STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES


 

CLASSIFICATION:  RETAIL STORE MANAGER II

 

Class Code:  7692-17                                             Date Established:  12-08-52

 

Occupational Code:  1-3-6                                     Date of Last Revision:  11-15-07

 

BASIC PURPOSE:  To supervise and participate in the daily working operations of a retail store.

 

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

·           Acts as a store manager in a small volume retail environment or as occasional manager in a large volume retail environment.

·           Supervises staff up to the Retail Store Clerk II level, schedules assignments of full and part-time employees, and reviews work of store personnel for accuracy.

·           Provides on-going training concerning routine operations and work procedures to retail store employees.

·           Assumes responsibility for all levels of inventory control and security (fraud deterrence).

·           Monitors the unloading and verifying of store merchandise and makes adjustments to merchandise reorder inventory figures based on sales.

·           Studies sales trends furnished by data processing printouts.

·           Verifies register sales and makes bank deposits.

·           Assumes responsibility for merchandising the retail sales area of the store to follow NH State Liquor Commission guidelines, to include making determinations on special merchandise displays, keeping in mind customer preference and demand.

·           Prepares and transmits regular and special reports covering sales, stock, deposits and other activities.

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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:

 

Skill:  Requires skill in developing formats and procedures for special applications OR in investigating and reviewing the use of equipment and data for a specialized function.

 

Knowledge:  Requires understanding and using business or trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to perform standard operating procedures.

 

Impact:  Requires responsibility for contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct provision of services to the public or other state agencies.  Errors at this level result in inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require a significant investment of time and resources to detect.

 

Supervision:  Requires direct supervision of other employees doing related or similar work, including scheduling work, recommending leave, reviewing work for accuracy, performance appraisal, or interviewing applicants for position vacancies.

 

Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.

 

Physical Demands:  Requires medium work, including continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or coordination in operating machines or equipment.

 

Communication:  Requires explaining facts, interpreting situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of action.  This level also requires interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the general public.

 

Complexity:  Requires coordinating a combination of diverse job functions in order to integrate professional and technical agency goals.  This level also requires considerable judgment to implement a sequence of operations or actions.

 

Independent Action:  Requires a range of choice in applying a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures for approval by supervisor.

 

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Education:  Graduation from high school or G.E.D. equivalent.  Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.

 

Experience:  Four years’ experience in a position involving public contact work and retail store experience, two years of which shall have been in a supervisory position.

 

License/Certification:  Valid driver’s license required to travel to different store locations.

 

RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS:  Thorough knowledge of principles and methods of retail store management and merchandising.  Thorough knowledge of bookkeeping methods and procedures applicable to the maintenance of retail store records.  Thorough knowledge of inventory control and sound stock handling and recording methods and procedures.  Working knowledge of procedures and policies prescribed for the operation of sales stores.  Ability to plan, assign and supervise the work of subordinates.  Ability to perform mathematical computations with speed and accuracy and prepare required reports.  Ability to effectively train subordinate employees in the operation of a state liquor store.  Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and customers.  Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.

 

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT:  This class specification is descriptive of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this class title.

 

 


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