Training and Revision Specialist

American Greetings Corporation; Opelousas (LA); On-site; USD 20,526 - 24,108; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Job summary

American Greetings Corporation is seeking a Part Time Lead Retail Trainer to guide and develop merchandisers across a designated geographic area. The role includes coordinating revisions, training needs, and ensuring high standards in store environments.

The position features a 20-hour workweek on average, potential increases around holidays, and a starting pay of $14.90 per hour with planned increases to $16.20 and $17.50 over the first year, plus a 401(k) match.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication abilities for training and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Field Manager to identify training needs.
• Schedule training for new and existing merchandisers and mentor them with feedback.
• Train on duties including servicing an order, inventory management and seasonal duties such as changeovers and displays.
• Build strong relationships with store personnel while promoting the brand.
• Identify and arrange coverage for vacant stores within their area.
• Continually work on improving store performance and ensuring merchandisers are successful.
• Responsible for merchandising a small route of stores.
• Work with Field Manager and store personnel on major revision activity before, during and after setup.
• Knowledge of fixture types across accounts and ability to build fixtures; understand planograms and revision materials to execute revisions.
• Assign tasks and manage a team during revisions and ensure completion.
• Maintain constant communication with Field Manager on all revision aspects and follow up.

Job description

Overview

American Greetings is a global leader in the Celebrations marketplace. Celebrate with us and join our team today! As a Part Time Lead Retail Trainer, you are a vital part of our company's purpose: helping people celebrate holidays, each other, and all of life's special moments, by making the world a more thoughtful and caring place every single day. We are looking for a motivated and energetic Lead Retail Trainer to help manage and train merchandisers servicing our greeting card departments in retail locations. This is a part-time role responsible for the training and development of our merchandisers along with coordinating revisions within a specified geographical area.

Pay

• The starting pay is $14.90 per hour with two increases during the first year of employment (the listed rates are subject to change based on work location).
• After 6 months of employment the pay rate will increase to $16.20.
• After a year of continued employment, the pay rate will increase to $17.50.
• 401(k) with company match

Hours

The weekly average hours are 20 hours per week. The weekly hours may increase to an average of 30 hours per week around holidays.

Location

Working Zip Code(s) for location: 70570

Training Responsibilities of a Lead Retail Trainer

• Partner with the Field Manager to identify training needs.
• Communicate with new and existing merchandisers to schedule training as needed while mentoring and giving feedback.
• Ability to train on duties including but not limited to servicing an order, and inventory management and organizational activities, along with seasonal duties including but not limited to seasonal changeovers, seasonal display maintenance, seasonal inventory management, seasonal outpost placement.
• Build strong relationships with store personnel while promoting our brand.
• Identify and arrange coverage for vacant stores within their area.
• Continually work on improving your store and ensuring the merchandisers are successful.
• Responsible for merchandising of own small route of stores.

Revision Responsibilities of a Lead Retail Trainer

• Work with Field Manager and store personnel on major revision activity before, during and after setup.
• Knowledge of all fixture types across different accounts and ability to build fixtures as needed. Along with understanding planograms, cabinet diagrams, and other revision specific materials to successfully execute a revision.
• Can effectively assign tasks and effectively manage a team during revisions to complete the job.
• Constant communication with Field Manager on all aspects of revision along with follow up throughout the process.