About this role
Operations Manager leads store operations to deliver top-line sales growth, manage inventory lifecycle, and drive operational excellence through leadership of Task Associates and the Merchandise Manager.
Key Responsibilities
- Promote a culture of accountability and profitability
- Manage realignments, planograms, and lifecycle processes
- Review financial and operational reporting
- Lead inventory control and loss prevention
- Collaborate with field leadership on improvements
Technical Overview
Uses scheduling and task management tools, plus financial reporting and payroll budgeting to optimize store performance.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is an experienced retail operations leader with 2-3+ years managing inventory, merchandising, and staff, capable of driving store profitability and implementing planograms and lifecycle processes.
Must-Have Skills
Bachelor's degree is preferred2-3+ years of fast-pacedretail managementor other relevant work experienceFinancial management: success with driving top-line salesinterpreting reporting datamanaging payroll budgetsand controlling expenseRetail management: proven ability with monitoring inventory levelsachieving operational excellencedriving a service cultureand executing merchandising directivesLeadership management: experience with attractingdevelopingand motivating top talentswiftly adapting to change and leading others
Nice-to-Have Skills
Experience with Ulta's Guest Engagement Leader programVendor partnershipsExperience with inventory control tools
Tools & Platforms
Scheduling toolTask management toolPayroll management toolsOffice productivity suites
Required Skills
inventory managementplanogramscycle countsdamages managementRTVDIFinventory lifecyclestore forecastingrealignmentspricing updatesmerchandisingloss preventionpayroll budgetsscheduling
Hard Skills
Inventory managementPlanogramsCycle countsDamages managementReturn To Vendors (RTV)Destroy in Field (DIF)Inventory life cycle processesStore forecastingRealignmentsPricing updatesMerchandisingLoss preventionPayroll budgetsScheduling
Soft Skills
LeadershipCommunicationTeam developmentProblem-solvingStrategic thinkingAdaptability
Keywords for Your Resume
operations managerretail operationsinventory managementplanogramscycle countsrtvdifinventory lifecyclestore forecastingrealignmentspricing updatesmerchandisingloss preventionpayroll budgetingschedulingleadershipultra beautyguest engagementcustomer service
Deal Breakers
Bachelor's degree not preferred, Lack of 2-3+ years retail management experience
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