Store Manager

The Salvation Army; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The Salvation Army Albuquerque Thrift Store is hiring a full-time store supervisor to lead daily operations and staff. You will oversee customer relations, merchandising, scheduling, and compliance with policies. Strong people skills and a track record in supervision are essential.

Responsibilities include evaluating performance, maintaining a neat store, managing POS procedures, and training volunteers and beneficiaries. This role requires a driver’s license and commitment to safety standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years supervisory experience
• Minimum three months as a manager trainee or similar experience
• Experience scheduling staff
• Must have people skills and organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to merchandise product and to produce effective sales
• Ability to work with the public in a professional manner
• Team player with a spirit of cooperation and work with all others towards goals set by management
• Valid in-state driver’s license, with a clean MVR
• Employment contingent upon successful completion of a background check

Responsibilities

• Supervise staff with respect to performance of duties to ensure compliance with directives and guidelines
• Evaluate employee's performance at 90 days and at each anniversary
• Ensure smooth running of store operations from customer relations to stocking of new product
• Ensure store always looks neat and clean, presentable
• Follow all daily income handling procedures, including POS procedures, policies for counting and banking income
• Ensure timecards are accurate, signed, and submitted timely
• Engage staff to fulfill sales associate responsibilities and teamwork
• Be creative in setting up promotional and sales displays
• Strive to achieve higher sales as a continual team effort
• Report accidents or issues to supervisor promptly
• Represent The Salvation Army in a courteous manner with donors and customers
• Assist sorters, warehouse workers and drivers as needed and assigned by thrift store manager
• Handle other duties as assigned for efficient thrift store operation

Skills

Supervisory experience

Manager trainee

Staff scheduling

People skills

Merchandising

Customer service

Team player

Driver's license

Background check

Organizational skills

Job description

LOCATION

Albuquerque Thrift Store

STATUS

Full-Time/Non-Exempt

MISSION STATEMENT

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of two years supervisory experience
• Minimum of three months as a manager trainee or similar experience
• Experience scheduling staff
• Must have people skills and organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to merchandise product and to produce effective sales
• Ability to work with the public in a professional manager
• Ability to mentor and train beneficiaries
• Customer service mindset
• Team player with a spirit of cooperation and work with all others towards goals set by management
• Valid in-state driver’s license, with a clean MVR
• Employment contingent upon successful completion of a background check

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervise staff with respect to performance of duties to ensure compliance with directives and guidelines.
• Evaluate employee’s performance at the appropriate time – after 90 days, then at each anniversary
• Ensure smooth running of all store operations – from customer relations to stocking of new product
• Ensure store always looks neat and clean, free of debris and very presentable
• Follow all daily income handling procedures, including POS procedures, policies for counting and banking income.
• Ensure current work schedules are posted at the store and sent to administrative office.
• Ensure timecards are accurate, signed, and submitted in a timely manner.
• Work with staff to ensure all sales associate responsibilities are accomplished, engaging in that process also
• Be creative in setting up promotional and sales displays
• Make achieving higher sales a continual process, encouraging staff and thereby making it a team effort
• Continue to learn from other companies better and/or best way of marketing and making more sales
• Answer customer questions or concerns with courteousness
• Ensure all mark-down and rag-out policies are adhered to.
• Ensuring all truck deliveries are performed with appropriate manifest, signing same
• Ensure OSHA guidelines are followed.
• Responsible for promptly reporting to immediate supervisor all accidents, personal injury, or property damage
• Act as personal representative of The Salvation Army, supporting its mission, treat all customers and/or donors courteously
• Assist sorters, warehouse workers and truck drivers with their duties when deemed necessary and assigned by the thrift store manager
• Handle other duties as may be deemed necessary and assigned by your supervisor for the efficient operation of the Thrift Store

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation. A qualified person with a disability may request a modification or adjustment to the job or work environment in order to meet the physical requirements of the position. The Salvation Army will attempt to satisfy requests as long as the accommodation needed is reasonable and no undue hardship would result.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and reach with hands and arms on a continuous basis. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally help to lift and/or move up to 75. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Must have the ability to operate telephone, a desktop or laptop computer, as well as the ability to access and produce information from a computer, and to understand written information.