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Job Title: Store Mgr B+, Kingsborough Community College (#1079)
Job Location: NY: Brooklyn
Pay Rate: Open
Job Length: full time
Start Date: 2008-08-27

Company Name: Follet
Contact: Recruiter
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Fax: email only please

Description: Store Mgr B+, Kingsborough Community College (#1079)

Job Code: fheg-00004475 Status: Full-Time Location: Brooklyn, NY 11235

Responsibilities: Store Manager B+ Kingsborough Community College (#1079) Brooklyn, NY Company Summary: Follett Higher Education Group is a family-owned bookstore provider that has operated with integrity and respect for over 130 years. We manage more than 800 campus bookstores in the United States and Canada. The Follett Higher Education Group is committed to its values - value for our customers and our associates. Follett provides many career opportunities throughout the United States and Canada, all with industry-leading compensation, excellent benefits, extensive training and career-enhancing packages. We are dedicated to promoting from within, which means tremendous career opportunities and advancement. The reasons Follett is a great place to work are as diverse as the people who work here. No matter what you are looking for in a career, you will find it at Follett. We offer the strength and stability of an industry leader along with a distinguished history of retail bookstore management services to the educational community. We havent, however, lost the intimacy of a small family-owned company. Location/Campus: Kingsborough Community College is located on a 70-acre campus in Manhattan Beach, on the southern tip of Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 1963, the College serves approximately thirty thousand students per year, offering a wide range of credit and non-credit courses in the liberal arts and career education, as well as a number of specialized programs. The breathtaking Kingsborough Community College campus overlooks three bodies of water: Sheepshead Bay, Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Kingsborough serves a widely diverse student population and ranks among the top community colleges in the country in associate degrees awarded to minority students. Job Responsibilities: Bring your energy and enthusiasm to this leadership role by developing relationships on campus with students, faculty, and staff. We are seeking a highly responsible, customer service driven leader who possesses 3-4 years retail management experience, and who thrives in a fast paced, challenging and ever changing environment. This person is responsible for driving sales, financial management and ensuring store profit and productivity goals are met. Area of responsibility includes over a Million in sales volume with 90%% of sales in text (540 titles). Key components of this management position would include: * Providing outstanding customer service to a diverse customer base including faculty, students, and staff * Demonstrating financial and business acumen * Providing an atmosphere with open and honest communication that respects the ideas and opinions of others * Creating a learning environment that provides growth and development of associates * Being actively involved with campus activities, leadership groups and organizations * Being open minded, creative and solutions oriented * Managing multiple priorities with competing deadlines * Being cooperative, committed to common goal and respectful of team and associates * Recruiting, hiring, and training quality associates * Maintaining a commitment to a strong community presence through on and off campus partnerships * Overseeing all departments within the bookstore * Performing other duties as assigned by Regional Manager Required Experience: Required Skills: * Bachelors Degree in Business or similar experience required * Three to four years of retail management within the bookstore industry preferred * Strong written and verbal communication skills * Strong business acumen and analytical skills * Ability to build teams and partnerships * Proven track record with people management and development * Accountable for actions and follows through on commitment * Results oriented, with the ability to multi-task, delegate and drive results * Profit and loss knowledge in order to drive sales and control expenses * Retail knowledge of store operations and concepts, retail computer systems, and merchandising standards Follett provides a competitive, comprehensive and cost-effective benefits program that includes: * Three Medical Options (Health Reimbursement Account, Health Savings Account, HMO) * Two Dental Options (PPO, DMO) * Vision Discount Program * Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Dependant Care * Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan (dollar for dollar match up to 4%%) * Two Weeks Paid Vacation After One Year (one week in the first year after six months) * 100%% Tuition Reimbursement for Manager Approved Career-Enhancing Courses * 100%% Matching of Qualified Charitable Donations * Store Discounts on Books and Merchandise * Eleven Paid Holidays (8 Observed Holidays, 3 Personal Days) We are an Equal Opportunity Employer welcoming individuals with diverse talents and backgrounds. Please contact Amantha Nyberg at anyberg@fheg.follett.com for further information on the job opening described above.

Please refer to Job code follet-7021 when responding to this ad.

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