Store Manager - Unassigned

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Promote Family Farm and Home mission statement and family values.
• Promote an aggressive sales culture with an intense focus on superior customer service.
• Responsible for maintaining a highly motivated team by hiring, coaching, counseling, disciplining and firing of team members; planning, monitoring, and evaluating job results.
• Maintains professionalism and positive store morale.
• Responsible for execution and performance of all store job responsibilities through his/her key associates and/or his or her own actions.
• Completes store operational requirements by scheduling and assigning team members; following up on work results.
• Provides feedback to the office, i.e., buyers, district managers and all other company officials.
• Fulfills full profit and loss accountability for individual store locations.
• Achieves financial objectives by assisting in the preparation of an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Identifies current and future customer requirements by establishing rapport with potential and actual customers.
• Establishes relationships and supports local community groups consistent with company values.
• Ensures availability of merchandise and services by approving contracts; maintaining inventories.
• Responsible for managing and protecting all inventory and company assets in accordance with company policy against theft and damage.
• Verifies merchandise is received, stored and merchandised in all departments according to established operational and safety procedures.
• Protects employees and customers and maintains the stability and reputation of the store by complying with legal requirements and providing a safe and clean store environment.
• Helps determine marketing strategy changes by reviewing operating and financial statements and departmental sales records.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks.
• Maintains consistent operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing, operational and personnel policies and procedures.

Manager Trainee Requirements

• Demonstrate excellent leadership and problem solving skills.
• Manage with limited supervision.
• Have good oral/written communication skills in order to effectively interact with customers, vendors and other associates.
• Be comfortable in the hiring and firing of team members.
• Understand aggressive customer service and be team-oriented.
• Understand and interpret data presented in statistical or numerical form and be able to use it effectively in assessing and coordinating the merchandise and operational aspects of the store operations.
• Be detail oriented and able to handle multiple tasks in a fast paced environment.
• Be able to stand for extended periods of time.
• Be able to move and handle boxes of merchandise and fixtures throughout the store.
• Be able to climb up and down ladders, reach, bend, twist, kneel, and lift up to 50 lbs.
• Be able to work a flexible schedule including weekends, evenings, and holidays.