home store achieves sales and productivity goals.
• Supports area stores in the role of a peer coach to achieve sales and productivity goals.
• Forecasts and analyzes business and then communicates appropriate goals to associates to drive results.
• Achieves loyalty metrics. Drives, in partnership with the District Manager, local outreach and events to acquire new customers.   

Talent Development:

• Identifies and continually recruits management talent to support J. Jill culture, goals, and objectives. Also maintains bench strength to ensure all positions are filled in a timely manner.
• Coaches and develops management and associate skills through positive and inspiring feedback and challenging assignments.
• Conducts ongoing training and development of store team on selling culture and techniques, policies and procedures, and operational and visual merchandising standards.

 Visual Merchandising

• Ensures that store management effectively plan, schedule, and execute floor sets and ongoing re- merchandising of stores.
• Holds team accountable for excellent visual standards and continual replenishment of the sales floor.
• Partners with Regional Visual Manager for continual self and team development.

Operational Excellence

• Coaches and directs store management to create optimal weekly work schedules to drive sales and support customer selling and Approves schedules weekly to ensure top talent is scheduled during peak traffic periods while meeting payroll expense goals.
• Directs and coaches store management to achieve excellence in all operational standards and functions
• Ensures compliance to company policies and procedures and federal, state, and local employment laws to ensure a safe environment and protect company

Benefits, Tailored for You.

• Generous paid time off
• On-site subsidized café
• Free on-site gym
• Climate-controlled facility
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401K match
• Employee reward and recognition programs
• Employee discount programs

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proven track record in excellent customer service skills. Possess a customer obsessed mindset.
• Outstanding leadership Acts with integrity, takes personal accountability, shows drive and initiative.  Seeks feedback.  Manages through ambiguity.  Adapts to change and manages own stress.
• Strong business planning skills. Ability to plan and prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Ability to problem solve and generate creative and innovative approaches.
• Excellent verbal and written communication Ability to communicate effectively with business partners at all levels in the organization.
• Exceptional style, merchandising and wardrobe
• Treats everyone on the team with dignity and respect. Motivates through inspiring and encouraging

Education, Experience and Physical Requirements

• 4+ years in women’s specialty retail management. 2+ years of success in a Store Manager position.
• College degree
• Point of Sale and office software technical experience (Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word).
• Ability to communicate verbally with customers, extensive standing, walking, reaching, pushing/ pulling, and maneuvering around sales floor and stockroom, hang/fold merchandise, ladder climbing, operate POS register, lift, and carry 30lbs, etc.
• Can travel as needed

Our Brand

At J.Jill, we’re redefining what it means to dress and live with ease. As a women-led, Boston-based lifestyle brand with 200+ stores nationwide, we design thoughtful, inspired apparel and accessories that celebrate the totality of all women. We’re entering an exciting chapter of growth — expanding our footprint, reaching new customers, and deepening long-standing relationships. We're seeking bold thinkers and doers to join us. With competitive pay and benefits, a supportive culture, and the chance to make a real impact, this is more than a job, it’s an opportunity to bring our ethos keep it simple, make it matter to life in new and inspiring ways.