Store Manager in Training

O'Reilly Auto Parts • Omaha, NE

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About The Position

The Store Manager in Training assists the store manager with sales, store appearance, and overall operations. The objective is to provide hands-on training to prepare the employee for a management position at another store or a future location. Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

The role supervises professional and retail operations and assigned team members, including delivery and installer service specialists, parts specialists, and merchandising specialists. It supports store leadership in recruiting, hiring, evaluating, training, promoting, and managing team members; communicating company information; maintaining safety standards; and ensuring the store is neat, clean, and organized.

The position also supports customer sales calls and store operations, maintains delivery-fleet records, learns electronic scheduling, timekeeping, and payroll functions, and monitors key gross-profit and performance measures. This includes reviewing returns, price matches, overrides, team-member productivity, KPI dashboards, and monthly profit-and-loss statements with the store manager.

Requirements

• High school diploma.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Must complete Assistant Manager Certification, Sales Specialist Training, and Manager Development Program.
• Ability to read and match numerical and alphanumeric characters quickly and accurately.
• Knowledge of automotive parts, equipment, and systems.

Nice To Haves

• O’Reilly store and/or distribution center experience.
• Completion of an O’Reilly management training program.
• Advanced computer skills.
• ASE Certification.
• Fluency in multiple languages; Spanish is highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Supervise professional and retail operations and team members assigned to the store or HUB store.
• Work with the district manager and store manager on recruiting, testing, hiring, evaluating, promoting, disciplining, and discharging supervised team members.
• Communicate information from Team Weekly and monthly store managers’ meetings to team members.
• Train newly assigned team members, conduct performance evaluations, and recommend pay increases for those individuals.
• Assist with hiring by completing recruiting tasks, scheduling and participating in interviews, evaluating candidates, and collaborating with management on candidate selection.
• Support the store manager and assistant management team in safety compliance, team-member training, and reinforcement of safety expectations.
• Make sales calls with or without the store manager and, if assigned, complete weekly customer calls.
• Support store operations as assigned by the store manager.
• Maintain the delivery fleet and records for each vehicle.
• Ensure the store or HUB store remains neat, clean, and organized.
• Learn to use electronic scheduling, timekeeping, and payroll-entry systems.
• Learn to manage key gross-profit components; monitor professional customer returns for core and warranty abuse; review competitive price matches and price overrides; review team-member productivity and KPI dashboards daily; and review monthly P&L statements with the store manager to discuss opportunities.

Benefits

• Competitive wages and paid time off.
• Stock Purchase Plan and 401(k) with employer contributions starting day one.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with an optional Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Team Member Health/Wellbeing Programs.
• Tuition Educational Assistance Programs.
• Opportunities for career growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED