Assistant Manager - Southwind Plaza

EVANSVILLE GOODWILL INDUSTRIES, INC.; Mount Vernon (IN); On-site; USD 19,604 - 27,922; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Paid vacation days

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Employee discount

Job summary

A community-focused nonprofit organization is seeking a Store Assistant Manager in Mount Vernon, Indiana. You will play a crucial role in supporting daily store operations, enhancing team development, and ensuring a positive experience for customers and donors. This full-time position offers a competitive hourly wage and a benefits package, including health insurance and paid time off. Candidates should have effective communication skills, a high school diploma, and the ability to work under pressure while achieving store goals.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage store operations and collaborate effectively.
• Flexibility to adapt to diverse communication styles.
• Must lift up to 40 pounds and team lift over that.

Responsibilities

• Support daily store operations under the Store Manager.
• Manage product logistics, including pricing and stocking.
• Foster a positive customer and donor experience.

Skills

Effective communication

Basic computer skills

Customer service experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Why Evansville Goodwill?

Join our team at Goodwill—where your work goes beyond a paycheck and directly supports our mission through life-changing programs like job training, digital skills, disability assistance programs, and high school diplomas for adults! Your efforts make a real difference in people's lives.

What You’ll Do

As the Store Assistant Manager, you’ll support daily store operations to ensure efficiency and cost-effectiveness, driving revenue to support Goodwill’s mission. Working under the Store Manager, you’ll assist in team development, help identify growth opportunities for employees, and contribute to the ongoing success of the retail store and its mission.

Job Type

Full-time

Hourly Rate: $17.25 per hour

Shift

• 8-hour shift, scheduled for 40-hours per week
• Weekend availability

Essential Functions

• Collaborate with the Store Manager to manage store operations, ensuring adherence to Goodwill's policies and procedures.
• Handle financial tasks such as cash management, register balancing, and store finance reporting, and perform store audits to drive necessary changes.
• Manage product logistics, including pricing, sorting, stocking, and use of equipment (e.g., fork trucks and pallet jacks), while training and developing team members.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee scheduling, timecard preparation, and approval in coordination with the Store Manager; ensure efficient store operations and adherence to policies.
• Monitor store supplies, transportation, and maintenance needs, and analyze key performance reports (e.g., Daily Sales Report, Donor Tracker, Payroll %).
• Foster a positive customer and donor experience, ensure proper handling of donations, and maintain store branding, security, and cleanliness.

What You’ll Bring

• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English, with flexibility to accommodate diverse communication styles and abilities, ensuring inclusive engagement with the public, department staff, and individuals with varying needs.
• Basic computer skills including the use of Microsoft Office products.
• Valid driver’s license with reliable transportation for travel between Goodwill sites and Goodwill auxiliaries.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Employment offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug test and criminal background check.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

The physical demands/work environment conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to assist individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical requirements include the ability to twist, bend, squat, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, push and pull. The employee must be able to lift up to 40 pounds and team lift or use equipment to aid in the lifting and movement of items over 40 pounds (common items include, but are not limited to, bags of clothes/miscellaneous items, televisions, computers, sofas, kitchen appliances, bicycles and bedroom sets).

Working environment is indoors with occasional exposure to outside temperatures, and will work around occupational allergens, both air and contact, including but not limited to, dust, animal hair and dander, perfumes, and mold. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

Employee Benefits

Full Time Employees

For Full-Time Employees, Goodwill offers a total rewards package of: competitive wages, bonus eligibility, annual merit increase eligibility, paid sick time, paid vacation days, 10 paid holidays annually, employee health clinics, dental, medical, HSA, vision, retirement plan, life insurance, student loan forgiveness eligible, employee discount, and mileagereimbursement.

We embrace a variety of backgrounds, including individuals with previous involvement in the criminal justice system. Evansville Goodwill Industries is dedicated to offering fair employment opportunities to formerly incarcerated individuals and those with arrest or conviction records.

Evansville Goodwill Industries, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.