Indigo Books & Music is hiring a Product Operations Manager

The Product Operations Manager is responsible for the profitable movement of goods throughout the course of the product life cycle. They lead a team to bring products from door to floor efficiently and effectively. They are responsible for the store’s visual merchandising, ensuring our customers can shop easily with or without assistance, and partner with store leadership to react to sales trends and customer demands so that products are sold at the highest margin rate possible. They help create an environment and store culture that promotes employee engagement, growth, and development. WHAT YOU'LL DO: Functional Manage and motivate a team to ensure operational excellence and the profitable movement of goods throughout the product life cycle Ensure efficiency and effectiveness of product flow processes by assessing and analyzing sales performance and key process scorecard data and creating action plans to address gaps Partner on regular visual merchandising assessments; provide product flow insight and create and own the resulting action plan Lead changeover process, and partner with General Manager, Regional Visual Manager, on home-office merchandising initiatives and facilities work Lead all visual and door to floor operations, manage all Back of House (BOH) areas, sales floor promotional set-ups, and the markdown process Act as an advocate for the customer by placing them at the forefront of all decision-making processes Embrace and champion technology that creates high tech and high touch solutions for Indigo’s customers Proactively identify and anticipate customer expectations and needs Open and close store and manages sales floor Lead the store’s joint health and safety committee, ensure the health and safety of employees and customers is top priority, and ensure the store complies with all provincial health and safety policies and procedures People Build strong teams by attracting and developing the best talent Bring out the best in others; empower and constructively stretch talent Give authentic feedback on performance and potential Ensure all team members understand where they stand and have clear performance objectives aligned with Indigo and team goals Share technical knowledge with others and actively seek to learn from those more knowledgeable than yourself Help others see the impacts of their efforts and proactively engage others to receive input Encourage others to freely share their point of view and be open to feedback Accountable for the overall engagement, productivity, turnover, and bench strength of the team Cultural Model Indigo’s beliefs and convey a positive image in everything you do Celebrate diversity of thought and have an open mindset Take an active role in fostering a culture of continual learning, taking risks without the fear of making mistakes Embrace, champion, and influence change through your team and/or the organization