Store Management
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Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc., is a chain of full-line discount retail stores and smaller variety stores, and we are always looking for excellent managers. If you are willing to relocate throughout our trade area, and are seeking a career in retail with a company that rewards on results and who practices promotion from within, we are that company.
We have opportunities available immediately for honest managers with a progressive attitude, strong ambition, and great interpersonal skills, and we offer qualified candidates a challenging management training program designed to help you succeed.
In addition to training, we offer many excellent company-sponsored benefits, including:
• paid vacation
• paid holidays
• paid holidays
• medical/dental insurance
• group life insurance
• 401K plan
• associate discount (no waiting period)
• short-term illness protection
• paid relocation assistance
As of 2005, we operate 265 stores, including 206 ALCO stores, and 59 Duckwall Variety stores. Our mission is to operate each of these retail stores in a way that satisfies our customers with excellent service, good quality and selection, and fair prices.
We currently have management opportunities in nearly all of the 22 states in which we operate, including:
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The Duckwall-ALCO Store Management Training Program is a combination of retail experience and academic training, done both in and out of the traditional classroom setting.
Our Store Management Training Program is designed to meet each candidate’s personal training needs. To start, a customized training profile is created for each individual, based on their previous retail experience. Then, a training plan is developed to fit those needs, usually lasting between six months and two years.
Each of our management training candidates can expect intensive retail training, seminars, special assignments, and written and oral examinations. Upon successfully completing the program, the individual is promoted to the position of store manager.
Assistant Manager
This position is for individuals who join the company with previous experience in a retail management role. This phase lasts approximately 3 to 12 months, with total merchandising and operational involvement and the complete development of effective management skills. The areas of emphasis in training are merchandising (both hardlines and softlines), scheduling, budgeting, human resources, inventory control/analysis and office/money room procedures, loss prevention, statistical report analysis and store operations.
Assistant Manager/Accelerated Program
Individuals with substantial retail management experience who join the corporation, and who have held the position of store manager or above, will be considered for our accelerated program. This program exposes the candidate to all areas of responsibility in a very compressed time frame.
Store Manager
As opportunities become available, individuals who have completed the Store Management Training Program will be promoted to this position and assigned to a store.
Evaluations
All individuals in our store management training program will be given a performance evaluation every six months, and increases will be considered at the appropriate times. Generally, increases are given, when warranted, on an annual basis.
How do interested candidates get started?
Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is to recruit, hire and promote excellent individuals based on their ability alone. If you are interested in joining our training program, we would like to hear from you. Submit your resume with salary history to:
Store Recruiting Manager
Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.
401 Cottage Avenue
Abilene, KS 67410
P (785) 263-3350
F (785) 263-7531
EOE
Or FAX your resume to (785) 263-1789
Or E-Mail Us at recruiter@ALCOstores.com
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