Retail - Operations Manager - 59th Street - United Legwear and Apparel Company

Unity. Loyalty. Advancement. Charity. It’s what drives United Legwear & Apparel Co. to be the best global designer, manufacturer, and distributor of legwear, bodywear, apparel, and accessories. Founded in 1998 by Isaac E. Ash to make the very best legwear on the market, ULAC is an industry leader offering a full range of products for babies, kids, teens, and adults. We strive to sell our products at affordable prices for families. Hard work and exponential growth year on year have transformed ULAC into a global apparel and accessories company. 

Our goal to deliver superior products that ensure superior customer satisfaction is made possible by our team of dedicated professionals who work together to make the company the best in business. Our manufacturing, distribution, and logistics division produces the highest quality products at the best possible prices without cutting corners. The integrity of goods is key, so compliance and quality assurance are top priorities, along with meeting every delivery date—whether shipping across the state or around the world.  

We strive to foster an inclusive company culture that stands united to accomplish our mission. We are loyal to our people, supporting their development and ability to achieve excellence. We believe that when people bring their personal best to work each day, it leads to success, advancement, and upward mobility for all. We believe every individual has two hands: one to help themself, and one to help others. We pride ourselves in our value of charity and the commitments we make to help people in need. ULAC supports organizations that help those compromised by sickness, poverty, natural disasters, socioeconomic inequality, and other dire circumstances.  

If you share our vision of delivering superior products in a culture of growth, excellence, and caring, then we want to hear from you! 

For more information about United Legwear & Apparel Co., please visit: https://www.unitedlegwear.com  

• Build good rapport with the team, ensuring excellent teamwork and integration, always working with integrity and respect for others.
• Have an ability to instruct others and adapt to differing people and situations.
• Partner with Bloomingdale’s support partner(s) to ensure the stock team cooperates and communicates effectively with all team members and customers in line with the principles of GOTFAT.
• Encourage the stock team to work with enthusiasm and at a fast pace to support store performance.
• Partner with Bloomingdale’s support partner(s) to champion the accomplishment of training and standards within your team.
• Be confident in developing others, monitoring and evaluating performance and highlighting relevant observations to Bloomingdale’s management.
• Consistently display personal motivation to inspire and set examples for the team.
• Be effective in communicating with the Ted and Bloomingdale’s management teams, providing feedback on tasks and highlighting any issues.
• Possess excellent time management, planning, and organization skills.
• Actively drive and document your own learning to contribute to the success of the team and location.
• Ability to establish, maintain, and develop relationships with the General Manager, District Manager, relevant teams and partners.

• Display excellent product knowledge as outlined in Ted’s training such as the 6C’s.
• Use all available tools to keep up to date and highlight key fashion and location trends and customer reactions.
• Have in-depth knowledge of stock KPIs such as depth, weeks cover, overstock and best & slow sellers to effectively manage the stockholding.
• Maintain a high level of personal presentation to reflect the brand.

• To have an in-depth understanding of store performance and how the effectiveness of stock handling impacts this.
• Ensure speed and efficiency are maintained when carrying out daily stockroom tasks to enhance the location's standards and success.
• Responsible for thorough and systematic replenishment of the sales floor and fulfilling all additional team and customer stock requests.
• Partner with the General Manager to deliver an effective sales environment through a strong understanding of location’s clientele and shopping behaviors
• Consistently display an in-depth knowledge and interpretation of location figures to support the achievement of targets and KPI’s
• Build and maintain a strong commercial awareness of our competitors and local markets communicating findings to the Management team

• Ensure all operational procedures are carried out as outlined and completed to set deadlines.
• Implement clear and organized routines, ensuring that efficiency is maintained, making suggestions for improvement when necessary.
• Responsible for ensuring that all deliveries and transfers are processed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Responsible for implementing all stock administration routines and supporting the accurate recording and processing of stock movements in and out of the location.
• Drive the successful preparation, processing and results of store inventory’s achieving and improving on stock KPI expectations.
• Partner with Ted’s management teams to ensure successful preparation for sale, events and transfers as per stockroom guidelines.
• Support the Ted management team in ensuring all other communications, particularly back of house and stock directives, are executed.
• Manage housekeeping procedures for the location including supply orders, archiving, filing systems etc.
• Be proactive at completing and delegating tasks correctly and on time following both the company and host policies, guidelines and procedures.
• Implement and maintain immaculate stockroom and back-of-house standards, to ensure that the brand is represented at its highest level.
• Adhere to and support all Company health and safety procedures. Use equipment properly reporting any potentially unsafe conditions.
• Be point of contact for all stock room areas.
• Adhere to and follow up on all loss prevention measures, protecting the assets of the company by reporting any misuse or theft of Company property to a member of Management.

• Experience as a stock associate/stock supervisor or in a similar role within the retail industry, preferably in fashion.
• Experience working with Union team members is a plus.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and customer service abilities
• Ability to analyze sales data and develop effective strategies.
• Knowledge of visual merchandising and inventory management.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

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