Lee Wrangler- Assistant Store Manager @ Outlets of Des Moines

Who We Are:

Kontoor Brands is a portfolio of three of the world’s most iconic lifestyle, outdoor and workwear brands: Wrangler®, Lee® and Helly Hansen®. Kontoor Brands is a purpose-led organization focused on leveraging its global platform, strategic sourcing model and best-in-class supply chain to drive brand growth and deliver long- term value for its stakeholders.

Job Posting:

The Assistant Store Manager is a key leader responsible for opening and closing the store, sales performance, delivering exceptional customer experience, and running day-to-day store operations.  The Assistant Store Manager supports the Store Manager by leading the sales floor, coaching team members on customer engagement, loyalty, operations, and ensuring store standards, processes, and policies are executed consistently. Kontoor values all perspectives and encourages candidates with different backgrounds, experiences, and ways of thinking to apply.

Pay and Benefits:

• Pay Range for this position is:  $18.75-$25.75
• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Optional short- and long-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) with company match
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Flexible schedule
• Holiday Pay
• Annual merit increase or bonus based on performance.
• Paid Time Off

Responsibilities:

Brand Experience/Customer Service

• Ensure store sales performance by executing high retail standards, modeling selling behaviors, and coaching team members to ensure the in-store experience follows company expectations.
• Engage customers through open-ended questions, active listening, and personalized product suggestions that reflect individual needs.
• Review trends and share findings with managers to adjust selling strategies.
• Drives loyalty performance by communicating store goals, reviewing daily results, and providing targeted coaching to strengthen execution.

Visual, Operation, and Safety

• Ensure all visual merchandising standards are consistently met, ensuring the store is clean, organized, and well stocked. Will adapt visual merchandising as needed to support sales and product storytelling.
• Leads daily store operations including opening and closing, point of sale integrity, freight processing, loss prevention and safety initiatives.
• Independently merchandise the store following brand guidelines, adapting as needed to support sales and visual impact.
• Consistently ensures adherence to all company policies, procedures, and operational guidelines.
• React quickly to all customer and/or employee injuries and report them immediately to Human Resources.
• Participates in Loss Prevention Audits, reviews results, and executes a plan to meet district and company shrink goals.
• Conduct regular walkthroughs to assess store safety, loss prevention risks, and readiness for customers.
• Looks for opportunities to improve and communicate suggestions to Store Manager.
• Proactively Manages all controllable expenses, ensuring disciplined spending that supports achieving and exceeding P&L targets.

Leadership

• Acts as Manager-On-Duty on a rotating basis.
• Effectively manage freight, inventory, and store processes.
• Provide in-the-moment coaching or feedback to the team.
• Assist the Store Manager in recruiting, scheduling, and payroll processing.
• Build relationships with peers and other stores within district by sharing best practices and asking for feedback and training where applicable.
• Partner with store manager to create and execute team engagement and retention events and contests.
• Address and resolve customer concerns quickly and professionally.

Position Competencies:

• Bold Accountability: Supports the team by delegating tasks, following up, and helping remove barriers so shift goals are achieved.
• Customer Centric Innovation: Coaches consistent customer engagement and loyalty behaviors while encouraging ideas that improve selling effectiveness.
• Empowered Collaboration: Support a culture of collaboration by actively sharing ideas, seeking and providing feedback, and encouraging creativity and learning through best-practice sharing.
• Global Agility: Demonstrates and encourages the team to be flexible in responding to evolving business needs and embraces feedback or changes with a positive attitude.
• Strategic Foresight: Anticipate upcoming business needs such as deliveries, peak traffic periods, or promotions and help the team prep