Key Holder

Ace Hardware; Sunbury (OH); On-site; USD 1,929,000 - 2,480,000; Full time

Job summary

Ace Hardware in Sunbury, OH is seeking a capable Key Holder to promote sales and deliver top-tier customer service. You will train and monitor sales associates and cashiers to meet retail objectives while upholding Ace's service-first brand.

The role emphasizes leadership, strong product knowledge, and the ability to keep the store running smoothly, including welcoming customers, solving problems, maintaining a clean sales floor, and supporting merchandise resets.

Qualifications

• Strong background in customer service and leadership.
• Hardware knowledge helpful; training provided.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and follow-through skills.
• Ability to lead sales associates and cashiers to meet store objectives.

Responsibilities

• Provide a positive representation of Ace Hardware.
• Proactively assist customers in solving problems.
• Greet customers entering and throughout the store.
• Ensure all pages and calls are answered promptly and courteously.
• Assist with receiving, stocking, and maintaining back stock levels.
• Maintain a clean and orderly sales floor, stock room and outdoor area.
• Support merchandise resets and price changes as needed.
• Communicate store issues to management and participate in store meetings.

Skills

Customer service

Leadership

Cash handling

Product knowledge

Store operations

Tools

Forklift operation

Job description

Additional conversation around rate of pay during interview.

Full job description

Job Description

General Summary

As a key holder, you’ll play a critical role in promoting sales while ensuring that all customers receive high levels of customer service consistent with our Ace helpful brand. This includes training and monitoring the progress of the sales associates and cashiers in establishing and achieving set retail objectives based upon the company standards and policies thereby creating a culture based on service, promotions and sales.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Customer Service:

• Provide a positive representation of Ace Hardware.
• Proactively assist customers in solving problems.
• Greet customers entering and throughout the store. Thank customers when finished and when they are leaving the store.
• Possess a friendly outgoing demeanor; work well with customers as well as associates.
• Ensure all pages and calls are answered promptly, courteously and effectively.
• Forward any customer complaint that cannot be handled to a member of management.
• Possess strong product knowledge and knowledge of store layout and location of products.
• Assist customers throughout the store with personal, customized service based on the premise of amazing every customer, every time.

Store Operations

• Assist in creating a positive, professional and safe work environment.
• Assist with receiving, checking in and stocking of merchandise throughout the store.
• Assist with maintaining back stock levels.
• Assist with daily maintenance, orderliness and cleanliness of the sales floor, stock room and outdoor merchandise area.
• Assist with providing a clean and orderly sales floor, including end caps and ad merchandise.
• Assist with merchandise resets through the store.
• Provide assistance to Department Specialists, i.e. price changes, special orders.
• Ensure signage is current throughout the store.
• Operate forklift with proper training.
• Communicate any Store Support Center issue to General Manager for follow up.
• Communicate any merchandising, cost control or sales idea to General Manager.
• Participate in store meetings.
• Be professional in appearance and actions.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Other Essential Requirements

Strong background in customer service and leadership

Hardware background helpful but will train the right candidates

Excellent interpersonal, communication and follow through skills

We are your local hardware store and we are a part of your community. Ace Hardware has over 5,000 stores around the world with the majority of those stores independently owned and operated by local entrepreneurs. These hard working men and women are part of the fabric of your community. They are small business owners who are local and loyal...just like it ought to be. While others have become large and impersonal, at Ace, we've remained small and very personal. That's why we say a visit to Ace, is like a visit to your neighbor.