Manager in Training

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Build Your Career with Curtis Lumber!

Founded in 1890, Curtis Lumber is a family owned and operated building materials retailer, one of 100 largest and fastest-growing in the nation. Our employees enjoy competitive pay and excellent benefits coupled with ideal business hours allowing for a healthy work life balance. We recognize our employees hard work and dedication are the driving force of our success, and we continually look for ways to reward them.

Learn how to profitably manage all retail lumber sales, operations, and personnel in order to ensure positive growth and to carry out long- and short-term corporate goals through observation, hands on training and mentoring. Develop a firm understanding of the aspects of successfully running a branch location including safety management, store operations, EOD, inventory management, inventory procurement, employee management, merchandising, advertising, GM, and expense management. Travel to branches is required.

Essential Duties & ResponsibilitiesTraining TrackLearn all applicable computer applications, achieve forklift license, receive certification for propane dispensing and understand general policies and procedures.

Work in the yard at a branch to be determined in order to get a good understanding of the Yard and its functions.

Work in Receiving, Dispatch and Distribution in order to be familiar with the policies and procedures within these departments.

Participate in counter sales to learn the products and customers.

Participate in inside and outside contractor sales, learning the policies and procedures along with products and customers.

Work in and observe specialized departments such as kitchen and bath, door and windows and the flooring department in order to become familiar with products and vendors.

Understand the roles and meet members of each corporate department to include Accounting, Credit, A/R, Human Resources, Purchasing, Special Orders, IS, Advertising and Loss Control.

Attend vendor specific training as scheduled during the training period.

Learn how to utilize financial reports and data to manage and make business decisions.

Through observation, hands on training and mentoring develop a firm understanding of safety management, store operations, EOD, inventory management, inventory procurement, employee management, merchandising, advertising, GM, and expense management.

Will travel to different branch locations for training including Schroon Lake, Ray Brook, Plattsburgh, Williston and Burlington Vermont.

Knowledge of lumber yard operations is a must along with managerial, communication, and organization skills.

If your skill set matches - APPLY TODAY

PERKS FOR OUR PEOPLE!

Comprehensive Benefit Package - Medical, Dental, Vision • Competitive Wages • 401k with Company Match • Ideal Retail Hours • Paid Holidays & PTO • Bereavement Pay • Profit Sharing • 529 College Savings • Employee Assistance Program • Tuition Reimbursement • Boot Reimbursement • Employee Discount • Community Events • Employee Referral Program

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