What are the responsibilities and job description for the ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER TRAINEE position at Blue Seal Retail, LLC?
Grow Your Career with Blue Seal Farm & Home! Do you have a passion for agriculture and enjoy helping your community thrive? Blue Seal Farm & Home, a proud member of KENT WORLDWIDE™, is looking for a motivated individual to join our team as an Assistant Store Manager Trainee at our Brattleboro, VT location. This full-time position comes with a top-tier benefits package and the opportunity to learn all aspects of running a successful farm and home retail store. Under the guidance of the Store Manager, you’ll gain hands-on experience in:
- Store operations & maintenance
- Team leadership & personnel management
- Sales & customer service
- Inventory control & merchandising
- Accounting & business processes
If you're ready to grow with a company that’s committed to agriculture, community, and excellence, we’d love to meet you!
- This position is designed and intended to be performed in Brattleboro, VT.
PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Facility Management
- Understand standard level of housekeeping and maintenance throughout the store, warehouse, equipment, vehicles and grounds
- Learn security processes and procedures to ensure all security and safety systems are in order
- Gain competency around Company image and ensure it is projected favorably at all times
- Personnel Management
- Learn all company and store policies and standard procedures
- Assist with recruiting and interviewing prospective employees making recommendations to hire
- Assist with new employee orientation process
- Contribute to routine employee meeting schedule to provide safety, store, and new product training
- Ensure all employees are following Company policies, procedures, personnel and safety rules
- Sales Management
- Understand store and grounds layout to achieve maximum utilization of selling areas
- Supervise the display of merchandise for sales efficiency taking into consideration seasonal products and traffic
- Assist in coordinating displays to coincide with advertising
- Create in-store promotions and follow through with Company provided promotions to promote traffic
- Inventory Management
- Learn ordering process for feed and merchandise according to Company policies and procedures using appropriate forms
- Gain understanding of market analysis
- Assist in selecting appropriate product mix based on market trends and inventory turns
- Learn pricing structure and proper margin levels for merchandise
- Maintain appropriate contacts with suppliers according to Company policies and procedures
- Learn store monthly and annual inventory processes
- Accounting Management
- Learn invoice processing
- Understand receiving process for all vendors
- Learn cash management procedures and maintain security over daily cash and bank deposits
- Learn to prepare the daily cash report
- Verify all credit sales are within terms
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:
- Associate’s degree in Business Administration or equivalent of two to three years in retail
- Strong working knowledge of lawn and garden, agriculture and animals (Pet and Livestock)
- Ability to handle many tasks at any given moment
- Strong agricultural experience is preferred
- Supervisory experience preferred
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- This job includes physical demands which include but are not limited to frequent standing, walking, working on a computer, push/pull and lift/carry up to 50 lbs. and occasionally sitting, reaching upward & outward, squatting or kneeling.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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