Director of Thrift Sales - Miracle Hill Ministries
Greenville, SC
About the Job
Miracle Hill Ministries is South Carolina's largest and most comprehensive provider of homeless services. At our core, we exist to serve people experiencing homelessness-physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We share the Good News of Jesus with them as they move toward independence, stability, and healthy relationships.
Miracle Hill offers generous employee benefits. Visit our Employment Page for details.
Summary / Purpose of Position:
This position's primary responsibility is to care for our team members while overseeing the day-to-day retail operations of Miracle Hill Thrift Stores. This would include the spiritual growth of our people, profit and loss of all thrift stores, sourcing functions, marketing, and the support of all thrift store employees.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide direct care and support to the Store Managers as needed by providing overall leadership direction, employee staffing and reporting.
- Create a store manager succession plan including up positions for Thrift.
- Develop and execute short and long term marketing plans to build both the thrift customer and donor base.
- Coordinate with Store Managers in finding new sources for increasing existing in-kind donations for the purpose of resale within the thrift stores.
- Maintain good communication and coordination between all major areas of Thrift Ops.
- Work with Store Managers to develop initiatives regarding Team communication, Customer Focus to help drive higher revenue into our store operations.
- Data collection and analysis to drive sales opportunities.
- Have a willingness to share the good news of Jesus Christ, give a personal testimony and pray with/for those served by the ministry
- Develop Sales training tools which will enhance our team's ability to price, locate, organize, and present our goods in such a manner to increase revenue in our store locations.
- Other duties as assigned by the supervisor
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Store Managers, Marketing and Events coordination.
Qualifications/Education/Certification:
- Education or equivalent experience: BA in a related field or at least 5 years of sales or retail experience with 3 of those in a management role
- Years of experience: 5+
- Specialized training required: Leadership training or experience
- License/Certification: Valid SC driver's is required, and MVR record must meet MHM Insurance criteria
Skills/Abilities:
- Display a Christ-centered life demonstrated by a willingness to show acceptance and serve others.
- Effectively plans, defines, and assigns work for others while maximizing personal effectiveness.
- Care for, support and assist others in achieving targeted results, provide needed resources to help others succeed.
- Model good work habits and coach, teach and train to develop others establishing a productive and positive work environment.
- Champions continual improvement and new ideas; supports and adapts well to change while leading others to do the same.
- Represent and promote MHM in the community; establish effective relationships to build awareness and gain support for the ministry and its needs.
- Practice open communication and good interpersonal skills; listen well and promote cooperation and collaboration.
- Exercise sound judgment, appropriate financial oversight and timely and effective decision making.
Religious:
As an evangelical Christian ministry, Miracle Hill values its rights under federal law to hire individuals who share the Christian faith and the ministry's doctrinal beliefs.
To be considered for employment, ALL APPLICANTS MUST read and agree with our Doctrinal Statement and Employment Qualifications (scroll down on page to see qualifications).