Hybrid ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER TRAINEE bei KENT® Worldwide™

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervisory Responsibilities
  • Recruit and interview prospective employees
  • Make recommendations to fire, hire and discipline
  • Orient and train new employees
  • Evaluate current employees on job performance
  • Establish routine employee meeting schedule to provide safety, store, and new product training and communicate policies and procedures
  • Provide weekly work schedules working in vacation, holiday, and time-off, etc.
  • Prepare weekly time sheets for Payroll
  • Supervise in-store personnel
  • Provide individual training when necessary
  • Ensure that all employees are following Company policies, procedures, personnel and safety rules
  • Run the store in the absence of the Store Manager
• Facility Management
  • Maintain a high level of housekeeping and maintenance throughout the store, warehouse, pole buildings, equipment, vehicles, and grounds
  • Remove any unsafe equipment from operation, repair or replace
  • Keep facilities secure making sure all security and safety systems are in order
  • Monitor energy and utility usage for efficiency and savings 
  • Maintain landscaping for maximum aesthetic value
  • Ensure the Company image is projected favorably 
• Sales Management
  • Adjust store and grounds layout to achieve maximum utilization of selling areas
  • Supervise the display of merchandise for sales efficiency taking into consideration season products and traffic
  • Coordinate displays to coincide with advertising
  • Create in-store promotions and follow through with Company provided promotions to promote traffic
  • Provide sales training and product knowledge to store personnel
  • Shop competitors for price structuring, and test market new products
  • Make calls to existing and prospective customers as required to meet sales and credit objectives 
  • Handle customer complaints
• Inventory Management
  • Place order for product according to Company policies and procedures using appropriate forms
  • Maintain merchandise by adding new lines or items and dropping lines and items as indicated by turn numbers
  • Maintain inventories at desired levels for maximum turnover and profitability 
  • Determine prices and proper margin levels for merchandise
  • Keep prices adjusted to conform to price changes by suppliers
  • Handle, or supervise the handling, claims for damaged or supplied goods 
  • Maintain appropriate contacts with suppliers according to Company policies and procedures
  • Supervise the taking of monthly feed and recurring non-feed cycle counts
• Accounting Management
  • Approve all invoices for payment, and ensure all goods and services which are invoiced have been received 
  • Maintain security over daily cash and bank deposits 
  • Prepare or supervise the preparation of the daily cash report
  • Verify all credit sales are within terms
  • Initiate collection procedures on overdue account

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate’s degree in Business Administration or equivalent 
• Three to five years’ experience in a retail management position
• Working knowledge in areas of lawn and garden, agriculture and animals (pets and livestock)
• Demonstrated customer service ability
• Must be able to multitask
• Experienced with handling cash and credit card receipts and the accounting and inventory processes associated with these transactions