Description
APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 16, 2024
Goodwill of Colorado is seeking a qualified, motivated, Retail Assistant
Manager to join our retail management strength as a Bench/ Floating
Assistant Store Manager in Region 1. Candidates hired would be assigned a
Store once it comes available. Apply today! Geographically we will be
looking for Northern Colorado Area including Boulder, Lafayette,
Broomfield, Thornton, & Arvada area.
Do you have management/supervisory experience in retail, restaurant,
hospitality, production or similar industries? Do you have significant
customer service, financial/monetary, production/inventory, and
staff management experience? Have you lead a team of 20 to 30 employees?
Our Assistant Manager position may be the opportunity for you!!
Minimum Pay starts at $55,000 annually DOE.
Full Time employees in Retail are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision,
Short Term Disability, Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Flexible
Spending Accounts, Long Term Disability, and several voluntary
supplemental benefit offerings. In addition, these positions are eligible
for paid time off in the form of vacation, sick, holiday, floating
holiday, jury duty and bereavement leave. All employees may also make
pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) contributions to our retirement plan - must be
18 years of age to participate.
Goodwill of Colorado is now one organization, serving all of Colorado and is
growing! Opportunities for career advancement could come available anywhere
in the state.
Goodwill changes lives across Colorado! With more than 20 programs serving
individuals who have a disability, those with barriers to employment and
seniors, we are always looking for team members who are passionate about
being part of our mission: helping individuals achieve greater independence.
OBJECTIVE:
Manage the daily operations of a Retail Center, in an assistant role. Acts
as Retail Center Manager in the manager's absence.
As a Retail Center Assistant Manager you will support your Retail Center's
responsibility for meeting financial goals to generate the income and
donations necessary to support the mission operations and community programs
provided by Goodwill of Colorado. Assistant Managers must be empowering
leaders who not only have the ability to operate and manage several diverse
departments within the retail center but also have the ability to inspire and
develop their staff. Assistant Managers must be hands-on professionals who
take an active role by "rolling up their sleeves" to achieve success.
Assistant Managers will be held accountable for their performance and along
with their Retail Center Manager will be held accountable for the performance
of their retail center. An Assistant Manager must have the ability to
accomplish profitability through managing daily operations such as
merchandising, donation collection, loss prevention, point-of-sale
systems, product quality control, product 'sweet-spot' pricing,
build community rapport and customer relations with an 'Attitude of
Gratitude', and empower staff and employees to create and accomplish both
professional and personal goals. In addition, the Assistant Manager will
support the Retail Center Manager's responsibilities for budgeting,
financial reporting and profit & loss.
Goodwill retail centers must successfully collect donations, produce
products/merchandise from those donations, manage waste, recycling,
warehousing, and merchandising of donated products, price competitively
and provide excellent customer service to achieve optimal performance.
Working with a team of retail professionals, you will help ensure we make
the best use of our resources to help achieve our mission of helping people
within our community reach their highest level of personal and economic
potential. Assistant Managers will be team players who can manage change
while motivating and inspiring others.
QUALIFICATIONS:
* At least 2 years s pervising retail operations (or similar) with
experience of being held accountable and responsible for the success of the
business, operations and financial results of a function or department.
* Organizational skills to manage multiple projects, people and retail
center functions.
* The ability to work within a deadline-pressured environment.
* Ability to work varied schedules to include weekdays, weekends,
evenings, and holidays. In coordination with the Retail Store Manager must
be able to work any hours necessary to provide complete store coverage and
supervision.
* An understanding of marketing and retail principles.
* An understanding of production processes and environment, to include
deadlines, quality control, working in a quick and efficient manner and
empowering staff to produce product timely
* The ability to create, review and understand statistical information to
increase the success of the retail center.
* The ability to understand, analyze and scrutinize financial statements.
* Must possess the ability to adapt, adjust and mold to changing
circumstances.
* The ability to make difficult choices and be accountable for overall retail
center performance.
* To train, develop and recognize talent and leadership.
* Empower your team to manage and lead their departments or functional areas.
* Effective verbal and written communication skills.
* The ability to communicate upwards, downwards and lateral in an effective
manner.
* An interest and empathy for people with disabilities and disadvantages.
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS:
* Work closely with the Retail Center Manager to achieve goals and objectives
and to increase sales and donations.
* Recommend changes to operational procedures in order to achieve maximized
expense to revenue ratios.
* Promote safety to all employees ensuring that your store adheres to OSHA and
CARF (Goodwill's Program Accreditation) standards. May be the Safety
Representative for the store on the Ops & Sales Safety Sub-committee.
* Maintain a functional awareness of competition and retail trends, being
able to suggest appropriate courses of action.
* Maintain a strong knowledge of the Point-Of-Sale System.