Aerie - Merchandising Team Leader (Assistant Manager), Vaughan

Vaughan, ON, Canada Job Description

Overview As the full-time Merchandising Team Leader, you are the Store Team Leader's "go-to" in developing and implementing the Merchandising strategy for the store. Your passion lies in training and coaching your team into great merchants delivering AEO brand Visual standards every day. Through your leadership, your team always nails floorset execution, and rocks merchandising and marketing brand standards. You ensure the store is always "guest ready" through effective replenishment. Most importantly, you represent our company values and bring your REAL self to work every day.Responsibilities

You have a passion for driving sales: As a key Leader on Duty (LOD), you are an expert at driving sales by maximizing fitting room and salesfloor productivity and building guest loyalty through a best-in-class guest experience. You contribute to the overall financial success of the store by analyzing reporting and daily trends to make strategic business decisions. You are the Store Team Leader7s right hand in developing short and long-term business plans to drive key KPIs.You are a merchandising innovator: You coach your team to deliver an outstanding guest experience by ensuring your store is always representative of Brand Standards. You ensure your store stays in tip-top shape by leading day-to-day merchandising, sell-through adjustments and replenishment. You have a keen eye for merchandising opportunities and are always ready with a game plan to take action!You are a people leader: You motivate and inspire your team through core values. You are a role-model leader and you always hold your team accountable to customer service standards, especially on the Salesfloor and in the Fitting Room. Youc7ve got an eye for talent and a love of training: You make it a top priority to recruit and hire strong talent to ensure the store is always staffed to meet business needs. You take pride in training and developing your team to ensure they continue to provide outstanding service to the best of their abilities.You know that teamwork makes the dream work: You build a great team by providing ongoing performance feedback through real-time coaching. You make team touchbases, development plans, and performance reviews a priority and you drive associate engagement by celebrating your team7s outstanding performance.You are an operational innovator: You execute and innovate daily operational procedures, support the team in maintaining visual standards throughout every zone in the store, and ensure the fitting rooms are always guest-ready and rocking brand standards. Integrity is your middle name: You ensure store safety standards are maintained, you are committed to Asset Protection standards, you adhere to policies and procedures, and you do the right thing always.Qualifications

You love AE and Aerie products. You have led teams in a retail management role previously. You can multi-task and have attention to detail; priority-setting and time management are strengths. You know how to lead and develop teams and have a general understanding of employment law. Business acumen is a strength for you.You have flexible availability and can work when guests shop. Benefits and Culture

You work with real people as part of the #AEOFamily. Opportunities for development, learning new skills, and potential for career advancement. Store discounts: 40% off product at AE&Aerie year-round (plus seasonal discounts with new Floorsets). Opportunities to participate in store contests for prizes. About Us

Built on a platform of power, positivity and no photo retouching - inspiring people to love their real selves. Aerie is a fast-growing lifestyle brand offering intimates, apparel, activewear, and swim collections. With the #AerieREAL movement, we celebrate our community by advocating for body positivity and the empowerment of all women. As part of our Real Good promise, we create swimsuits, bras, and underwear with materials made from recycled polyester, recycled nylon fabric or sustainably sourced cotton.AEO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to complying with all federal and provincial equal employment opportunity and human rights laws. AEO prohibits discrimination against associates and applicants for employment because of the individual's race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability, a conviction for which a pardon has been granted or any other ground protected by applicable human rights legislation. This applies to all AEO activities, including recruitment, hiring, compensation, assignment, training, promotion, performance evaluation, discipline and discharge. AEO also provides reasonable accommodation of religion and disability in accordance with applicable law.For Brand Ambassador and Stock positions, hiring will be based on need– however, applications are accepted on an ongoing basis, and there may not be an opening immediately available when you apply. For all other jobs, applications will be accepted until the Apply Before date (if applicable), but may be extended based on applicant volume.Job Info

Job Identification 26882 Job Category Stores Posting Date 05/26/2026, 01:34 PM Locations Vaughan Mills Job Schedule Full time Job Shift Variable Anticipated Pay Range for All Posted Locations $48,200/year up to $76,400/year

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