The General Manager oversees the overall performance of a Leslie’s store, ensuring it meets or exceeds customer service standards, sales goals, profitability targets, operating procedures, and merchandising objectives. This role is responsible for driving sales growth while effectively managing profit margins, payroll, and other controllable expenses.
The General Manager ensures the successful execution of all company programs and initiatives while creating a positive, customer-focused store environment. This position is also responsible for recruiting, hiring, training, and developing team members with the right skills and experience. Through strong leadership and personal example, the General Manager sets clear expectations for delivering exceptional customer service and fostering a great place to work.
- Hire only “A” players this year to support the accomplishment of the following objectives:
- Meet or Exceed your gross margin budget for the fiscal year.
- Ability to hire “A Players
- Sources, selects, and sells “A Players” to join the company.
- Efficiency
- Able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort or supervision.
- Organization & Planning
- Plans and organizes in an efficient manner.
- Industry knowledge
- Highly knowledgeable of the business, products and competitors.
- Customer service mindset
- Understands the customer, is focused on providing superior customer service.
- Aggressiveness
- Highly productive, and takes a forceful stand without being overly abrasive.
- Follow through on commitments
- Lives up to verbal and written agreements, regardless of personal cost.
- Intelligence
- Learns quickly, demonstrates ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information.
- Analytical skills
- Able to structure and process qualitative and quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it. Exhibits a probing mind and achieves penetrating insights.
- High standards
- Expects personal performance and team performance to be nothing short of the best.
- Attention to detail
- Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.
- Proactivity
- Acts without being told what to do. Brings new and visionary ideas to the company.
- Ability to develop people
- Coaches people in their current roles to improve performance and prepares them for future roles (succession program).
- Honesty/integrity
- Does not cut corners ethically. Earns trust and maintains confidences. Does what is right, not just what is politically expedient. Speaks plainly and truthfully.
- Creativity/innovation
- Generates new and innovative approaches to problems.
- Positive attitude/enthusiasm
- Exhibits passion and excitement over work. Has a can do attitude.
- Work ethic
- Possesses a strong willingness to work hard and long hours to get the job done. Has a track record of working hard.
- Communication
- Speaks and writes clearly, articulately and diplomatically without being overly verbose or talkative.
- Teamwork
- Reaches out to appropriate divisions heads and cooperates with corporate team members to establish an overall collaborative working relationship.
- Flexibility/adaptability
- Adjusts quickly to changing priorities. Copes effectively with complexity and change.
- Successful completion of all training modules inclusive of GMIT and Talent Platform training.
- Excellent communication skills, and proficiency with computers.
We offer our employees competitive compensation, extensive paid training, comprehensive and flexible suite of benefits package, 401K with company match, team member discounts, rewards for top performers, and most importantly career advancement opportunities.
Leslie’s recognizes a critical component to our continued success is our people. Leslie’s is proud to have a culture of inclusion that seeks to celebrate and embrace the different backgrounds and perspectives that help drive our success and support team members in developing and growing with us. We aim to create a workplace where all team members feel welcomed and valued and inspire each other every day.