Full-Time

Retail General Manager

Posted on 11/23/2025

Living Spaces

Living Spaces

1,001-5,000 employees

Home furnishings retailer with online, stores

Compensation Overview

$96k - $128.2k/yr

+ Team Bonus

La Mirada, CA, USA

In Person

Category
Retail (2)
,
Required Skills
Sales
Word/Pages/Docs
Customer Service
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
PowerPoint/Keynote/Slides
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) or equivalent from a four-year college in business, retail management, sales, merchandising, or related field preferred.
  • 5 years experience in direct customer interactive environment required; high volume.
  • 3 years of management experience required.
  • Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Responsibilities
  • Ensure the retail store team is fully staffed with the right number of people with the right talent to meet standard work expectations.
  • Ensure that coverage is scheduled to optimize productivity and efficiency.
  • Lead the retail store teams ensuring channel strategy is successfully executed and deliver on meeting sales and profit goals and customer satisfaction goals.
  • Drives profitable outcomes by ensures execution of the Sales Leadership and Operations Standard Work.
  • Creating a culture of a “Guest First” mentality by measuring guest feedback, in store engagement with guest, and guest satisfaction tools/social media reviews.
  • Able to change current reality through gap management and by creating business plans for people and processes.
  • Collaborate with Regional Director, Corporate Retail Operations, and cross functional Corporate partners to develop an effective customer service strategy that builds brand awareness, engagement, and education while driving sales and brand content.
  • Collaborate and execute strategic opportunities for the store, work cross functionally to develop concepts or processes, and create plans to execute the strategies within each department.
  • Aligns strategies with the company and division OKRs to ensure the store meets or exceeds planned goals and key results.
  • Prepares and executes a talent management plan through a 4 ½ box and succession planning strategy.
  • Recruit, lead and develop all team members and develop a culture of passionate, high performance teams.
  • Host ongoing talent conversations that develop leadership skills to build store “bench.”
  • Act as a Leadership Champion, to change current reality through personal leadership and leadership performance management.
  • Inspire and guide through coaching, mentoring and leading by example.
  • Set clear expectations and hold teams accountable for performance results.
  • Manage budget, resources, staffing, and operations in accordance with business priorities.
  • Owning the P&L and making financial decisions for company and store profitability.
  • Ensure brand presentation is executed in the store as defined by the Style Guides.
  • Driving for results by developing dedicated focus around SOP’s, retail processes and procedures.
  • Engage the store TEC teams, helping to develop plans and strategies that drive employee engagement.
  • Partner on community efforts to promote the brand.
  • Open and close the store as needed, including securing the building, enabling and disabling the alarms.

Living Spaces is a home furnishing brand with a network of stores across the United States and a strong online presence. It sells a wide range of furniture and decorative items for homes, while also aiming to spark imagination and inspiration for good design both inside and beyond the home. The company emphasizes building a positive team culture, believing that a great employee experience leads to better guest experiences. This focus on people and culture supports its business as it grows its store footprint and online offering. The main goal is to help people design and furnish their spaces, grow their teams, and influence how customers think about home design.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

La Mirada, California

Founded

2003

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • California expansion to 21 locations strengthens dominant home market presence and brand recognition.
  • Texas growth to 10 stores, including 148,000 sq ft Conroe flagship, captures high-margin markets.
  • Integrated café and family amenities drive higher basket sizes and repeat customer visits.

What critics are saying

  • IKEA Fresno Q2 2026 opening undercuts Living Spaces with 30% cheaper modular furniture.
  • Wayfair's DTC model captures 25% more millennials via lower prices and faster delivery.
  • Red Sea supply chain disruptions delay imported furniture 4–6 weeks, causing spring stockouts.

What makes Living Spaces unique

  • 105,000 sq ft Fresno store combines furniture retail with café and kids play area.
  • Same-day delivery in select areas and nationwide shipping since 2019 differentiates from competitors.
  • 42-store Western US footprint across 8 states provides regional scale advantage.

Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Flex Spending Account

Employee Assistance Program

Company News

Furniture Today
Jan 9th, 2025
Living Spaces nears opening of 1st store in California's Central Valley

Living Spaces nears opening of 1st store in California's Central Valley.

PYMNTS
Dec 13th, 2024
Affirm’S Lending Capacity Gets Boost From Sixth Street Investment

Payment network Affirm and global investment firm Sixth Street have formed a long-term capital partnership in which Sixth Street will invest up to $4 billion by purchasing Affirm loans in a three-year forward flow agreement. This capital commitment will enable Affirm to extend up to $20 billion in loans over the next three years, the companies said in a Friday (Dec. 13) press release. The partnership provides capital efficient funding to support the company’s growth plans, Affirm Chief Capital Officer Brooke Major-Reid said in the release

PYMNTS
Dec 6th, 2024
Ncino’S Weak Guidance Sends Fintech Ipo Index 1.6% Lower

The broader tech-heavy NASDAQ was 1.1% higher through the last five sessions, while the Dow hit a record before backing off a bit. But the FinTech IPO Index saw the inverse of that momentum, sliding 1.6%. Toast and nCino Lead to the Downside

PYMNTS
Dec 3rd, 2024
Bnpl Provider Affirm Adds 8 Merchant Partnerships

Affirm has partnered with eight more merchants to help their shoppers use flexible pay-over-time options.Consumers in the United States can now select Affirm as a payment option at checkout at Agape Diamonds, Discount Tire, Ever/body, FullBeauty, Garmin, Hotels.com, Living Spaces and Sweetwater, the buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider said in a Tuesday (Dec. 3) press release.Affirm’s global network has grown by 20% year over year to include more than 320,000 merchant partners, according to the release.In addition, the Affirm Card, the Affirm App and top digital wallets allow consumers to access Affirm’s flexible payment options anywhere they shop, the release said.After going through a quick eligibility check at checkout, consumers who are approved can choose a customized biweekly or monthly payment plan, including a 0% APR option available on eligible purchases, per the release.Vishal Kapoor, senior vice president of product at Affirm, attributed the growing adoption of Affirm’s payment options to “clear terms, lack of hidden fees and lack of late charges.”“With the growing demand for smarter, more transparent payment options, these new merchant partnerships are a direct response — arriving just in time for the holiday shopping season,” Kapoor said in the release.During this year’s edition of the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, Black Friday (Nov. 29), BNPL purchases accounted for 10.1% of online transactions and 7.4% of in-store transactions, according to the PYMNTS Intelligence report, “Sales, Not Sentiment, Drives Black Friday Turnout.”Heading into the holiday shopping season, Affirm saw merchants showing strong interest in 0% promotions, Affirm CEO Max Levchin said Nov. 7 during the company’s quarterly earnings call.“We’re firing on all cylinders, and we’re getting ready for a really good holiday season,” Levchin said.Affirm accounts for a third of the volume and more than half of the revenue in the U.S. pay later space, the company reported at the time.In October, Affirm upgraded its app to provide users with easier access to personalized payment terms and interest-free offers. The company said at the time that consumers think 0% APR financing options are just as valuable as, if not more valuable than, traditional discounts

The Decor Journal India
Nov 30th, 2023
Aashish V Anand's Living Spaces: Revolutionizing the Landscape of Furniture Retail in India

Living Spaces is set to open two additional stores in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR), with further expansion into major cities such as Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune planned for the coming year.

INACTIVE