Full-Time
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Houchens Industries
11-50 employees
No salary listed
Shepherdsville, KY, USA
In Person
Category
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Required Skills
Inventory Management
Customer Service
Requirements
- Education: High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)
- Experience: One to two years of related experience
- Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions
- Adaptability - Ability to adapt to change in the workplace
- Autonomy - Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word
- Creative - Ability to think in such a way as to produce a new concept or idea
- Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures
- Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task
- Energetic - Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work
- Enthusiastic - Ability to bring energy to the performance of a task
- Friendly - Ability to exhibit a cheerful demeanor toward others
- Motivation - Ability to inspire oneself and others to reach a goal and/or perform to the best of their ability
- Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task
- Patience - Ability to act calmly under stress and strain, and of not being hasty or impetuous
- Presentation Skills - Ability to effectively present information publicly
- Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy
- Self-Motivated - Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of one’s ability using his or her own drive or initiative
- Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines
- Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations
- Computer Skills
- Basic Skills
- Must have access to a phone at all times
- Able to perform basic math calculations
Responsibilities
- Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers and responding to customer inquiries and complaints.
- Monitor sales activities to ensure that customers receive satisfactory service and quality goods.
- Assign employees to specific duties.
- Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers.
- Inventory stock and reorder when inventory drops to a specified level.
- Keep records of purchases, sales, and requisitions.
- Enforce safety, health, and security rules.
- Examine products purchased for resale or received for storage to assess the condition of each product or item.
- Recruit, interview, hire, train, evaluate personnel performance, demote, promote and terminate store employees when necessary.
- Assure all employees know, understand and follow company policies and standards.
- Constantly measure performance, evaluate and take corrective action.
- Instruct staff on how to handle difficult and complicated sales.
- Assure productivity of employees through example and leadership.
- Achieve sales and profit objectives through example and leadership.
- Examine merchandise to ensure that it is correctly priced, displayed and that it functions as advertised.
- Achieve maximum productivity by planning, developing and maintaining work schedules, records of employees' work schedules, timecards and all other necessary records.
- Organize, calculate and accurately enter daily sales information and sent to the corporate office.
- Maintain constant up to date knowledge of local competition.
- Confer with company officials to develop methods and procedures to increase sales, expand markets, and promote business.
- Control store expenses
- Plan budgets and authorize payments and merchandise returns.
- Provide adequate supervision to reduce loss due to theft.
- Stay familiar with all memos.
- Maintain and preserve company property.
- Prevent overstocks and/or out of stocks through correct product ordering.
- Develop favorable customer image through cleanliness, attractiveness and employee conduct by providing necessary supervision.
- Review and monitor all scheduled shift hours.
- Abide by all city, county, state and federal regulations.
- Assist in all areas that need attention or assign a person to complete the task.
- Record all sales at the time of purchase.
- Accurately record all markups, markdowns, spoilage and store use of merchandise according to company policy.
- Verify all money from the previous day and calculate the daily deposit and sign off on office count.
- Ensure check cashing policies are followed to company standards.
- Prepare end of the week reports accurately or ensure that they are done by trained employees.
- Approve timecards in Paylocity, verifying all hours worked.
- See that all new employees on each shift are trained.
- Maintain warning notices to reflect a continuous performance record of all employees.
- Advise supervisor of any personnel situations or policy violations having a negative effect on store operations.
- Check all equipment for proper working conditions.
- Responsible for controlling payroll within budget guidelines.
- Enforce correct vendor check-in procedures, within company guidelines and as instructed by supervisor.
- Always keep safe locked.
- Follow company policy by maintaining a low cash drawer and utilizing the safe, as instructed by supervisor.
- Responsible for opening and closing the store.
- Complete shift-checkout report at appropriate times as instructed by supervisor.
- Notify supervisor immediately if the bank deposit is not made on a daily basis.
- Share the responsibility for controlling the inventory in the store.
- Order and maintain merchandise to prevent out of stocks.
- Build and maintain displays that are sellable.
- Prepare and maintain perishable foods according to company standards and as instructed by supervisor.
- Maintain coolers, shelves and displays by keeping them full and fronted at all times.
- Properly clean and maintain store equipment.
- Perform other job-related tasks as requested by the management staff.
- Observe management schedule by opening and closing the store on time.
- Other job-related tasks as required.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Founded
1944
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Acquired three Save A Lot stores in Indiana April 2026, entering new market.
- Houchens Insurance Group ranks 45th largest U.S. agency post-Florida expansion.
- Hired Vince Tyra May 2022 for M&A strategy, fueling bolt-on growth.
What critics are saying
- Integration failures at H.H. Barnum and Lee Masonry cause talent exodus within 12-24 months.
- Walmart and Aldi erode Save A Lot margins in Indiana within 6-12 months.
- Petco and Chewy dominate e-commerce, crippling Feeders Pet Supply in 18-36 months.
What makes Houchens Industries unique
- Houchens allocates 40% of free cash flow to acquisitions across diverse sectors.
- 100% employee-owned ESOP spans grocery, manufacturing, insurance, and pet retail.
- Acquired H.H. Barnum, expanding automation controls to 5,000+ customers.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Work Hours
Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
401(k) Company Match
Company News
The Business Journals
Sep 4th, 2024
The company continues to diversify its corporate portfolio.
Bowling Green Daily News
Jan 12th, 2023
Betty retired from Houchens Industries.
The Business Journals
Dec 20th, 2022
Bowling Green, Kentucky-based Houchens Industries Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Louisville-based Air Hydro Power Inc.
WBKO
Dec 6th, 2022
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - The “Bridge the Gap” program launched by Houchens Industries, Inc. and community partners, in partnership with United Way of Southern Kentucky, has now disbursed nearly $420,000 to assist those impacted by the tornadoes in December of 2021.
The Lane Report
Dec 5th, 2022
Chairman and CEO, Dion W. Houchins is pleased to announce the promotion of Patrick Coleman to the position of Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Houchens Industries, Inc.