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Assistant Manager
GOODWILL of WESTERN & NORTHERN CONNECTICUT • Avon, CT 06001 • Posted 3 days ago
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In-person • Full-time • $45,000-$48,000/yr • Junior Manager
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Goodwill of Western and Northern Connecticut is seeking an Assistant Store Manager to support and potentially fund programs that assist people in obtaining meaningful employment and improving their overall quality of life. This role is crucial for the success of Goodwill's retail stores and involves managing a store within the agency's established policies, recruiting, training, and supervising retail team members, and ensuring optimum customer service, merchandise display, store security, and expense control.
Responsibilities
- Managing a Goodwill retail store within the agency's established policy
- Recruiting, training, and supervising retail team members in retail operation procedures
- Delegating work assignments to appropriate associates and ensuring team members complete assigned tasks
- Recommending and administering appropriate discipline to team members as needed
- Creating team member work schedules to achieve optimum customer service, merchandise display, store security, and expense control
- Ordering merchandise to stock store
- Maintaining records of sales data and bank deposits
- Planning attractive merchandise displays that make effective use of the sales area
- Attending marketing and sales meetings
- Maintaining a clean and neat store
Qualifications
Required
- High school graduate or equivalent
- Experience or education in Business and Marketing is preferred
- Two years of experience in a management/supervisory position
- Ability to supervise and train in shipping/receiving functions, stock duties, merchandising, cashiering, and customer service retail
- Willing to travel or relocate
- Prepared for considerable standing, reaching, lifting, carrying, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift over 40 pounds
- Exposure to inclement weather
- Exposure to various merchandise with potential for contaminated or damaged items
- Availability to work day, evening, and weekend shifts
Full Job Description
Goodwill of Western and Northern Connecticut is seeking determined leaders to join us in our mission to help others and serve our local communities.
Our Retail Stores support and even provide funding to different Goodwill programs that assist people with obtaining meaningful employment and bettering their overall quality of life.
As an Assistant Store Manager, you would be an essential part of ensuring the success of our stores and Goodwill's mission.
What Goodwill can offer you:
Responsibilities:
Position Requirements:
Start your journey with Goodwill today by applying at gwct.org/about/work-here
Is this position not right for you? We can help you find the right one at Goodwill or any other employer through our Career Centers! Receive free career assistance services from Goodwill (including Resume Builds/Revisions, Online Job Searching Coaching, Interview Skills, and more) at gwct.org/career-coaching
Goodwill is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the organization, welcoming candidates of diverse backgrounds.
Our Retail Stores support and even provide funding to different Goodwill programs that assist people with obtaining meaningful employment and bettering their overall quality of life.
As an Assistant Store Manager, you would be an essential part of ensuring the success of our stores and Goodwill's mission.
What Goodwill can offer you:
- Opportunities for career advancement
- Company-paid professional development and training
- A benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision (employee paid), as well as ancillary benefits including long and short term disability, and life insurance (Goodwill paid)
- These benefits available 1st of the month, following 30 days of employment
- Two (2) weeks' vacation, four (4) personal days, and seven (7) days of sick time
- Up to $3,000 in qualified Tuition Reimbursement
- Nine (9) Paid holidays
- 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan, including Employer Match
- 30% Employee Discount
- Employee Appreciation Day - 50% off employee discount once per year
- $50 work anniversary gift for every year of continuous service (for part-time and full-time team members)
- $200 Referral Program (for every candidate hired that you refer to Goodwill)
Responsibilities:
- Managing a Goodwill retail store within the agency's established policy
- Recruiting, training, and supervising retail team members in retail operation procedures
- Delegating work assignments to appropriate associates and ensuring team members complete assigned tasks
- Recommending and administering appropriate discipline to team members as needed
- Creating team member work schedules to achieve optimum customer service, merchandise display, store security, and expense control
- Ordering merchandise to stock store
- Maintaining records of sales data and bank deposits
- Planning attractive merchandise displays that make effective use of the sales area
- Attending marketing and sales meetings
- Maintaining a clean and neat store
Position Requirements:
- High school graduate or equivalent
- Experience or education in Business and Marketing is preferred
- Two years of experience in a management/supervisory position
- Ability to supervise and train in shipping/receiving functions, stock duties, merchandising, cashiering, and customer service retail
- Willing to travel or relocate
- Being prepared for considerable standing, reaching, lifting, carrying, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift over 40 pounds.
- Exposure to inclement weather
- Exposure to various merchandise with potential for contaminated or damaged items
- Availability to work day, evening, and weekend shifts
Start your journey with Goodwill today by applying at gwct.org/about/work-here
Is this position not right for you? We can help you find the right one at Goodwill or any other employer through our Career Centers! Receive free career assistance services from Goodwill (including Resume Builds/Revisions, Online Job Searching Coaching, Interview Skills, and more) at gwct.org/career-coaching
Goodwill is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the organization, welcoming candidates of diverse backgrounds.
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