
JEWELRY/ASST MANAGER
- Coos Bay, OR
- Permanent
- Full-time
Essential Job Functions:
- Model Customer 1st behavior; deliver and encourage other associates to deliver excellent customer service
- Maintain profitability of location through sales and proper shrink and expense control
- Achieve personal sales targets by turning every customers lifes meaningful moments into a celebration by offering a fine jewelry experience that is approachable, special and lasting
- Support store manager in training and development of sales professionals; follow-up on initial onboarding training of new team members
- Achieve personal targets that drive sales (e.g., credit applications, protection plan and Diamond Design Parties)
- Foster life-long emotional connections with customers by clienteling
- Support the coordination of the operations functions
- Display merchandise and promotional materials in accordance with corporate merchandising plans
- Advise customers on quality, cuts, and/or value of jewelry and gems and assist in selecting mountings and/or settings for gems
- Provide product knowledge, features and benefits to customers when presenting merchandise
- Estimate repairs and inspect/clean customer jewelry
- Perform watch battery replacements and band adjustments
- Suggest designs for custom jewelry
- Follow receiving and processing procedures
- Maintain overstock/understock conditions to retain ordering system integrity
- Maintain daily/weekly sales and take appropriate action
- Respond to customer comments/complaints
- Complete customer incident and associate incident/accident report forms
- Participate in inventory process
- Complete case counts
- Assist with and process time and attendance
- Develop staff scheduling and enter weekly work schedule for associates
- Assist with special maintenance arrangements for location
- Maintain flexibility to work any shift, including holidays and overtime
- Travel to other store locations to provide back-up coverage on an occasional basis
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
Desired Previous Job Experience:
- Knowledge of Fred Meyer Jewelers policies, procedures
- Management experience
- Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, First Place, Act , Intranet
- Experience directing/participating on project teams
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) plus a minimum of 6 months Fred Meyer experience and 1 year jewelry sales experience; or combination of relevant education and experience
- Minimum 18 years of age
- Ability to pass drug test
- Maintain confidentiality
- Accuracy/attention to detail
- Ability to organize/prioritize tasks/projects
- Diamond Council of America (DCA) courses completed within a year from being hired to this position