A strategic "quality resale" management position whose primary focus is income development through the acquisition and subsequent sale of donated apparel, furniture, jewelry, accessories, artwork, collectibles and other miscellaneous household goods. Shop operations are supported through volunteer recruitment, training and development, retention and reward.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Consistently adhere to all Discovery Shop Standard Operating Procedures and meet all Net Income Goal Evaluation Levels. Adhere to all required projects, events and due dates as listed in the Discovery Shop Business Plan, and as they arise throughout the year.
- Consistently procure quality donations for a constant flow of merchandise to the sales floor.
- Consistently recruit, train, develop and reward volunteer support for all operational, financial and administrative functions of the shop including a volunteer leadership structure.
- Ongoing development of shop specific growth plans with the support of the Field Director (s).
- Work in a collaborative manner with your local Community (unit) office on special projects.
Educational Background:
High school graduate. Some college, including basic courses in business, mathematics and economics.
Skills/Experience:
- Retail, wholesale or resale experience in sales, product merchandising, and basic financial and operational functions.
- Computer literacy and comfort with basic Microsoft Office functions.
Demonstrates the following Discovery Shop competencies:
- Action oriented - Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
- Being resilient - Rebounds from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations.
- Collaborates - Builds partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Customer focus - Builds strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
- Builds effective teams - Builds strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
- Drives results - Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances.
- Manages complexity - Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
- Persuades - Uses compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others.
Other Skills:
- Excellent communication and people management skills; multitasking capabilities; patience and consistency to mentor, train and develop volunteers; clear time management and prioritization skills to accomplish required tasks.
- The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Feb 25 2018
Active Until:
Mar 25 2018
Hiring Organization:
American Cancer Society
industry:
Nonprofit