Operations Manager Trainee

84 Lumber; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

84 Lumber is seeking an Office Manager Trainee to oversee communications and inventory replenishment for about 60 stores, handling reports to keep stock in check and under budget. The role includes hands-on training across stores and collaboration with multiple departments to optimize promotions and inventory flow.

Trajectory includes building relationships with store associates and buyers while learning store operations, policy, and best practices in inventory control across the territory.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and comprehend documents; write routine reports and correspondence; speak/present in front of a small group.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions and solve problems with several concrete variables in standard situations.

Responsibilities

• Understand the culture, ethics, and history of 84 Lumber.
• Analyze and monitor store inventory levels.
• Work on lowering inventory levels and build relationships with store associates and buyers.
• Review stock orders to ensure safe and accurate levels across territory; avoid over/under ordering.
• Review replenishment reports and recommend potential order needs.
• Track late purchase orders by tracing delivery status.
• Coordinate transfers of material between storers to reduce excess inventory.
• Training includes 4–12 weeks in a store to gain product knowledge and operations experience; role based in Eighty-Four, PA.
• Meet with other departments to understand promotion opportunities.

Skills

Inventory analysis

Data interpretation

Communication

Presentation

Computer skills

Tools

Spreadsheet

Internet software

Word processing

Job description

Overview

Office Manager Trainees are responsible for communications and inventory replenishment for approximately 60 stores and $100-120 million dollars’ worth of inventory. Maintaining optimal inventory levels requires analyzing numerous reports and reacting to the results. Your goal is to keep the stores in stock and under budget.

Responsibilities

• Understand the culture, ethics, and history of 84 Lumber.


• Analyze and monitor store inventory levels.


• Work on lowering inventory levels and building relationships with store associates and the buyers.


• Reviewing stock orders to ensure safe and accurate inventory levels across territory. Ensuring store are not over or under ordering stock material.


• Review replenishment reports and recommend potential order needs.


• Track down late purchase orders by tracing orders for delivery status.


• Coordinate transfers of material between storers to help eliminate dominate inventory.


• Training will include 4-12 weeks working in an 84 Lumber Company store (near where you live) to gain product knowledge and store operations experience. The position is based in Eighty-Four, PA (Near Washington, PA).


• Meet with other departments to better understand promotion opportunities.


• Computer Skills: Spreadsheet/Internet Software, Word Processing.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and comprehend documents (i.e. policy and procedure manuals); write routine reports and correspondence; speak/present in front of a small group.


• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form; deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.