Come Work With Us (Candle Lovers Welcome)

The Mayan Collective is excited to welcome a full-time Assistant Manager to our team as soon as possible. If you’re passionate about leadership, love working in a retail environment, and want to be part of a brand that values quality, sustainability, and community, we’d love to meet you.

The Mayan Collective is a high-energy, startup experiencing rapid growth...and we want to grow even faster!

We have an opening for a Assistant Manager for our store who will work with our other team members and store owner as a team to help our customers to make candles and give them a great candle pouring experience as well as educating them on our products.

We're looking for someone who wants to join a cause driven company and play a key role in the success of team...the job perks include

fun, working independently, laughter during stressful moments, and of course you get a candle refill every month plus 25% off on our products.

This full-time role is a key part of our team and helps keep our business running smoothly every day.

• Daily Operations: Help open, run, and close the stores with ease at both locations.
• Team Leadership: Support and guide our staff, give helpful feedback, and make sure everyone’s on track with their tasks.
• Inventory Care: Keep products stocked and organized, receive shipments, and track inventory levels.
• Sales & Growth: Encourage the team, track sales goals, and help bring new promotions to life.
• Customer Experience: Be a shining example of friendly, helpful service and quickly address any customer needs.
• Store Vibes: Keep our displays beautiful and our spaces fresh, clean, and on-brand.
• Flexibility: Work at both our San Luis Obispo and Arroyo Grande stores, depending on the day’s needs.

Why would you want this job?

• Autonomy, within a defined structure. You know what’s expected and then you’re given the freedom to be effective.
• A cool team that loves helping out and getting involved when they’re needed.
• You’re wired for growth and love the idea of being part of a fast growing company.
• We love to give! We have a very beautiful cause and you'd love to be part of it.
• You're willing to enjoy candle making parties with our customers.
• If you're a candle lover just like we are... you're in the right place.

How you'll know you're killing it:

• You’re able to stay on top of your tasks and stay one step ahead of the to do list.
• You take advantage of slow times at the store and be proactive.
• You are a forward thinker and consistently find ways to streamline efficiencies.
• You solve problems and offer solutions without being asked.
• When our customers rave about you.
• You're proactive.

What you need to have/be:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Thorough understanding of our products
• Strong presentation and story telling skills (since we teach our customers how to make candles).
• Able to receive feedback (both good and bad) and act on it to improve.
• You’re a born GO GETTER – always looking for ways to add value, do better work, improve efficiencies, build others up, and make the world a better place.
• Adaptability- You are able to be fluid and flexible in fast or slow paced work environment and do not shut down when there is additional stress.
• Time management skills - You are always on time (or early) and you know how to protect others' time so they are able to focus on their most important tasks. Our shop runs on appointments it's important to stay on track.
• Humility and Service.
• Always a smile on your face.
• Be able to lift 45 lbs max.

…and it would be great if you had:

• Experience working retail.
• Love for candles.
• Writing skills.
• Social Media abilities
• If you're good with kids (we host kids birthday parties).

On a warm-n-fuzzy note, we'd love you to:

• Be the forever optimist and someone the team can rely on.
• Be kind yet direct in your communication style
• Be incredibly detail-oriented.
• LOVE learning new things.
• Just ‘figure things out’ without too much guidance.
• Be a confident decision maker.
• Stay one step ahead, proactively making adjustments to ensure success.
• Adaptable and have no qualms about how quickly things change around here.
• A roll-up-the-sleeves, help-wherever-whenever-you-can type.
• Have an independent, undaunted, must-do attitude. You know what needs to get done, and nothing's going to stop you.
• Be professional, polished + mature with no drama.
• Be good with customers.

A few of the things we value at The Mayan Collective:

• An open culture, we share our wins and your input is truly valued.
• Honesty.
• Hard work + lots of laughter, and of course candles.
• Work-life “blend.” We know you have a life outside work — and at The Mayan Collective, you can also have a life inside work. All your talents (not just the ones written in a job description.) we want you to bring your whole personality to your role.

The nitty gritty:

• You’ll need to bring your A-game to work each day.
• Being able to cover someone's else shift when it’s needed.

Available to work every Sunday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. 4 more days during the week from 9-5

How to know if we won't match:

• If you picture this as a slow, quiet place to just chill… it’s not.
• If you can’t part ways with your phone during your shift.
• If multitasking makes you break out in hives.
• If “proactive” isn’t in your vocabulary.
• If delegating feels uncomfortable.
• If constructive feedback feels like a personal attack.

One more thing...

No candle making experience is required. We will provide full training. We are looking for someone with retail experience or the skills and personality to be a great assistant manager. This means being confident in guiding a team, staying organized, and creating a welcoming experience for our customers.

This position starts at $20 per hour based on experience.

If this sounds like you, then we need to talk. You can email us back and please attach your resume if you haven’t done so.We can set up an interview and go from there.

karla@themayancollective.com subject: ASSITANT MANAGER