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Retail Associate Store Manager Jobs in Iowa (NOW HIRING)

Retail Associate

Des Moines, IA ยท On-site

$15 - $17/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

Council Bluffs, IA ยท On-site

$14.25 - $16.25/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

Cedar Rapids, IA ยท On-site

$15 - $17.25/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

West Des Moines, IA ยท On-site

$15 - $17.25/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

Mason City, IA ยท On-site

$15 - $17/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

Sioux City, IA ยท On-site

$15 - $17.25/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

Coralville, IA ยท On-site

$14 - $16/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

Des Moines, IA ยท On-site

$15 - $17/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

Davenport, IA ยท On-site

$14.50 - $16.50/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

Cedar Falls, IA ยท On-site

$14.25 - $16.25/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

West Des Moines, IA ยท On-site

$14 - $16/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

Council Bluffs, IA

$14.25 - $16.25/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

Sioux City, IA

$14.50 - $16.50/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

Cedar Rapids, IA

$15 - $17.25/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

Retail Associate

Des Moines, IA

$15 - $17/hr

The Retail Associate is responsible for ensuring our Customers have a positive shopping experience ... Store best practices and minimizing steps and touches in their work flow. COMPETENCIES: * Manages ...

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Retail Associate Store Manager information

What is a retail associate store manager?

Retail Associate Store Managers are professionals who assist the Store Manager in overseeing day-to-day operations of a retail store. Their responsibilities typically include supervising staff, ensuring customer satisfaction, managing inventory, and helping to achieve sales targets. They often handle scheduling, training new employees, and addressing customer complaints. Associate Managers play a crucial role in ensuring smooth store functions and may step in to lead when the Store Manager is unavailable.

What are some common challenges faced by retail associate store managers, and how can they overcome them?

Retail Associate Store Managers often encounter challenges such as balancing customer satisfaction with operational efficiency, managing staff performance, and adapting to fluctuating sales volumes. To overcome these challenges, it's important to develop strong communication and problem-solving skills, foster a supportive team environment, and stay organized with effective time management. Proactively seeking feedback and collaborating closely with store leadership and team members also helps in navigating daily demands and achieving store goals.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a retail associate store manager?

To thrive as a Retail Associate Store Manager, you need strong leadership abilities, sales acumen, and experience in retail operations, often supported by a high school diploma or equivalent; some employers may prefer post-secondary education. Familiarity with point-of-sale (POS) systems, inventory management software, and scheduling tools is typically required. Excellent communication, problem-solving, and customer service skills help you motivate teams and resolve issues effectively. These skills and qualities are crucial for driving store performance, ensuring customer satisfaction, and maintaining smooth daily operations.

Full-Time Retail Store Associate

DM Goodwill

Marshalltown, IA โ€ข On-site

$14.50/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Posted 6 days ago


Job description

Goodwill of Central Iowa is looking for RetailStore Associates to accept, sort, and merchandise donated goods, cashier, and deliver outstanding customer service with our values of love, kindness, and respect.
Hours & Schedules:
  • Full-Time (38-40 hours/week) positions available
  • No retail holiday season! Shifts are scheduled Monday - Saturday: 8 am - 10 pm and Sunday: 11 am - 6 pm
  • This position requires a flexible schedule which includes days, evenings, and weekends to support business needs.

Pay & Benefits:
  • Starting wage of $14.50/hour and an additional $1.00/hour on Saturday and Sunday shifts worked!
  • Monthly Retail Associate Bonus eligibility based on store production and revenue goals being met!
  • Annual merit increase eligibility based on individual job performance.
  • Full-Time Retail Store Associate benefits summary including medical, dental, vision insurance, retirement plan, PTO, and more!

Successful candidates have:
  • Excellent service skills for daily customer interactions
  • Prior experience in fast-paced environments is a plus!
  • Flexibility to work positively on a team within Goodwill of Central Iowa's values of treating others with love, kindness, & respect
  • Effective communication and basic math skills - point-of-sale (POS) system experience is a plus

Our Retail Store Associates serve as the first point of contact for Goodwill of Central Iowa's (GCI) retail customers at both the sales floor or at the donation door. This position will provide excellent customer service and respond to customer needs in a timely manner; operate a cash register, select and rotate merchandise, clean and organize fixtures, and merchandise donated goods. Store Clerks will receive, sort and process donated goods from the donation door to the sales floor.
What you'll do here:
  • Greet, assist, and engage with customers in a helpful and courteous manner
  • Receive donations from the public
  • Sort donations, stack and organize sorted merchandise, ensure quality of goods processed meets standards
  • Work with supervisors to arrange and rotate items on the sales floor, keep merchandise organized and easily accessible to customers
  • Practice safe cash handling and operate the cash register, including calculating and balancing cash register as scheduled
  • Carryout general cleaning tasks, such as: sweeping, scrubbing, dusting, and mopping
  • Use a dolly, wheeled cart, pallet jack, and possibly riding or walk behind forklift
  • Meet daily production goals
  • Other duties as assigned

What you'll need:
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • A high school diploma or currently attending high school or GED classes, or a minimum of four years of any combination of military service, high school, or related full-time paid employment
  • Availability to work days, evenings, and weekends
  • Ability to carry, lift, push or pull 40 pounds
  • Ability to tolerate variations in work environment temperature
  • Ability to be stationary or mobile for long periods of time
  • Be at least 16 years of age
  • Effective communication and basic math skills
  • Must be able to pass a criminal background check and a dependent adult and child abuse background check

Retail Career Development Pathways Could Look Like:
  • Retail Shift Leader - Assist with directing, coordinating, & monitoring retail store operations and support employee training.
  • Engagement Coordinator - Assist with new employee onboarding, training, and coaching to successfully integrate employees into GCI's work culture, environment, and processes.
  • E-Commerce Coordinator - Identifies and processes trending/valuable donations to be sold on E-Commerce platforms & coaches in-store team members to do the same.
  • Assistant Store Manager - Manages day-to-day retail operations and assists with training, coaching, and performance management of store teams to achieve goals.
  • Store Manager-In-Training - Assists with directing store operations to train, lead, and manage store team members and learn how to achieve key performance metrics and manage revenue targets.
  • Store Manager - Directs store operations to lead, train, and develop employees, champion service excellence, and achieve key performance indicators and revenue targets in support of funding GCI's mission.
  • District Manager - Oversees multi-unit store operations management by leading teams to drive operational and service excellence, overall financial performance, loss control activities, customer service, inventory control, and quality standards within their assigned stores.

Goodwill of Central Iowa is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability) and E-Verify Participant.
The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
If you are ready to work for an organization that brings out the best in people, apply today!
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