Manager Trainee

Manager In Training

Turner's Outdoorsman is seeking a Manager In Training (MIT) to join the team. The Turner's Outdoorsman Manager In Training assists the Store Manager as the business and cultural leader of the store team, responsible for achieving sales goals, customer satisfaction, and profitability growth as well as understanding, practicing, and being a strong proponent of the Turner's brand and the company culture. The Manager In Training is a retail professional role model in attitude and appearance skilled in the art of communication and customer service, who possesses the ability to teach these skills to the team and ultimately lead by example.

Essential Functions

• Provides excellent customer service and displays exceptional salesmanship
• Ensures customers enjoy a full service and high value shopping experience
• Receives stock accurately and displays merchandise
• Operates the Hunting Department along with other store operations
• Makes daily assignments and provides supervision of store employees on a daily basis
• Releases customer firearms
• Sources, places and follows up on orders
• Responsible for accuracy in audits, match ups, and check in
• Supervises paperwork ensuring accuracy
• Ability to work in teams and with various levels of management and personnel
• Perform other duties as assigned which includes but not limited to covering employee shifts, breaks and/or lunches in other departments as needed

Physical Requirements

• Responsible for loading/unloading trucks, lifting up to 50 pounds without assistance
• Must be able to use both hands when handling a firearm
• Must be able to use a computer proficiently and grasp instruction to new software programs
• Must be able to stand, sit, bend and lift throughout the course of a scheduled shift

Travel Requirements

• Occasional travel is required (approximately 15% of the time-participating in events, training seminars, corporate meetings or opening new store locations)

Hours

• At least 45 hours per week are required, varied
• Requests for time off may or may not be granted during black-out periods

Qualifications

• High school graduate (or GED) required, college graduate or some college preferred
• Fluent in English
• Must have at possess sales experience in a leading role
• Knowledge about Hunting, Fishing, or Shooting sports is preferred
• Legally eligible to work in a firearms environment
• Must be 21 years or older
• Customer service experience required
• Certificate of Eligibility Required
• Must be able to multi-task and work in a face paced environment
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Exudes patience, adaptability, takes initiative
• Works with integrity, a high level of energy and has a high tolerance of stress

Turner's Outdoorsman is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Turner's Outdoorsman prohibits harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment.