Posted 10 days ago
Assistant Store Manager
@ Mind Games
Oshawa, Ontario
Overview
Mind Games is hiring a full-time Assistant Store Manager to run store operations, schedule and develop staff, manage budgets and loss prevention. The role requires 2+ years of specialty retail management experience and pays $19.20 per hour, with health benefits and a store discount.
Pay:
$19.20 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Schedule and assign store employees and follow up on results
- Recruit, hire, train and coach store staff
- Prepare the annual budget and analyze variances
- Market merchandise and monitor sales and profitability
- Maintain a safe, clean store and run loss prevention programs
Requirements summary:
- 2+ years of management experience in specialty retail
- Strong leadership and customer management abilities
- Proven ability to recruit, hire, train and coach a team
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask
- Passion for board games and pop culture
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-27
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-27
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-03
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Retail |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Management experience | 2+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Store |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Perks mentioned | Flexible hours, Employee discount |
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Mind Games
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The Shop for Creative Minds at Play
Full company description
Mind Games is North America's leading specialty retailer of games, collectibles, and creative entertainment. With over 33 locations across Canada and the United States, we offer a thoughtfully curated selection of board games, puzzles, trading cards, collectibles, and trend-driven products designed to inspire connection, discovery, and play.
- LinkedIn followers
- 510
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 28
- Reported office locations
- Unit 1 - 380 Bentley Street, Markham, Ontario L3R3L2, CA
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- 7000 Arundel Mills Circle, Hanover, Maryland 21076, US
- Other recorded names
- Mind Games
- Mind Games USA
- Specialties
- Toys & Games
- Action Figures
- Funko POp
- Family Games
- Educational Toys & Games
- Board Games
- Strategy Games
- Jigsaw Puzzles
- 3D Puzzles
- Plush Toys
- RC Cars
- Traditional Games
- Card Games
- Gift and Decoration
- and Adult Party Games
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
Mind Games is North America's leading specialty retailer of games, collectibles, and creative entertainment. With over 33 locations across Canada and the United States, we offer a thoughtfully curated selection of board games, puzzles, trading cards, collectibles, and trend-driven products designed to inspire connection, discovery, and play.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Company size | 201-500 employees |
| Headquarters | Markham, Ontario |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1993 |
| Specialties | Toys & GamesAction FiguresFunko POpFamily GamesEducational Toys & GamesBoard GamesStrategy GamesJigsaw Puzzles3D PuzzlesPlush Toys |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 21 |
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Hello! Mind Games are opening doors for new applicants! Do you want to become one of the minds of our company? This is the opportunity to take!
Mind Games is North America's premier specialty retailer "Where Creative Minds Come to Play"! In our stores, you can find a variety of games, toys, and puzzles for everybody and any occasion. We sell fun and provide opportunities to express yourself through hobbies and interests.
If you support our vision – try yourself and join our team!
Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Completes store operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; and following up on work results. Maintains store staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
- Maintains store staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
- Ability to effectively teach/develop others to the next level.
- Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; and initiating corrective actions.
- Identifies current and future customer requirements by establishing rapport with potential and actual customers and other persons in a position to understand service requirements.
- Markets merchandise by studying advertising, sales promotion, and display plans; analyzes operating and financial statements for profitability ratios.
- Protects employees and customers by providing a safe and clean store environment.
- Determines marketing strategy changes by reviewing operating and financial statements and departmental sales records.
- Execute and monitor loss prevention and shrink programs
You are best suited for the role if you have the following qualifications and skills:
- Customer service-oriented with in-depth knowledge of basic business management processes.
- Strong leadership and customer management abilities.
- Ability to multi-task / high organizational skills
- Extremely Driven Individual with proven success in motivating and building strong teams.
- Expertise includes shrink reduction, expense control, people development, merchandising strategies, differentiation, brand strategy, and partnership creation.
- A passion for board games and pop culture as well as driving sales
- Proven ability to recruit/hire/train/coach a winning team
- 2+ years of management experience in a specialty retail environment
- Highly motivated
Pay Rate (per hour): $19.20
Benefits:
- Competitive Pay
- Casual Dress
- Store Discount
- Flexible Schedule
- Health Benefits
- Being surrounded by people and products you love!
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