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Farmers Furniture Company Store Manager Trainee in Bay Minette, Alabama
STORE MANAGER *Location: Bay Minette, Alabama SALARY: $18.08 | Hourly*
- Hiring and overseeing training, and retention of Sales Associates.
- Acknowledging and Communicating Performance to Associates.
- Ensure that the credit department is maintaining collection.
- Promoting superior customer service by ensuring associates are greeting and Assisting Customers and always taking the extra step.
- Motivates and trains associates to achieve full potential and sales goals.
- Maintaining inventory levels per guidelines.
- Responding to customer inquiries and complaints in a professional and timely manner.
- Monitoring associate sales activities and productivity.
- Performing operational duties that drive sales through product knowledge, store cleanliness, and other related duties.
- Effectively managing warehouse/delivery.
- Direct and coordinate activities involving sales of manufactured products, services, commodities, real estate, or other subjects of sale.
- Resolve customer complaints regarding sales and service.
- Review operational records and reports to project sales and determine profitability.
- Oversee regional and local sales managers and their staffs.
- Determine price schedules and discount rates.
- Prepare budgets and approve budget expenditures.
- Monitor customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts.
- Plan and direct staffing, training, and performance evaluations to develop and control sales and service programs.
- Direct, coordinate, and review sales and service accounting and record-keeping, as well as receiving and shipping.
- Direct clerical staff to keep records of export correspondence, bid requests, and credit collections, and to maintain current information on tariffs, licenses, and restrictions.
- Advise dealers and distributors on policies and operating procedures to ensure functional effectiveness of business.
- Confer or consult with department heads to plan advertising services and to secure information on equipment and customer specifications.
- Represent company at trade association meetings to promote products.
- Confer with potential customers regarding equipment needs, and advise customers on types of equipment to purchase.
- Assess marketing potential of new and existing store locations, considering statistics and expenditures.
- Visit franchised dealers to stimulate interest in establishment or expansion of leasing programs.
- Direct foreign sales and service outlets of an organization.
SKILLS DESIRED:
- Retail Management
- Credit
- Collections
- Sales Experience
HIRING REQUIREMENTS
- Drug Testing
- Background Check
- Reference Check
Minimum Age: 18 **Minimum Education: (1) Year College/Vocational Trade School
TO APPLY: Complete an application online via the Farmers Home Furniture website @ http://www.farmershomefurniture.com **