Assistant Store Manager
- Calgary, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Overview
The Assistant Store Manager is a key position within the store environment and performs a wide variety of duties under the direction of the Store Manager. In the absence of the Store Manager, performs the duties of the Store Manager. This includes supervising staff, store presentation, merchandising and inventory rotation, customer service, store sales, and store administration. This hands-on position trains and supervises store associates and ensures a safe and healthy work environment.
Duties And Responsibilities
Supervisory and Team
The Assistant Store Manager is a key position within the store environment and performs a wide variety of duties under the direction of the Store Manager. In the absence of the Store Manager, performs the duties of the Store Manager. This includes supervising staff, store presentation, merchandising and inventory rotation, customer service, store sales, and store administration. This hands-on position trains and supervises store associates and ensures a safe and healthy work environment.
Duties And Responsibilities
Supervisory and Team
- Foster a positive workplace and team environment through open communication
- Motivate and inspire store associates
- Cross-train store associates and volunteers to do various jobs within the thrift store
- Provide ongoing training, feedback and performance reviews for store associates
- Provide leadership through modeling appropriate behaviour
- Learn all job functions of the store and cover off for various roles when required.
- Respect and comply with all WINS policies and procedures, ensuring that employees are aware of, and comply with, policies
- Use appropriate discipline when required, as per WINS’ policies
- Attend and participate in regular staff meetings, communicating relevant events to the store associates
- Other duties as assigned by Store Manager
- Ensure a clean and organized store
- Ensure stock is rotated regularly and merchandise is organized and displayed to maximize sales
- Operate the store to maximize product on the sales floor
- Learn and train staff on product knowledge and merchandising
- Ensure consistent and quality sorting and pricing of donations
- Ensure product pricing represents fair market value
- Build awareness of WINS and positive relationships with residents, businesses, and organizations in the neighborhood
- Set example in customer service for employees, welcoming and responding to customers in a courteous and helpful manner
- Ensure customer concerns are addressed in a timely and professional manner
- Create a non-judgmental and supportive environment for WINS referral clients and customers
- Maintain cash handling procedures and standards to record, balance, and deposit daily sales, report and document any variances in cash
- Order supplies and maintain appropriate supply levels
- Ensure and maintain a safe working environment for employees in the store
- Report any workplace incidents on a timely basis
- Secure store premises on a daily basis
- Ensure donations and garbage left outside store premises are picked up in a timely manner
- Ensure that loss prevention processes and policies are consistently implemented
- Strong communication, interpersonal and coaching skills
- Strong customer service focus
- Ability to motivate and supervise staff
- Previous experience in a retail or customer service environment preferred
- Physically fit with the ability to properly lift heavy items
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and multitask
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Responsibilities
Supervise, train, and motivate store associates while maintaining store presentation, merchandising, inventory rotation, and customer service standards. Support sales and administration, manage cash handling and supplies, and ensure workplace safety, security, and loss prevention procedures are followed.
Requirements
Strong communication, interpersonal, coaching, and customer service skills are required, along with the ability to motivate and supervise staff and prioritize multiple tasks. Previous retail or customer service experience is preferred, and the role requires physical fitness and the ability to lift heavy items.
Skills
- Communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- Coaching
- Customer Service
- Staff Supervision
- Motivation
- Training
- Merchandising
- Inventory Rotation
- Cash Handling
- Prioritization
- Multitasking
- Conflict Resolution
- Loss Prevention
- Physical Fitness
- Lifting Heavy Items
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Categories
- Retail
- Management & Leadership
- Customer Service & Support
- Sales
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Retail
- Thrift Store
- Store Operations
- Staff Supervision
- Team Leadership
- Employee Training
- Performance Reviews
- Merchandising
- Inventory Rotation
- Donation Sorting
- Product Pricing
- Sales
- Customer Service
- Cash Handling
- Store Administration
- Supply Ordering
- Workplace Safety
- Store Security
- Loss Prevention
- Community Relations