Assistant Store Manager

Weekend and Holiday availability required

This position averages 45 hours / week

Retail leadership experience may qualify you for this exciting opportunity. Our friendly atmosphere,

competitive wages, and commitment to excellence make Ace Hardware the Place for a fulfilling

career.

Leaders must delegate, train, and monitor the progress of all associates and all facets of the hardware

store. The primary responsibilities of in-store management are to manage the sales, expenses, profits,

assets, and team members' personal development to ensure customers are receiving the highest level of

customer service.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Customer Service

• Provide positive representation of store.
• Proactively assist customers in solving problems.
• Greet customers entering and throughout the store. Thank customers when finished and when they are leaving the store.
• Provide a friendly, outgoing demeanor; work well with customers and associates.
• Ensure all calls and pages are answered promptly, courteously, and effectively.
• Handle customer complaints. Work to resolve problems with the customer and have store’s best interest taken into consideration.
• Possess excellent product knowledge and knowledge of store layout and location of products.

Store Operations

• Ensure a positive, professional and safe work environment for all associates.
• Supervise the general operations of the entire store.
• Responsible for opening and closing the store.
• Assist with the implementation of Store Support Center programs.
• Ensure successful Loss Prevention, Safety and Internal Audits.
• Work with General Manager and Assistant Manager on all aspects of running the store.
• Participate in weekly management staff meetings.
• Communicate issues with General Manager.
• Implement new Standard Operating Procedures into store execution.
• Assist with daily maintenance, orderliness and cleanliness of the sales floor, stock room and outdoor merchandise areas.
• Ensure that weekly price changes and label updates are completed timely and accurately.
• Oversee all cashiering functions including training, maintenance, audits, and reports.
• Manage and direct preventative maintenance and repairs in order to maximize and protect all physical assets (i.e. building, fixtures and equipment).

Perform all other duties as assigned.

Inventory & Merchandising

• Assist to ensure forklift operations and receiving is completed in a safe and efficient way.
• Assist to ensure receiving, checking in and stocking of merchandise adheres to best practices and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Responsible for maintenance of back stock levels.
• Assist to ensure that cycle counts and negative on hand reports are completed timely and accurately.
• Assist in ordering and maintaining desirable product inventory levels to ensure in-stocks and store profitability.
• Assist with merchandise resets throughout the store.
• Assist to ensure all signage is current in the store.
• Assist in presenting a clean and orderly sales floor, including end caps and promotional and incremental merchandising.

Hiring & Training of Associates

• Assist in training of all associates.
• Actively recruit and promote the advancement of Ace associates.
• Assist in hiring, training, scheduling, reviewing, rewarding and coaching Head Cashiers and Cashiers with the approval of the General Manager.

Leadership

• Manage all aspects of store operations in the absence of the General Manager.
• Lead by example; be approachable by all associates and customers.
• Participate in store meetings.
• Communicate any merchandising, cost control or sales idea to the General Manager for follow up.
• Prepare and challenge yourself for future advancement.

Education

High School or GED equivalent. Completion of NHRA Advanced Course in Hardware Retailing recommended.

Experience

Previous retail management experience preferred. Hardware experience preferred.

Physical Demands

Standing, walking, lifting (up to 50lbs) and climbing.

Ace Hardware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free environment. Ace goes beyond

hardware : build a future, a purpose, and a community with us.

At Ace Hardware you have the opportunity to grow with the company in a fun and active work

environment.

Ability to lift 40 pounds consistently, stand, and walk for up to 8 hours during shift.

Click through and start your journey with us now!

66 Hardware Company is a group of 5 (and growing!) Ace Hardware Co-ops in North Texas and Oklahoma. We're your local hardware store and we're a part of your community.

Ace Hardware has over 5,000 stores around the world and the majority of those stores are independently owned and operated by local entrepreneurs.

These hard working men and women are part of the fabric of your community. They are small business owners who are local and loyal.

just like it ought to be. Our owners are heavily involved in store operations, and we have a team of folks at the group level to support the stores where needed.

While others have become large and impersonal, here at 66 Hardware Ace stores, we've remained small and very personal.