Operations Leader

Company: Express
Location: Vacaville
Posted on: May 26, 2023

Job Description:

This is a unique and exciting time to join Express. Since launching our EXPRESSway Forward strategy in 2020, we have been steadily advancing a transformation from being known as a store in the mall to a brand with a purpose, powered by a styling community. We believe that clothes can serve a higher purpose to make people look the way they want to look and feel the way they want to feel, and our Express brand purpose - We Create Confidence. We Inspire Self-Expression. - speaks to the role our brand can play in our customers' lives.
Today, we are reimagining our store experience, bringing forward a spirit of hospitality so everyone who walks through our doors feels welcome and leaves wanting to be a part of our styling community. Our store experience and the teams that bring it to life are vitally important to our transformation. Our culture is defined by three values - Express Yourself, Express Together, Express Success - and we invite you to join us and help build, activate and amplify the Express styling community.
For more information about Express, Inc. please visit www.express.com.
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The Operations Leader creates memorable experiences for customers by embodying a hospitality mindset and driving the consistent delivery of customer experiences through the precise execution of the merchandise flow process. The Operations Leader ensures product is available, sized and properly displayed so that style squad members can deliver a personalized approach to styling that helps to fulfill the Express brand purpose: We Create Confidence. We Inspire Self-Expression. The Operations Leader demonstrates hospitality when engaging with customers and promotes squad interconnectivity by responding to front of house support needs.
Key Responsibilities

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  Exemplify a hospitality mindset and deliver on all aspects of the Express Customer Experience Philosophy to create outstanding experiences for customers/clients
  
  
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  Support Style Squad interconnectedness and approach customer engagement with the thought that it is a 'team sport' by actively engaging with colleagues to deliver the very best customer experience
  
  
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  Create an environment built on teamwork and inspiring a Squad mentality
  
  
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  Teach support associates to use tools to maximize productivity and achieve brand benchmarks
  
  
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  Set the example and coach support associates on engaging with a hospitality mindset
  
  
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  Model transformative customer experiences leveraging the Customer Experience Philosophy
  
  
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  Drive for results by leading the customer experience as Customer Engagement Leader (CEL)
  
  
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  Assist with product launch changes according to company SOP
  
  
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  Assist customers as needed on the sales floor with locating product and/or online orders
  
  
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  Process shipping and receiving orders according to Express time and efficiency standards
  
  
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  Plan and process freight and sensors product
  
  
  Essential Qualifications
  
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    High school or equivalent education
    
    
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    One to three years' experience, preferably in retail or hospitality
    
    
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    Willing and able to meet defined availability criteria including nights, weekends and non-business hours
    
    
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    Proficient in use of retail technology such as iPads and registers
    
    
    Preferred Qualifications (skills and abilities)
    
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      Hospitality mindset with a genuine desire to create positive and memorable customer experiences
      
      
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      Customer service skills and ability to interact with customers
      
      
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      Strong verbal and written communication skills specifically with customers, sales leadership team and associates
      
      
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      Demonstrated collaborative skills and ability to work well within a team
      
      
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      Brand ambassador mentality
      
      
      As an equal opportunity employer, Express does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment on the basis of any federal, state, or locally protected class. Express only hires individuals authorized for employment in the United States.
      Notification to Agencies: Please note that Express does not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies.In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition,Express will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.
      Requisition ID: 2023-27900
      Street: Express Fashion Operations LLC

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