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At PinchAPenny/ POOLCORP you'll find plenty of excellent career advancement and training opportunities to support your career growth. Our generous benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, 401 (k) with 4% company match, education reimbursement, paid time off, and more! As a company, we value integrity, trust, diversity, and ingenuity in everything we do, including our employees. Our family-oriented, hometown culture is supported by a stable, growing company - giving you the best of all worlds.

Location: Pinch A Penny Administration; 6385 150th Ave N. Clearwater, FL 33760

You want Benefits? You've got it! Our generous benefits package includes:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug coverage with Flexible Spending Accounts and Wellness Programs

• 401 (k) with generous company match

• Eligible for Paid Time Off and 8 paid holidays (NOTE: PTO increases with tenure!)

• 100% employer paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance

• Paid Parental Leave

• Fully Funded Tuition Education Programs

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Excellent career advancement and training opportunities to support your career growth

• Employee Discounts and much more!

What to Expect?

The Franchise Business Partner serves as the primary Support Office contact for franchise owners within an assigned territory. Using established reports, tools, and operating playbooks, this role helps franchisees improve retail and pool service sales, profitability, inventory productivity, and operational execution. The role also supports product sell-in and consumer sell-through by helping franchisees plan purchases, execute promotions, and convert inventory into profitable sales.

On a daily basis our Franchise Business Partner:

Franchisee Support and Performance Coaching

• Maintain a consistent cadence of franchisee meetings, business reviews, field visits, and documented follow-up.

• Review store financial and operating results to identify performance gaps and help franchisees implement practical improvement actions.

• Coach franchisees on retail operations, pool service growth, customer acquisition and retention, staffing, local marketing, and overall business execution.

• Track agreed actions, monitor progress, and escalate significant or unresolved concerns to Franchise Operations leadership.

Retail, Service, and Brand Standards

• Coach franchisees on the consistent execution of Pinch A Penny's retail, pool service, customer experience, and brand standards.

• Help franchisees grow recurring pool service customers and strengthen coordination between retail and service operations.

• Conduct annual Brand Standards Certification reviews and follow up on required corrective actions.

• Support the implementation of new products, promotions, technology, training, and other systemwide initiatives.

• Ensure franchisees and their teams understand and execute merchandising, promotional, product knowledge, pricing, and customer engagement initiatives that support consumer sell-through.

Support Office Coordination

• Connect franchisees with the appropriate Support Office departments or approved vendor resources when specialized assistance is required.

• Communicate relevant store-level feedback and recurring field issues to Franchise Operations leadership and other Support Office teams.

• Participate in the transition of new locations from the New Store Operations team to ongoing Franchise Operations support.

• Document franchisee interactions, field visits, performance plans, and follow-up activity in designated company systems.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree preferred.

• Three to five years of experience in multi-unit retail, service operations, franchise support, field operations, or a related role.

• Working knowledge of store-level sales, gross margin, inventory, payroll, and profitability measures.

• Strong communication, relationship-building, organization, and follow-up skills.

• Ability to interpret performance reports and translate findings into practical next steps.

• Ability to influence results without direct authority and balance franchisee support with accountability.

• Specialty retail and service experience preferred.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and business reporting platforms.

• Ability to travel regularly throughout the assigned territory.

Looking to work for the best in the industry?
Since opening its first store in 1975, Pinch A Penny, A POOLCORP Company,has become the largest franchised retail pool, patio and spa company. This first store evolved into a full-time, full-service retail pool supply store offering everything needed to operate and enjoy a swimming pool or spa. With our rapid growth we have been able to hire over 300 employees from Marketing directors, sales associates to machine operators and maintenance mechanics. We are proud to serve our community and be an employer of choice. We believe in recognizing our employees for their hard work and encourage work-life balance.

Why join PINCH A PENNY?
Pinch A Penny, a POOLCORP Company is the premier destination for all your swimming pool and backyard needs. With over 300 stores and expanding, we are the nation's largest swimming pool retail, service, and repair franchise. Our relentless dedication to excellence drives us to bring people together through the joy of pools, spas, and the backyard experience. Join us on this exciting journey as we continue to grow, innovate, and set new standards in the swimming pool industry.

Bilingual, Military, Military Spouses and Veteran applicants are strongly encouraged to apply!We understand the uniqueness of hiring military personnel and veterans and will support him/her in the time of duty or with the transition into new civilian professions.

All offers to external candidates for employment are contingent upon the successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background verifications before employment is finalized. This position is considered "safety-sensitive" and includes tasks or duties which could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the tasks or others.

POOLCORP, including all its subsidiaries, is a drug-free company and Equal Opportunity Employer - By Choice. The Company understands, respects, and values diversity - unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions - while striving to be inclusive of all people. This commitment is critical to our success as a global company as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Hiring and promotional decisions are based solely on the qualifications required for the job to be filled.