Title      General Manager - Bridgewater Commons
City     Bridgewater
State     NJ

Description    


General Manager - Bridgewater Commons



General Managers (GM’s) at Teavana understand that profitability enables us to share the health benefits of tea, give back to our communities and provide great benefits to our team members while we aspire to grow as the most recognized and respected brand in the tea industry. They play a key role in our sales focused environment, by growing their stores business in proven and creative ways and managing their teams fairly, ethically and effectively. They foster a high level of customer service by setting realistic yet challenging goals for team members and motivating them to achieve positive results while giving timely feedback and regularly recognizing a job well done!

Benefits at Teavana include a company culture that believes in developing and promoting our employees. For example, promotions above GM ranks are 100% internal and promotions below GM ranks average 65% internal. We are dedicated to continue increasing our internal promotion rate as we grow. We also have a lower turnover rate than typical for the retail industry. Pay is offered as a competitive base rate, plus a monthly bonus potential with no cap on amounts. We also offer medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, FSA, 401k with company match, paid time off, a generous employee discount, and more!

A successful GM should:

1) Be able to role model the Teavana selling process, which includes maintaining a high level of personal sales and coaching and training your sales team while also controlling expenses.

2) Recruit, hire and train a professional selling team to help accomplish the store goals.

3) Balance the first 2 things while successfully completing the operational and administrative parts of the GM role.


Requirements    

GM candidates should have a minimum of 2-3 years managing the overall selling and operations culture of a retail store (related mgmt experience may be considered).

And:

   1.
      Have proven customer service and selling skills.
   2.
      Be able to work a flexible schedule.
   3.
      Have an aggressive work ethic.
   4.
      Have ambition to grow with Teavana.
   5.
      Have the ability to Multi-task.