Farm Services in Graham is looking for a Retail Manager to oversee all aspects of our lawn and garden, feed and seed store. Must have some mechanical skills and knowledge of agriculture chemicals, but your primary responsibilities will involve building and leading a terrific team while increasing sales and profits of the business. We want you to provide legendary customer service through the use of integrity, product knowledge, a positive attitude, and high energy. You must have leadership abilities and skills to lead a team to be their best and put forth their best. We're looking for a forward thinking individual who will dedicated to the company and wants to continue to grow with us.

This opportunity combines sales, retail, and store operations. This position wears many hats: supervisor, inventory controller, display and merchandising pro, and driver of increased performance and profits. This is also a hands-on position with a lot of floor time, where customer interaction is at the forefront to enable you to make an impact on all aspects of the business.

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Required Education & Experience:

• Minimum of an Associate’s degree, but a Bachelor’s in a business, agriculture, or related field is preferred

• Minimum two years of retail management experience

• Minimum two years of staff management, shrink control, P&L, and scheduling experience

• Minimum two years of inventory management experience desired A valid driver's license for some travel

• For example, picking up and delivering lawn equipment if other staff is unable to do so, picking up Stihl parts if other staff is unable to do so, etc. Proven communication and leadership skills

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to resolve issues ethically and with minimal conflict

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Knowledge of Quickbooks and POS is helpful.

• Ability to take additional classes and obtain certifications as needed

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Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This is a dynamic role that requires different functions, so the following list of duties, responsibilities, and abilities is not exhaustive:

• Process information / merchandise through system and POS Register system

• Communicate effectively with team members and customers

• Read, write, and count to accurately complete all documentation

• Freely access all areas of the store including selling floor, shop, gardening area, and register area

• Operate and use all equipment necessary to run a store such as a dolly, hand-truck, forklift, computer, and cash register

• Squat, bend, stoop, and climb ladders

• Move and transfer merchandise generally weighing 0 -- 50 pounds throughout the store

• Work varied hours, days, nights, and weekends as business dictates, plus six days a week during peak seasons in the Spring and Fall

• Work a minimum of 50 hours per week

• Stand and walk for long periods of time often up to four hours straight without a break

• Ability to read, optimize, and implement planograms

• For example, merchandising, sets, and resets Assembling merchandise

• Ensuring all janitorial duties are performed by staff

• Price changes/markdowns

• Price compare on a regular basis

• Order new items as needed

• Assist in regulating cash flow

• For example, ordering based on availability of cash. Implementing process controls to assist in improving the utilization of all resources

• For example, staff, accounting, inventory, dating, customer services, etc.

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Benefits:

• Employee discount​

Pay Rate: Based on Experience