Family Store Manager I_NE-KT_401-Thrift Store Department

Location:  Bristol, TN     

About this opportunity:

Plans, administers, monitors, and evaluates the day-to-day operations of a small Family Store with a limited staff ensuring compliance with established policies and procedures; processes, displays, and prices donated items to ensure a reasonable financial return on the sale of store items; assists customers in a polite and friendly manner; prepares store displays that are attractive, neat, and orderly; rotates and re-stocks store merchandise to ensure quick turnover; ensures the accountability and security of all store items and funds. Serves as a lead worker to volunteers, beneficiaries, and/or subordinate store personnel.

Key responsibilities:

• Oversees Family Thrift Store as well as warehouse.
• Administers and monitors the day-to-day operations of a medium size Family Thrift Store; serves as lead worker to volunteers, and/or subordinate store personnel; trains and instructs staff in the proper methods and procedures for performing work; inspects work in progress and upon completion for accuracy and completeness.
• Supervises and participates in the receiving, sorting, pricing, and distribution of donated items in the warehouse.
• Places and arranges items in the store as directed; checks all store displays to ensure that items are maintained and displayed in a neat and orderly manner; rotates and/or rearranges stock as directed; returns items to the proper location after customer’s have handled.

What we are looking for in you:

• High School Diploma or GED (Required)
• 3 years progressively responsible experience working in retail store environment with at least 2-year experience in a supervisory capacity
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills or abilities

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Ability to meet attendance requirements

• Ability to arrive on time for scheduled shifts

• Ability to perform mathematical computations.

• Ability to perform combinations of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis

• Work requires the ability to lift and carry and/or push/pull moderately heavy (25-50 lbs.) materials, supplies, and equipment. Moderate mobility: duties are usually performed by combinations of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis.

Employee Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Plans and more!

Why work for us?

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans.  Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Five values at the heart of everything we do…We are…

• Passionate
• Compassionate
• Uplifting
• Brave
• Trustworthy

Additional Information:

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

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Application Submittal Period:  10/03/2024 to 11/03/2024

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

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