Store Manager Trainee

STORE MANAGER
Location: Bay Minette, Alabama
SALARY: $18.08 | Hourly

– Hiring and overseeing training, and retention of Sales Associates.
– Acknowledging and Communicating Performance to Associates.
– Ensure that the credit department is maintaining collection.
– Promoting superior customer service by ensuring associates are greeting and Assisting Customers and always taking the extra step.
– Motivates and trains associates to achieve full potential and sales goals.
– Maintaining inventory levels per guidelines.
– Responding to customer inquiries and complaints in a professional and timely manner.
– Monitoring associate sales activities and productivity.
– Performing operational duties that drive sales through product knowledge, store cleanliness, and other related duties.
– Effectively managing warehouse/delivery.
– Direct and coordinate activities involving sales of manufactured products, services, commodities, real estate, or other subjects of sale.
– Resolve customer complaints regarding sales and service.
– Review operational records and reports to project sales and determine profitability.
– Oversee regional and local sales managers and their staffs.
– Determine price schedules and discount rates.
– Prepare budgets and approve budget expenditures.
– Monitor customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts.
– Plan and direct staffing, training, and performance evaluations to develop and control sales and service programs.
– Direct, coordinate, and review sales and service accounting and record-keeping, as well as receiving and shipping.
– Direct clerical staff to keep records of export correspondence, bid requests, and credit collections, and to maintain current information on tariffs, licenses, and restrictions.
– Advise dealers and distributors on policies and operating procedures to ensure functional effectiveness of business.
– Confer or consult with department heads to plan advertising services and to secure information on equipment and customer specifications.
– Represent company at trade association meetings to promote products.
– Confer with potential customers regarding equipment needs, and advise customers on types of equipment to purchase.
– Assess marketing potential of new and existing store locations, considering statistics and expenditures.
– Visit franchised dealers to stimulate interest in establishment or expansion of leasing programs.
– Direct foreign sales and service outlets of an organization.

SKILLS DESIRED:

– Retail Management
– Credit
– Collections
– Sales Experience

HIRING REQUIREMENTS

– Drug Testing
– Background Check
– Reference Check

Minimum Age: 18
Minimum Education: (1) Year College/Vocational Trade School

TO APPLY: Complete an application online via the Farmers Home Furniture website @ http://www.farmershomefurniture.com