Job Description

Our corporate Home Furniture Store located in downtown St. Jacobs has an exciting opportunity for a Retail Store Assistant Manager. Reporting to the Retail Store Manager, you would be responsible for assisting with the day-to-day operations of the retail store, leading a successful team to achieve sales, inventory management, merchandising, planning advertising, and promotions. You would also take a key role in creating an exceptional customer experience.

What You'll Do:

• Provide guidance, motivation, and supervision to Team Members.
• Maintain category management, assist with product assortment, and set-up seasonal displays.
• Coordinate promotional events i.e., Customer Appreciation, Garage Sales, etc.
• Demonstrate and deliver an exceptional customer experience through team training and education.
• Prepare monthly staff work schedule and assist with staff meetings.
• Assist in selecting and orientating new team members.
• Assist with entering working hours of team members into payroll system (TimeZone).

What we're looking for:

• Secondary school diploma or equivalent.
• 3 to 5 years retail sales, execution, and operations. Experience working in a Furniture Store would be considered an asset.
• Basic understanding of retail key performance indicators and budget processes.
• Excellent organizational skills: ability to multi-task, adapt and cope in challenging situations.
• Ability to motivate and lead a team to achieve common goals. Supervisory/leadership skills an asset.
• Familiar with POS in-store system and other retail software.
• Working knowledge of Home Hardware systems and services would be considered an asset.
• Willingness to work weekends and extra hours when required.

HOURS: 40 hours per week (Full-Time Position)
*Must be available for any of the store hours including weekends.

Home Hardware recognizes the value of a diverse team. We believe that different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences make us stronger as an organization. Applicants representing the full diversity of communities in Canada are encouraged to apply with confidence. Please let us know if you require accommodation during the recruitment process.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.