General Manager In Training (Jacksonville, FL)

Job Description

As a General Manager in Training, you’ll spend your time training and preparing for the role of General Manager. This training is generally four to six months in length and covers all aspects of Best Buy management, including company culture, customer focus, business process, financial analysis and reporting and overall leadership skills. It’s your time to shine! Once training is complete, you’ll have the opportunity to apply for an open General Manager role nationwide where you’ll have accountability for everything within the four walls of the store including revenue, profitability and financial reporting.

What you’ll do

• Train to be a General Manager by preparing to exhibit the behaviors below
• Drive profitability across all channels through analysis of sales trends
• Motivate and inspire the team to sell, grow, and have fun while being the best
• Identify, develop and retain internal talent; recruit and build relationships with external talent
• Conducts motivating store meetings, learns new skills at market meetings and run special initiatives to enhance customer experience and our bottom line

Basic Qualifications

• 3 years of experience as a supervisor or manager in business, military or related fields
• 3 years of experience managing and reviewing operational expenses and revenue
• Must be relocatable within the Florida micro market

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree or higher in business or related fields
• Retail experience
• Consumer electronics experience

What’s in it for you

We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being and provide support as you need it, especially at key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive pay
• Great employee discount
• Financial savings and retirement resources
• Support for your physical and mental well-being

Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full-time or part-time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.

Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary

For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.

About us

As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™

Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.

Application deadline: Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.