About Ace Retail Group

Ace Retail Group (ARG), is a division of Ace Hardware Corporation that owns and operates several Ace brands, including Westlake Ace, Great Lakes Ace, Buikema’s Ace, Outer Banks Ace, Dennis Company, and Breed & Company. ARG is one of the largest hardware retailers in the United States and has two headquarters located in Lenexa, KS and Farmington Hills, MI. ARG’s origins date back over a century and operates over 250 neighborhood stores located throughout the United States. Great people make ARG stand out in our industry, and we are looking for individuals who strive for personal and professional growth, and who want to work with a company founded on (and still led by) our solid Core Values of: Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility and Teamwork.

• Provide a positive representation of ARG.
• Proactively assist customers in solving problems.
• Greet customers entering and throughout the store. Thank customers when they are finished and when they are leaving the store.
• Possess a friendly outgoing demeanor; collaborate well with customers as well as associates.
• Ensure all pages and calls are answered promptly, courteously, and effectively.
• Forward all customer complaints that cannot be resolved to a member of management.
• Manage customer complaints. Work to resolve issues with the customer and have ARG’s best interests taken into consideration.
• Possess strong product knowledge and knowledge of store layout and location of products.
• Assist customers throughout the store with personal, customized service based on the premise of amazing every customer, every time.

• Assist in creating a positive, professional, and safe work environment.
• Assist with receiving, checking in, and stocking of merchandise throughout the store.
• Collaborate with General Manager, Assistant Manager and Floor Supervisor on all aspects of the store’s operations.
• Assist with maintaining back stock levels.
• Assist with daily maintenance, orderliness and cleanliness of the sales floor, stockroom, and outdoor merchandise area.
• Assist with providing a clean and orderly sales floor, including end caps and ad merchandise.
• Assist with merchandise resets through the store.
• Help ensure successful Loss Prevention, Safety, and Internal Audits.
• Help Department Specialists with tasks such as price changes and special orders.
• Ensure signage is current throughout the store.
• Operate forklift with proper training.
• Communicate any ARG issue to management for follow up.
• Communicate all merchandising, cost control, or sales ideas to management.
• Participate in store meetings.
• Be professional in appearance and actions.
• Communicate any merchandising, cost control, or sales idea to the General Manager for follow up.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.
• Participate in store meetings.

• Help ensure forklift operations and receiving is completed in a safe and efficient way.
• Ensure receiving; checking in and stocking of merchandise for the store is being done completely.
• Maintenance of back stock levels.
• Ensure that cycle counts and negative on hand reports are completed timely and accurately.
• Ensure accurate merchandise resets throughout the store.
• Ensure all signage is current in the store.
• Present a clean and orderly sales floor, including end caps and promotional and incremental merchandising.

• Manage all aspects of store operations.
• Lead by example; be approachable by all associates and customers.
• Assist in training of all associates.
• Communicate any merchandising, cost control, or sales idea to the General Manager for follow up.

• WINNING – In business, money is the score. To win, we must perform, compete, and have fun. At Ace, we win through people-our strength is being helpful.
• EXCELLENCE – Excellence honors God and inspires people. We aspire to be the best, to continuously improve and to inspire others by giving the team our very best.
• LOVE – Love the people, love the work, and love the results.
• INTEGRITY – For Ace to win, we need to be able to trust each other. And trust will require us to be honest, reliable, caring, of high character and of unquestioned ethics.
• GRATITUDE – We recognize that we are blessed to be in the business of serving others.
• HUMILITY – We strive for greatness with a humble, modest, and respectful attitude.
• TEAMWORK – We will fight the natural tendency for control and credit in favor of collaboration and mutual success, recognizing that - Together, We are Ace.

• High School or GED equivalent.
• Formal retail experience preferred.
• Standing, walking, lifting (up to 25lbs) and climbing.

Compensation Details

$15-$17

For a full list of benefits and open positions, please visit us at: https://acehardware.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ARG_External

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Equal Opportunity Employer
Ace Retail Group is committed to a policy of promoting equal employment opportunities. The company recognizes the importance of diversity and leveraging the skills and talents of all people to the mutual advantage of each individual and the organization. The company is committed to the prevention of employment discrimination related to race, religion, color, sex (including sexual harassment), gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability and military discharge, or any other action covered by federal or state laws.