Full-Time

Co-Manager

Hourly

Houchens Industries

Houchens Industries

11-50 employees

Diversified employee-owned holding company

No salary listed

Kingsport, TN, USA

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Category
Retail (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Inventory Management
Customer Service

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Requirements
  • High school graduate or General Education Degree (GED).
  • One to two years of related experience.
  • Basic computer skills.
  • Ability to work nights, weekends, and overtime as needed.
  • Ability to stand, walk, sit, handle or finger items, reach outward, reach above the shoulder, and bend as required by the role.
  • Ability to lift or carry up to 20 pounds occasionally and up to 10 pounds frequently.
  • Ability to push or pull up to 25 pounds occasionally.
  • Ability to complete a pre-employment background and drug screening.
Responsibilities
  • Assist the store manager in ensuring that the store operates according to company standards.
  • Operate the store to provide positive earnings for the company.
  • Directly supervise sales workers in the store.
  • Perform management functions such as purchasing, budgeting, accounting, and personnel work.
  • Direct safety, security, and sanitation programs in compliance with company policy and procedure.
  • 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, cash-receipt reconciliation, and customer services.
  • Inventory stock and reorder merchandise when inventory drops to a specified level.
  • Maintain records of purchases, sales, and requisitions.
  • Enforce safety, health, and security rules.
  • Examine products purchased for resale or received for storage to assess their condition.
  • Recruit, interview, hire, train, evaluate, demote, promote, and terminate store employees when necessary.
  • Ensure that employees understand and follow company policies and standards.
  • Measure performance, evaluate employees, and take corrective action.
  • Instruct staff on handling difficult and complicated sales.
  • Ensure employee productivity through example and leadership.
  • Achieve sales and profit objectives through example and leadership.
  • Examine merchandise to ensure it is correctly priced, displayed, and functioning as advertised.
  • Plan and maintain employee work schedules, timecards, and other necessary records.
  • Organize, calculate, and accurately enter daily sales information for submission to the corporate office.
  • Monitor 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 losses due to theft.
  • Maintain familiarity with company memos.
  • Maintain and preserve company property.
  • Prevent overstocks and out-of-stocks through correct product ordering.
  • Develop a favorable customer image through cleanliness, attractiveness, and employee conduct by providing necessary supervision.
  • Review and monitor scheduled shift hours.
  • Comply with city, county, state, and federal regulations.
  • Assist in areas requiring attention or assign employees to complete tasks.
  • Record all sales at the time of purchase.
  • Accurately record merchandise markups, markdowns, spoilage, and store use according to company policy.
  • Verify the previous day's money, calculate the daily deposit, and sign off on the office count.
  • Maintain the bad-check log to support recovery of money lost due to returned checks.
  • Prepare end-of-week reports accurately or ensure that trained employees complete them.
  • Accurately record all hours worked and verify the hours worked on time-ticket reports.
  • Total time-ticket reports accurately so employees are paid correctly.
  • Verify and close out payroll.
  • Ensure that new employees on each shift are trained.
  • Maintain warning notices to document employees' ongoing performance.
  • Advise the supervisor of personnel situations or policy violations that negatively affect store operations.
  • Check equipment for proper working condition.
  • Control payroll within budget guidelines.
  • Enforce correct vendor check-in procedures within company guidelines.
  • Keep the safe locked.
  • Maintain a low cash drawer and use the safe according to supervisor instructions.
  • Open and close the store.
  • Complete shift-checkout reports at the appropriate times.
  • Notify the supervisor immediately if the daily bank deposit is not made.
  • Share responsibility for controlling store inventory.
  • Order and maintain merchandise to prevent out-of-stocks.
  • Build and maintain sellable displays.
  • Prepare and maintain perishable foods according to company standards and supervisor instructions.
  • Keep coolers, shelves, and displays full and fronted.
  • Clean and maintain store equipment.
  • Perform other job-related tasks as requested by management.
  • Open and close the store on time according to the management schedule.

Houchens Industries is a 100% employee-owned holding company operating subsidiaries in construction, manufacturing and distribution, retail, healthcare, and insurance. Its businesses include road and building construction, motion-control and masonry products, retail fixtures, fencing, beverages, grocery and pharmacy stores, eyewear, and insurance coverage. What sets Houchens Industries apart is its ESOP structure, giving thousands of employees ownership stakes. The goal is to build long-term value for employee-owners through diversified acquisitions.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Founded

1944

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What believers are saying

  • Houchens Insurance Group reached $100 million revenue in May 2025.
  • Houchens announced a 10-year WKU athletic district plan on October 27, 2025.
  • New subsidiaries like H.H. Barnum broaden manufacturing exposure and reduce category dependence.

What critics are saying

  • Acquisition integration failures from 2025-2026 deals can damage cash flow and ESOP value.
  • Heavy dependence on dealmaking makes 2026 growth vulnerable if targets dry up.
  • A large grocery or insurance write-down would hit employee ownership and senior leadership credibility.

What makes Houchens Industries unique

  • Houchens runs a 100% employee-owned ESOP across retail, manufacturing, construction, and insurance.
  • Jordan White joined in February 2026 to source acquisitions and investment opportunities.
  • Houchens keeps buying niche operators like Business Benefits and Pet Food Centers.

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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
Houchens acquires industrial supply manufacturer

The company continues to diversify its corporate portfolio.

Bowling Green Daily News
Jan 12th, 2023
Betty Jean Covey | Obituaries | bgdailynews.com

Betty retired from Houchens Industries.

The Business Journals
Dec 20th, 2022
Air Hydro Power to be acquired by Houchens Industries

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
Houchens Industries, Inc., partners announce $420,000 ‘Bridge the Gap’ funds awarded

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
Houchens Industries promotes Patrick Coleman to VP of Finance and CFO

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.