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 **