Aspiring Store Leader: Drive Sales & Team Growth

Tractor Supply Company; Laurel (MS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Tractor Supply invites applications for a Manager in Training at Petsense by Tractor Supply. You will learn to lead store teams, manage staffing and payroll, and promote a safe, customer‑centric environment while driving sales and merchandising initiatives across the store.

The role covers training in budgeting, forecasting, live animals care, and adherence to Petsense standards, with opportunities to engage in community events and brand-building activities.

Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum of two years retail leadership experience is required. Profit/Loss, scheduling, shrink control, payroll management, staffing, hiring, supervising, and counseling experience is preferred.
• Must be 18 years of age or older and possess a valid driver’s license.
• Education: High School diploma or the equivalent is required. Regardless of education level, you must be able to read, write and count accurately.
• Professional Certifications: None

Responsibilities

• Uphold and promote a safe and productive work environment by following and enforcing all policies and procedures of Petsense by Tractor Supply
• Observe and learn how to build the store team through hiring/staffing decisions, Team Member retention, manage the schedule and payroll management, Team Member training and development, succession planning, and Team Member performance reviews and counseling
• Take the initiative to support selling initiatives (TEAM)
• Thank the Customer
• Engage with the customer and/or pet
• Advise products or services
• Make it Memorable
• Drive sales and profit through driving top line sales, creating and modeling behaviors to support a culture of selling, executing merchandising initiatives, expense control, profit/loss management, as well as protecting company assets and reducing shrink
• Grow the grooming business and ensure all pets in our care are cared for and safe at all times
• Generating brand awareness through local marketing events in the store or in the community including Pet Adoption, community fairs or parades
• Learn how to Lead execution of Petsense standards through store presentation standards/processes, inventory management, freight movement, pricing/promotional activities, loss prevention, procedural audit compliance, as well as planning and delegation of daily tasks
• Handle and resolve customer complaints/issues and ensure the customer has a positive shopping experience
• Perform opening and closing procedures
• Transport and make deposits to the bank or coordinate with armored car service
• Operate cash register/computer
• Supervise cash handling procedures
• Must be comfortable working with small animals including snakes, spiders, crickets, hamsters, amphibians etc. and uphold all safety policies and procedures are executed at all times for the safety of animals in our care
• Ensure cash drawers and vault is reconciled accurately daily.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance
• Work scheduled shifts and be able to work varied hours, days, nights, weekends as dictated by business needs
• Train on daily, weekly, and monthly processing of required paperwork including but not limited to invoices, schedules, product orders and returns, and POs reports.
• Train to do periodic sales forecasting, payroll analysis and budget review.
• Train on documentation of team member evaluations and corrective action.
• Inventory: Train on managing periodic price changes.
• Budgeting/Auditing: Train to be responsible for budgeting and sales forecasting.
• Live Animals: Learn how to care for animals in our store during services, adoption or animals for sale
• Understand the process and policies around live animals

Skills

Effective communication

Reading and writing

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Basic computer skills

Math aptitude

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Tractor Supply invites applications for a Manager in Training at Petsense by Tractor Supply. You will learn to lead store teams, manage staffing and payroll, and promote a safe, customer‑centric environment while driving sales and merchandising initiatives across the store.

The role covers training in budgeting, forecasting, live animals care, and adherence to Petsense standards, with opportunities to engage in community events and brand-building activities.