GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB

Provide support to the Store Manager to ensure effective execution of systematic inventory process, quality assurance processes and standards, and inventory management processes and standards; execution of merchandising plans, including merchandise sets, displays, and rotation; provide support to management team to maintain overall store operations and superior customer service.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrate excellent internal and external customer service, ensuring the Grange Way standards
• Merchandising of the department to company standards
• Ensure every item has a SKU and is priced
• Ensure sale items are set before the start of a promo period
• Place sale signs out for sales events
• Receive shipments as needed in the department
• Stock freight and ensure adequate amounts of merchandise available for purchase
• Assist cashiers and act as a back-up cashier as necessary
• Ensure a clean and safe working and shopping environment throughout the department
• Communicate with location management and department personnel daily
• Ensure that signing, displays, and safety concerns are addressed and corrected
• Conduct regular cycle counts of merchandise in accordance with cycle count schedules in the department
• Negative on hands completed daily
• Plant dumps completed weekly
• Help inventory counting at other departments or locations as needed
• Demonstrate regular and predictable attendance
• Perform other tasks and duties as requested by supervising manager

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Associate degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

OTHER SKILLS AND/OR ATTRIBUTES

• Integrity
• Sound judgment/decision-making
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent time-management skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Distribution/warehousing experience preferred
• Experience trouble-shooting difficult problems to achieve desired results
• Proficiency in Windows-based applications preferred
• Experience with EPICOR Eagle point of sale/inventory management system preferred
• Comprehensive understanding of the company and its products and services
• Ability to perform effectively and efficiently in both individual and team environments Ability to be trained to use all equipment, tools and applications at store-level

Bilingual candidates encouraged to apply