CURRENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Do you love the outdoors? Do you love other people that love the outdoors? Then come grow with us!
We’re looking for passionate, hard-working, bright people to help us, help others, #findtheirtrail
If you think Trailfitters would be a great fit for you, please fill out the form below and attach your resume or submit it in person at our store.
Positions Available:
Sales Associate
Trailfitters is looking to hire sales associates to help people get ready to hit the trail. Job duties include handling & merchandising inventory, sharing product knowledge, and creating great customer touches for everyone that walks through our doors.
We are looking for good people that can work at least 12-20 hours per week with a mix of availability during days, nights, and weekends.
Perks of being a Trailfitter:
- A locally owned business devoted to fun, the outdoors, & each other
- A sweet employee discount
- Paid Time Off (PTO) to enjoy your trail
- Bottomless views of Lake Superior from a historic Duluth landmark
If you feel you would be a good fit for the position listed, please fill out the form below & attach your resume.
Starting wage is $12/hour with multiple opportunities for growth.
Assistant Store Manager
Trailfitters is looking to hire an assistant store manager. This position reports to the store manager and is a salaried position.
Primary Responsibilities include:
- Customer Experience
- Support Store Manager
- Help Lead Daily Operations
Customer Experience:
- “Out of Respect for the Customer” is the filter used for how we engage and help our customers.
- Genuine greetings, using optimism, zone coverage, asking pertinent questions, listening more than talking, are all basics of customer service and are practiced in the store on a consistent basis.
- Enables employees to go above and beyond to give customers an exceptional experience.
- Leads employees by example and is on the sales floor most of the day.
- Manages escalated customer issues accurately and efficiently.
Support Store Manager:
- Work hand in hand with Store Manager across all operational aspects inducing interview/hiring sales associates, monthly scheduling, sales reporting and ordering store supplies.
- Anticipates Store Manager’s bandwidth and proactively takes on responsibilities to maintain workload balance across positions.
- Forms opinions, respectfully challenges assumptions and identifies opportunities to improve store and team performance.
- Holds sales team accountable and gives specific feedback based on employee performance, both positive and negative.
- Effectively delegates but does not abdicate responsibilities across sales team.
- Reinforces great performance by acknowledging the associate and thanking them.
- Identifies individual interests, gifts, talents and abilities and utilizes them whenever possible.
Help Lead Daily Operations:
- Ensures store sales floor and backstock areas are organized.
- Ensures store is maintained and all equipment and fixtures are in clean working order.
- Manages all cash handling including bank deposits, till drawers and change bag.
- With Store Manager, oversees employee payroll and hours, reporting accurately and in a timely manner.
- Sets action plans based on weekly walk-through and completes them in a timely manner.
- Ensures all backstock product is represented on the floor.
- Manages slow sellers, over-inventories and clearance product.
Requirements:
- Ability to work on feet up to 8 hours per day.
- Afternoon, evening and weekend availability.
- Basic technical skills – comfort and/or ability to quickly learn word processing, spreadsheets and mobile apps.
- Great communication skills, ability to prioritize quickly, social awareness and leading by example.
If you feel you would be a good fit for the assistant store manager position, please fill out the form below & attach your resume.