Assistant Store Manager, in Training

About the position

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger. Position Purpose: Assistant Store Managers in Training are learning the various responsibilities and functions of the following roles: Assistant Store Manager, Operations Assistant Store Manager, Night Operations Assistant Store Manager, and Specialty Assistant Store Manager. At a high level, ASM's in Training will learn how to support the Store Manager in developing strategies and objectives toward driving store sales and profitability. They will learn how to accomplish these objectives through effective leadership of and communication to their Associates.

Responsibilities

• General Customer Service Initiatives to include supervising Associates in the selling effort, ensuring the store's in-stock position, and maintaining an appealing and organized store appearance.
• Staffing and scheduling, identifying and resolving stock deficiencies, supervising associates in selling behaviors, resolving customer issues and concerns, and supporting service needs for both installed sales/special orders and product sales.
• Supervising Store Associates to include interviewing, hiring, motivating, coaching, training, developing, and communicating to associates.
• Learning the performance management process, to include semi-annual review of associate performance and how to execute the associate disciplinary process when necessary.
• Operations Management to include supervision of front end processes involving sales and return transactions, as well as special services and lot support.
• Overseeing the back end processes, including receiving and freight teams to ensure that merchandise is received and stocked appropriately.
• Maintaining and operating all store equipment and systems as well as managing daily financial operations.
• Developing a command of store standard operating procedures (SOP's), especially those involving Safety compliance.
• Driving department profitability through analysis of sales trends.
• Working with key partners (Store Managers, Field Merchandising, MET Teams) to plan merchandise placement and signing.
• Supporting stock integrity through inventory management processes.

Requirements

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED.

Nice-to-haves

• No additional qualifications
• No additional education
• No additional years of experience