Assistant Store Manager - Fairview

Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Inc.; Fairview (NJ); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Assistant Store Manager to support the store manager in creating an efficient and enjoyable shopping environment. This role involves overseeing staff, managing inventory, and ensuring customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership and team-building skills, with a focus on driving sales and delivering exceptional customer service. Join a mission-driven organization that values independence and dignity through work, offering a rewarding opportunity to make a difference in the community.

Benefits

Vacation & Sick Time Accrual

Paid Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Retirement Account Match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Store Discount

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• 3+ years of retail sales experience and 2+ years of supervisory experience required.
• Strong leadership and team-building skills essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Assist the store manager in maintaining an efficient store environment.
• Supervise employees, manage inventory, and ensure excellent customer service.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Customer Focus

Team Building

Sales Management

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries' mission is to help individuals with barriers to self-sufficiency to achieve independence and dignity through work. Not charity, but a chance.

Position: Assistant Store Manager

Full Time

SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for assisting the store manager in maintaining and supervising a well-organized and efficient store that creates an enjoyable shopping environment for customers.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides direction and supervision of employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, and performing services for customers using established policies and procedures.
• Opens and closes the store at the proper times and performs mid-shift duties.
• Knows budgeted sales quotas and assists the manager in achieving those goals by completing daily budget sheets, pushing and pulling inventory, and accurately pricing high-end merchandise, offering excellent customer service, and ensuring the store opens on time and is kept clean.
• Builds and maintains a motivated and efficiently trained sales staff. Informs staff of promotions, policies, and procedures. Trains and evaluates employee performance. Provides performance feedback to Store Manager.
• Completes weekly/daily sales reports, upkeeps inventory, orders stock, maintains sales log, processes staff payroll, schedules personnel, and tallies money daily.
• Displays and merchandises stock in order to create an appealing and conducive selling environment.
• Manages customer complaints regarding salespeople, merchandise, and/or store policy in a tactful and efficient manner.
• Performs work activities of subordinates, such as cleaning and organizing racks and displays and selling merchandise.
• Works with program staff to provide a rewarding and effective training experience for program participants. Schedules daily tasks, evaluates performance, and makes recommendations to program coordinator.
• Knowledgeable of all policies and procedures and assures compliance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Position requires a high school diploma or equivalent, a minimum of 3 years of retail sales experience, and a minimum of 2 years supervisory experience.
• Must have strong leadership skills and be able to train, develop, and motivate staff. Must have good team-building skills.
• Must be able to drive sales and have a strong customer focus.
• Incumbent must be able to work with a diverse group of customers and staff, and with individuals with disabilities.
• Incumbent must also have the ability to determine when to direct a problem situation to a supervisor.
• Requires acceptable results of CORI check according to Goodwill policy and requirements.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, and talk and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to move racks, bins, and stock, and must lift and/or move up to 10 pounds frequently and up to 25 pounds occasionally.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include depth perception, peripheral vision, the ability to distinguish basic colors, and the ability to adjust vision to bring objects into focus.
• Position requires standing for long periods of time.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The position is located in a normal retail store environment with frequent contact with the general public.
• The noise level is typically moderate.
• The incumbent is frequently exposed to dust in the store environment.
• The incumbent may at times be required to travel to another store location.

Some of our benefits include:

• Vacation & Sick Time Accrual
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Retirement Account Match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Store Discount
• Employee Assistance Program

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.