Lskd Eastland Deputy Coach

Join us and open our LSKD Eastland Store
- Never stop learning - continued focus on personal and job role development
- $60-65k Salary depending on experience

**Join us at our new LSKD **Eastland** store as our Deputy Coach (Retail Store Assistant Manager) and inspire our community to be 1% better everyday.**

**Our Story**

LSKD is an Australian-owned and operated brand that prides itself in producing high-quality functional sportswear with a street aesthetic. Ever since our formation in 2007, we’ve never been content settling for the norm; we’re constantly evolving and challenging the status quo. We strongly value the community we’ve created that live their daily lives within our 3 pillars of sport, fitness and adventure.

**Job Summary**

Our new East Melbourne are on the lookout for a strong leader to be our Deputy Coach (Store Assistant Manager). This role is a key support to the Head Coach (Store Manager) in creating the best experience for our LSKD community. Leading with our values, this role will be hands on developing the store team and culture, driving key strategic results and ensuring profitable growth of their store in day-to-day management.

This role is a dynamic opportunity to be involved in both the retail and fitness space. You will work alongside the Head Coach to bring to life events localised to your store as well as managing the business.

We get out and train together with the team each week to connect with our local East Melbourne community so if you live and breathe fitness, this is for you

**Opening a new store is a huge opportunity to build your store and team from the ground up. We onboard our Head and Deputy Coach Team three months out from opening to give you a full brand immersion and induction.**

**So, what's involved in the lead up to opening a new store?**

**Heating up the Community -** Localise and create your ultimate opening day activations/giveaways by connecting with brand partners. Getting out and sweating with our local fitness partners and community. Building awareness about the store opening and connecting with our LSKD community.

**Hiring and Inducting your store team -** Working with People and Culture to facilitate Group interviews, select your team of Educators and induct them into Team LSKD.

**Community Marketing -** Build community connections through a localised pre opening event tour as well as popping in to connect with our brand partners.
You will take this opportunity to build relationships with local athletes and mavens who align with our mission and values.

**Create a Community**
- Deliver an exceptional community experience
- Be a brand ambassador and storyteller for our brand history and values
- Support the build and roll out of a strategic and fun quarterly community plan that drives community growth and brand advocacy
- Organize and facilitate in-store events to add value to the community and drive in store visitation
- Lead events at local gyms and studios to support local businesses and grow local community awareness
- Build relationships with local values aligned partners
- Galvanise the team around building relationships in the community

**Develop a Team of Leaders**
- Ensure your team has the right product knowledge to educate our community on the product range
- Identify team learning opportunities and deliver live coaching
- Support onboarding of new team members through on floor induction, provides ongoing support, feedback and development to those starting their LSKD journey
- Creates an inclusive and supportive environment that celebrates differences
- Recruit and build a world class team that embraces and shares our values
- Develop your team through identifying the capabilities and potential that align to the right growth opportunities
- Ensure timely feedback, both positive and constructive, to elevate our team to be 1% better everyday
- Create an inclusive and supportive environment that celebrates differences
- Celebrate and recognise the team's growth and successes

**Operational Excellence**:

- Create daily game plan to inspire and engage your team to drive for results
- Complete stock and VM maintenance tasks including adjustments, pull backs and stocktakes in a timely manner
- Ensures faulty product, returns and pullbacks are completed accurately and efficiently
- Responsible for back of house organisation, tidiness and ensuring all inventory has an intentional home
- Complete open and close duties with accuracy and ensure others do the same
- Ensure the store is clean, tidy, priced and full
- A product expert across our entire range of fabrics, fits and styles
- Is a product expert across our entire range of fabrics, fits and styles
- Ensure your team has the product knowledge to educate our community on the core and current product ranges, relevant for their needs

**Financial Smarts**:

- Review and understand store KPIs on a daily and weekly basis and continue to drive performance improvement everyday
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