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Department Manager

Company
NIKE
Location
New York, NY
Work type
Full Time
Posted
2026-08-11

Job description

As a Department Manager, you'll lead, coach, and inspire your team to deliver the best experience for their customers while ensuring your team members feel included and supported. You'll use your retail expertise to drive store growth strategies and create opportunities to continue building upon community partnerships. You are the one people look to for encouragement, leadership and bringing NIKE to life for our customers, communities, and colleagues. You will also enjoy benefits like employee discounts, healthcare, paid time off and education programs to develop and advance your career.

Putting Your Best Foot Forward

Three years of customer-facing retail or hospitality experience
One year of leadership experience
Demonstrated ability to recruit, build and lead high-performing teams
Proficient in Microsoft Office and retail business systems
Ability to bend, squat, reach, climb a ladder and stand for extended periods of time with or without reasonable accommodations.
Proven ability to utilize tools for conflict resolution and employee coaching and counseling
Able to work mornings, weekends, nights, and holidays as needed

What You're Responsible For

Leading a team the helps keep all store functions running seamlessly.
Ensuring your store is staffed by attracting, assessing, and onboarding your future teammates.
Equip store employees with tools needed to succeed in their day-to-day responsibilities.
Leading your store's team and business results/critical metrics, including budgeting, planning, a high level of customer service, sales, people leadership and management
Managing product life cycle from stockroom to visual merchandising and the sales floor.

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