Assistant Showroom Manager - Roosevelt Field

At Blue Nile, we believe that love deserves better.  We are passionately driven to reimagine the fine jewelry experiences and disrupt the jewelry industry.  From engagements to anniversaries, from welcoming a new child to the family to celebrating a promotion, from holidays to birthdays, at Blue Nile we celebrate all stories of love. 
Blue Nile is looking for a passionate and talented Assistant Showroom Manager who will help lead a team of Luxury Sales Consultants at our retail showroom in Roosevelt Field in Garden City, NY.  The ideal candidate understands our white glove culture and has a passion to educate customers about jewelry purchases. The Assistant Showroom Manager supports the team by being a resource regarding Blue Nile products, practices, selling techniques, and policies and procedures. Ideal candidates will possess sales experience with the ability to empower, motivate and inspire each team member to provide world class customer service and maximize sales. An Assistant Showroom Manager at Blue Nile is outgoing, passionate, helps others, and driven for results.
Responsibilities:
Demonstrate industry leading selling and service behaviors to build strong customer loyalty and relationship to Blue Nile in support of our initiative to become their jeweler for life
Self-motivated and able to lead others
Demonstrates strong leadership skills and committed to giving ongoing coaching and redirection to maintain adherence to expectations
Personally achieve individual sales and client activity goals
Takes lead on customer escalations
Finds ways to resolve, and partner, with the manager on difficult situations
Ability to follow company directions and adapt to new initiatives
Team player and committed to maintaining our professional and friendly environment with team members and clients
Special process expert
Aware of current trends in jewelry and the competition
Maintains store standards and protects the brand
Manage daily, weekly, monthly KPIs and team progress to plan
Requirements
3+ years of customer service/sales background
Jewelry experience is not required, but preferred
Prior management experience in retail
Proven track record of increasing personal sales volume
Effective communication skills both written and verbal
Embraces technology and implements new systems seamlessly
Strong sense of urgency and bias for action
Ability to make decisions quickly and accurately
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Effective time management
Willingness to learn
Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills
Passion for training sand learning and executing against timelines and goals.
Demonstrates the ability to build and maintain strong client relationships with tangible metrics
Benefits
The hourly pay range for this job is $25.90 - $37.55. Base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job- related knowledge, skills & experience, among other factors. Regular positions are eligible for discretionary bonus. Blue Nile offers medical, vision, dental coverage and 401(k) employer match amongst other benefits for eligible positions.