Manager in Training
Full Time
Newton Falls, OH 44444
$35,000 - $45,000 a year
Posted Just posted
Job description
About E&H Hardware Group LLC
E&H Hardware Group was founded in 2011 by the Buehler Family of Wooster, OH. Previously they owned and operated 13 Buehler’s Fresh Foods supermarket locations which included six integrated hardware stores. Their first hardware store was opened in Orrville, OH in 1959. Currently E&H Hardware Group owns and operates twenty-six Ace Hardware stores, all of which are located in Ohio.
We are proud to be affiliated with Ace Hardware Corporation based in Oak Brook, IL. Ace is a retailer-owned, national brand, in business since 1924 and recognized as America’s premier hardware wholesaler.
We are looking for individuals who pride themselves by providing excellent customer service and building lasting relationships with our customers. Come share your knowledge of DIY home improvement and superior customer service skills.
Job description
Job Title:
Store Manager in Training
Reports To: Store Manager
Job Location: Store Location
FLSA Status: Salaried Exempt
Job Summary
The
Store Manager in Training are being trained to become future Store Managers. The primary role of the
Store Manager in Training is to develop knowledge and understanding of the day-to-day store operations, customer service, and merchandising under the supervision and direction of a Store Manager. This position requires strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate and supervise team members. Also included are establishing an interactive sales approach, keen awareness of safety & loss prevention, maintenance of store cleanliness and appearance, excellent customer service, and a positive attitude. As a
Store Manager Trainee, you will train on all aspects of successfully running a store in preparation for running for your own store. You will be involved in supervising day-to-day store activities, ensuring overall store performance, identifying staffing needs, managing schedules, and developing operational action plans while mentoring and developing the team.
Job Duties and Essential Functions
- Direct the operations of the assigned store
- Direct all store team member to build revenue and meet sales goals
- Ensure attractive, safe, and accurately priced merchandise displays and floor plans
- Recruit, train, & develop team members
- Prepares, manages, and revises weekly schedules to ensure appropriate store staffing levels
- Conducts store meetings
- Take a hands-on approach with directing daily goals for the Assistant Store Managers
- Be a positive and professional “role model” for the team
- Find solutions to team member and customer questions and concerns
- Responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the building and grounds
- Develop the product knowledge and sales techniques of the team
- Demonstrate effective and consistent communications and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate effective problem-solving and analytical skills
- Become an expert with standard concepts and practices within the retail environment
- Maximize inventory, cash control, and loss prevention techniques
- Establish and preserve a positive work atmosphere
- Use general office equipment such as telephone, copy machine, fax machine, calculator, computer
- Operate Telxon gun, forklift, pallet jack, ladder, and other retail equipment
- May be required to cross train and perform other duties
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
- A minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in a retail environment
- A combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge
- Be an outgoing self-starter who enjoys working with people
- Ability to relocate within the mid-west for a Store Manager position
- Computer knowledge in Excel and Word
- Proficient User of computer software systems
- Ability to interact with the team in a fast-paced environment, remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful and efficient
- Ability to multi-task and coordinate, analyze, observe, make decisions, and meet deadlines in a detail-oriented manner
- Ability to work independently without supervision
- Flexibility with hours: ability to work a 50-hour workweek (10-hour shifts, 5 days per week) with varied hours, days, night, and weekends as business dictates
- Ability to access and use the in-store computer, scanning system, and wireless handheld unit
- Ability to participate in our online applicant and new hire on-boarding process remotely
- Ability to complete computer-based training
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Supervise and direct the assistant managers, department managers, and store team members
- Has authority into the job status of team members: hiring, firing, promotions, and assignments
Physical Requirements
- Good visual acuity
- Ability to lift, push, and/or pull a minimum of 30 pounds repetitively and 50+ pounds intermittently
- Ability to stand and/or walk for long periods of time
- Ability to use a ladder and/or pallet jack
- Close vision for computer work
- Repetitive wrist movements on keyboard
- Ability to walk up and down stairs multiple times per day
- Ability to verbally communicate effectively and professionally with all audiences (in-person or via handheld transceiver
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions
Travel
- Full-Time Store Manager Trainees will often train at multiple locations and must have flexibility to travel within divisional requirements.
Notice to Applicant about this Employer: You are applying for a job with an independently owned cooperative member of Ace Hardware Corporation, who operates this Ace Hardware store, not Ace Hardware Corporation. The independent store owner alone is responsible for and independently makes all decisions concerning employment related matters, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, staffing and scheduling. Ace Hardware Corporation will not receive a copy of any applications submitted for this position, and will have no control over interviews and/or hiring decisions, does not control and is not responsible for the employment policies and practices of the independent store owner. If hired, the independent store owner will be your only employer. Ace Hardware Corporation is not the employer for this position. The Ace Hardware trademarks, logos and designs are owned by Ace Hardware Corporation and used by independent store owners under a license from Ace Hardware Corporation.
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