Assistant Store Manager

Assistant Store Manager - Famous Footwear

FAMOUS FOOTWEAR #62101 LENNOX TOWN CENTER, 1665 OLENTANGY RIVER ROAD, COLUMBUS, Ohio, United States of America

Posted Friday, January 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM

If you're looking for that next step in your career, make it famous! To us, famous isnt about standing out in the crowd. Its about feeling good where you stand right now. Famous Footwear is your place for athletic, fashion and casual shoes for the whole family from hundreds of name brands.

As a full
- time Assistant Store Manager
, you are passionate about providing the best shoe store experience
for the whole family through customer engagement
. You do this by acting in the role of the store leader in the absence of the Store Manager. You are a people leader
, developing your ability to motivate a team to achieve sales targets and growth goals
. Through personal demonstration, training, and development, you support an in-store culture where customers say, Ill take it and are loyal to your store
, our brands
, and our company
. You are enthusiastic about the product and presentation of your store, staying up to date on trends, and supporting the education of the store team to do the same. Most importantly, you LOVE shoes
, and regardless of your style, you help every person who enters your store experience a little bit of that Famous Feeling
.

What Youll be Doing

• Inspire the Customer Connection : Youll inspire associates with integrity and drive, fostering a culture of caring and camaraderie focused on customer relationships, operational excellence, and flawless delivery of both. To help your team be their best, you infuse coaching moments for the selling behaviors behind our Customer Connection .
• Champion Talent Discovery: Youll be enthusiastic and proactive about seeking out and networking with exceptional external talent, knowing that each hire has the potential to elevate the stores sales growth. Collaborate with the Store Manager to interview and hire individuals passionate about creating topnotch customer experiences driven by attentiveness to service and determination to sell.
• Ace Retail Operations & Support Staffing Levels: Youll know retail operational fundamentals like the back of your hand and put in the work so the store runs like a tightly laced sneaker. From pricing to shipping processing and inventory, youve got daily operations dialed in, leveraging our store standards as the framework of success to keep our famous styles easily shoppable.
  
  Youll support staffing levels set by the Store Manager considering Associate availability, peak days, and seasonal hiring needs.
• Leverage Insights to Deliver Results: Taking accountability for your goals and their impact on your locations overall performance, youll bring your best to each day. Drive sales with purpose and determination to achieve goals and, in partnership with the Store Manager, apply insights and observations to continually improve results. Every shoe sale counts!
• Be a Culture Builder: Youll support a work and team environment where diversity and inclusivity are valued as our team superpower, ensuring each associate feels included and respected. Maintain and encourage a positive and proactive mindset, even in the face of challenges, youre the type of person who leads by example and uplifts and supports others. Your elevated level of engagement will be a tool to increase retention and improve Associate effort and performance.
• Be our Store Managers Right Hand. When the Store Manager is away, you will step into their shoes, further developing and refining your already strong people leadership and store management skillset. Your high standards will keep you sticking to policies and ensure compliance of all company programs through training, ongoing development, and consistent inspection and followup. Accurately assess strengths and opportunities of team to develop internal talent in partnership with the Store Manager.

Essential Functions: Other responsibilities may be performed as needed to ensure the needs of the business are met.

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