Store Manager - Manhattan Beach, Ca

REI is committed to becoming a fully inclusive, antiracist, multicultural organization. To fulfill our brand promise of enabling a life well-lived outside for everyone, we are seeking candidates who demonstrate shared values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism.

REI is looking for bold people who are ready to drive daily operations of an REI store with $5-$30 million in sales volume! Are you ready to fulfill REI’s vision of educating, inspiring and outfitting our customers for a lifetime of outdoor experiences and stewardship? As the head of the Retail Management Team, you are for all store functions associated with running a retail income center to achieve sales, service, membership, customer satisfaction, and profitability goals. Join our retail team where you will find supportive leadership, a committed staff and an engaging work culture. The scope of responsibility you can expect as Store Manager:

• Collaborative team leadership approach
• Dynamic managership skills with the ability to recruit, hire, train, head, motivate, and develop future managers
• Demonstrated ability to set standards and hold team members accountable
• Proficiency in strategic planning and data examination
• Minimum of 3-5 years of successful retail management experience
• Excellent problem-solving ability
• Dedication to extraordinary customer service
• Proven ability to understand and drive store profitability through service
• Ability to develop and maintain open and positive relations within the local community
• Effective written and verbal communications skills
• Bold leadership in leading change
• Proven financial acumen to include: budgeting and forecasting sales, gross margin, inventory turns, expense control and net profit
• Extraordinary experience in Visual Merchandising

At REI we offer an enviable work environment that Fortune Magazine has recognized on the "100 Best Places to Work" list since the award's inception – 23 years in a row! Sure, we work hard, but it’s balanced with time off to play—a strategy that works for us as we continue to grow and thrive. Want to enjoy a workplace where you can be yourself, be heard and be respected while having a job that challenges you? This is the place.

With more than 160 retail locations (and growing), REI offers unique competitive benefits to its more than 15,000 employees, including healthcare, gear and apparel discounts, free equipment rentals and challenge grants to help employees reach personal outdoor goals, generous retirement plan contributions, public transit subsidy, adoptions assistance, paid sabbaticals, and more.

REI is an Equal Opportunity Employer