The General Merchandise and Operations Specialist promotes the College Store via promotional sales events, social media, and community and internal outreach. This person is responsible for designing and ordering Reiver Gear in addition to ordering and maintaining inventory of gifts, food, school supplies and electronics.
The General Merchandise and Operations Specialist creates merchandise displays, oversees daily sales operations including customer service, point of sales system, balancing drawers, and is responsible for monthly and end of year general merchandise inventories.
School Year HoursMonday through Thursday 9:00am to 5:30pm
Fridays: 8:00am to 4:30pm
Some weekends and evenings.
Summer HoursMonday Friday 8:00am 4:30pm
(One scheduled day off per week resulting in a 4 day work week Mid May End of July)
Required Qualification

• High school diploma or GED required
• Valid driver's license with a good driving record required
• Retail, marketing, merchandising and customer service experience required
• Ability to pass a background check

Preferred Qualification

• Knowledge/proficient in Microsoft Office
• Knowledge/proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Supervisory experience preferred
• One or two year of Post-secondary college preferred

Physical DemandsAbility to lift up to 50 pounds and sit and/or stand for extended periods of time. Use hands to operate a computer keyboard, telephone and other basic office equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear and use a phone. Reading, writing, calculating, social interaction skills, strong management and organizational skills, reasoning/analysis, ability work with minimal supervision, high degree of problem-solving, decision-making, and high degree of interpersonal skills is required. Work is routinely performed in an office environment.
Salary : $17/hour
Benefits SummaryIowa Western Community College offers an outstanding benefits package, including generous employer paid health, dental, life, disability plans. Our retirement program includes the IPERS Pension Plan or TIAA with 9.44% employer contribution. We believe in work/life balance and employees get great perks, including free access to our brand-new Wellness Center and fitness classes (at no cost to employees and their spouses), paid vacation, sick leave, and up to 17 paid holidays per year, plus discounts on campus and other major retailers. Tuition Reimbursement is offered to all employees and their families and Tuition Assistance for employees equals thousands of dollars paid by IWCC toward an education at Iowa Western!
We offer a quality of life that is hard to match in the metro area! Come explore the possibilities at IWCC, where œThe World Is Waiting!