Hybrid ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER TRAINEE presso KENT® Worldwide™
KENT® Worldwide™ · Keene, Stati Uniti d'America · Hybrid
- Professional
- Ufficio in Keene
Blue Seal Farm & Home, a proud member of KENT® Worldwide™, is offering a full-time opportunity at our Keene, NH location for an Assistant Store Manager Trainee! This position is ideal for someone passionate about agriculture and eager to grow with a dynamic team. In this role, you’ll work under the Store Manager to gain hands-on experience in all aspects of store operations, including customer service, sales, inventory management, merchandising, personnel supervision, facility maintenance, and administrative tasks.
- We offer a competitive benefits package and the chance to build a rewarding career!
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
