Store Team Leader

Position: Store Team Leader

Start Date: Based on accepted offer

Employment Term: Regular 

Employment Type: Full-time 
Work Hours (i.e. shift): various hours based on needs

Starting Salary: Based on Market
Salary/Benefit Notes: Our full-time team members (30 hours or more per week) are eligible for the following benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance plan
• Optional dependent life insurance
• Domestic partner benefits
• Short- and long-term disability plans
• Flexible spending plan
• Retirement plan
• Paid time-off benefits
• Team member assistance program
• Health and wellness programs
• Educational assistance program
• Team member discount card

If you lead with heart and have a head for business, consider a career with Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin.

While our stores focus on selling donated and new merchandise, each member of our team works toward our No. 1 core value — Putting People First...All People. By striving to bring our values to life each day in everything we do, we change the lives of the people in our communities. Our Retail Stores and Training Center is currently seeking an organized, energetic and creative Store Team Leader to come and join our team.

Our Store Team Leader is a leader of leaders and is responsible for the entire operation of our retail store and training center. You will oversee the usual — cashiering, inventory, customer service, team member relations, budgets and store administration — along with the unusual — helping manage the processing and flow of donated goods and assisting individuals with disabilities or other barriers to employment learn life skills, get job training, become more independent and build on their dreams. To be considered, you'll need 5-7 years of proven retail/leadership experience.

Candidates must have open availability for work hours that include at least 1-2 nights a week and every other weekend.

Position Responsibilities

• Responsible for the entire property including buildings (internal and external) and all merchandise, fixtures, signage, parking facilities, etc. located on the premise.
• Adheres to organizational core values and beliefs and ensures that they are practiced in daily store operation.
• Helps with continuous growth and development of Goodwill team.
• Responsible for financial results including sales, gross margin, expense control, payroll, and contribution/profit.
• Maintains merchandising displays that meet sizing, signing, new goods, checkouts, in stock position, and pricing standards.
• Can effectively and efficiently manage a broad range of store activities.
• Able to identify, organize, and prioritize with delegation of duties when applicable. Also is able to trouble shoot problems before they occur.
• Maintains a productive processing area that meets production goals, maintains a clean and organized work floor and follows current standards.
• Prepares required paperwork on sales, productivity, programs, people function, safety and loss prevention, etc. as required and within time frames.
• Hiring applicants as needed, help with benefit administration, following guidelines with care-fronting and separation of employment when necessary.
• Responsible for store maintenance, both interior and exterior, including but not limited to floors, restrooms, break room, production area, fixtures, glass, etc.
• Ensures the development of staff members and deals effectively with diversity of customers and team members.

What I must bring:

• Education generally equivalent to a high school diploma is preferred but not required.
• Previous experience in a retail environment is preferred.
• Experience of at least a basic level of competency with computers to complete e-learning opportunities and use our intranet, G-Wiz.
• May require the ability to operate a cash register.
• Must have good judgment to recognize clothing categories.
• Must remain productive without direct leadership.

How I will be safe:
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. Accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk and/or hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping and crouching. The team member also will use their hands to handle objects, tools or controls and reach with their arms. The team member is occasionally required to sit, climb and balance.

The team member must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds and more. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Open Interviews-Eau Claire Goodwill Store

 Thursdays May 17th, 24th-10am-2pm

 Friday, May 18th, 25th-1pm-5pm

 Saturday May 26th-11am-4pm

Open Interviews-Ashwaubenon Goodwill Store

 Thursdays May 17th, 24th, 31st-2pm-6pm