Assistant Store Manager Trainee

KENT WORLDWIDE•Walpole, NH

About The Position

Are you ready to help a growing world do more and have a passion for agriculture? Blue Seal Retail , a member of the KENT WORLDWIDE , has an exciting opportunity to join their team as an Assistant Manager Trainee at our Walpole, NH store. This position is a full-time role that offers an exceptional benefits package! Under the direction of the store manager, the Assistant Store Manager Trainee will learn and work in all store functions including facilities maintenance, personnel management, sales, inventory control, merchandising, accounting, and customer service. This role is designed and intended to be performed in Muscatine, IA.

Requirements

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

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
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
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
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
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