Supervisor

Job Description: Thrift Store Supervisor

Date of Job Description: 2024-01-10

Department of Functional Area: Thrift Store

Reports To: Store Manager

Primary Purpose: To assist with the day-to-day supervision of the thrift store: organization, receiving the product by donation, pricing items, structuring of the sales floor and supervising staff and volunteers.

Duties & Responsibilities:This is not a complete list of this position’s duties and responsibilities. Managers may assign other duties. The items below are examples of the types of activities performed.

Schedule: As set by the Store Manager

Primary Responsibilities:

- Assist with the organization, planning, development, implementation, and administration of the thrift store to ensure it is run excellently and meets the goal requirements
- Provide supervision to staff, volunteers, and ATCCC students
- Sort, price, mark, create and display products
- Ensure the store is clean and organized
- Assist the manager in ensuring the store meets all city, provincial, federal and ATC accreditation requirements for retail and safety
- Ensure that the storage of donations is neat and orderly
- Assist in maintaining a safe work environment at all times
- Educate & train staff and volunteers
- Be consistent in ensuring all staff follow safety practices
- Provide leadership and support to the Health & Safety Committee
- Participation in new personnel growth, & training

Qualifications:

- Experience working in a thrift store or store management an asset
- Enthusiastic about the thrift store industry
- Maintain excellent working relationships with all staff
- Strong organization and communication skills
- Ability to mentor and advise staff and students as necessary
- Discretion and patience in working alongside at-risk individuals
- Conflict resolution experience or training an asset
- Working knowledge of email and web-based programs
- Valid driver’s license and own transportation
- Ability to lift up to 20lbs
- Flexible with scheduling

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $17.55 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 40 per week

Benefits:

• Company events
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• Morning shift
• Night shift
• Weekends as needed

Application question(s):

• Do you have a criminal record from which you have NOT been pardoned for?

Experience:

• Retail sales: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person