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Skinny Raven Sports is Anchorage’s premiere running specialty store, established in 1994. We are a uniquely motivated and sincere team of employees focused on a Customer First philosophy. We seek to provide such a fulfilling experience to every customer that they feel inspired to recommend us to all their friends.
Skinny Raven’s mission is simple: to better the community by helping our customers and staff better their lives
The Warehouse Manager is responsible for managing inventory, supporting buyers and floor associates to be successful through clean receiving and inventory management. Duties include:
- Receiving physical inventory against purchase orders, ensuring cost of goods, discounts and retail prices are accurate.
- Serves as point of contact with freight forwarding services, buyers and brands to ensure smooth delivery of product to our store.
- Working with buyers to remove inventory when appropriate, coordinating vendor returns and mailing product back.
- Regularly performing cycle counts and store-wide inventory counts, including coordinating staff and equipment.
- Managing inventory within the point of sale, including creating items, uploading SKUS/UPCs, correcting negative inventory, identifying and correcting margin errors on sales, and defective non-sellable items.
- Working with Floor Associates to ensure inventory is put out in a reasonable and organized fashion during shifts.
- Utilizes new programs and processes for clean and dynamic inventory management.
Additional responsibilities include developing best practices and processes for Floor Associates regarding inventory, sorting mail, shipping outgoing orders and tidying up backstock and storage as needed. Future opportunity includes collaborating with Webstore Manager to ensure digital and physical inventory are correctly represented.
The ideal Warehouse Manager:
- Has an attention to detail and is thorough.
- Can communicate clearly and effectively with stakeholders.
- Can self-manage and identify priorities in the warehouse to balance sales, space and time sensitive tasks.
- Can accomplish tasks with minimal reminders or supervision.
- Comes to work on time and accountable to an agreed work schedule.
- Works enthusiastically and contributes to a positive work environment.
Required:
- Reliable transportation and clear driving record.
- Ability to lift up to 40 lbs.
- Ability to navigate stairs with up to 40 lbs.
Warehouse Manager Benefits: Compensation begins at $18/hour. This is a full-time position (minimum 32.5 hours/week) in the warehouse, with Floor Associate cross-training and opportunity to supplement hours during slow hours. Holiday pay is available for year-round employees. Additional pay, paid time off, and retirement benefits are available to full-time employees after six months of employment.
Skinny Raven Sports is Anchorage’s premiere running specialty store, established in 1994. We are a uniquely motivated and sincere team of employees focused on a Customer First philosophy. We seek to provide such a fulfilling experience to every customer that they feel inspired to recommend us to all their friends.
Skinny Raven’s mission is simple: to better the community by helping our customers and staff better their lives.
Floor Associates are responsible for providing A+ customer service. Duties include:
- Greeting all customers in a courteous and conversational manner in-store, on the phone and at events.
- Providing information and connecting customers to appropriate products around the store, events, training groups and community resources.
- Working in a fast-paced environment, serving multiple customers at a given time.
- Performing a gait analysis, using company tools to identify solutions for the customer.
- Fitting customers for footwear, replacement insoles, and performance socks.
- Regularly stocking product on the floor and merchandising as necessary.
- Clean customer-facing areas, including dusting, vacuuming, sanitizing as necessary.
- Lifting cartons of physical inventory, moving displays, climbing stairs regularly.
Additional responsibilities include opening and closing the stores, transferring inventory between two locations, working event weekends and community events.
The ideal Floor Associate:
- Has an eagerness and readiness to help team members and customers – lives by the Golden Rule (Do unto others as you’d have done to you).
- Is kind and inclusive to fellow staff and customers.
- Positively represents Skinny Raven in the community and desires to make Alaska a better place.
- Comes to work on time and accountable to an agreed work schedule.
- Works enthusiastically and contributes to a positive work environment.
- Can accomplish tasks with minimal reminders or supervision.
Required:
- Reliable transportation and clear driving record.
- Ability to lift up to 40 lbs.
- Ability to navigate stairs with up to 40 lbs.
Floor Associate Benefits: Compensation begins at $15/hour. Opportunity pay is available when store-wide metrics and sales goes are achieved. Holiday pay is available for year-round employees. Additional pay, paid time off, and retirement benefits are available to full-time employees after six months of employment.
- Part-time position, Summer 2023
- Sessions run June 5, 2023 – August 4, 2023, see website for locations and time details https://skinnyraven.com/kids-running/
- Pay: Entry Level: Starting at $20/hr
- Session starts at 10am or 6pm, you would be expected to show up 15 mins before and stay until last child is picked up (~11:30am or 7:30pm)
The Rundown:
As a Kids Running Club Coach, you will assist with running club programs by motivating, encouraging and always providing a safe atmosphere for all participants. You will work with other coaches and the Running Club Coordinator to implement and oversee the youth running program. Our Kids Running Club Coach is comfortable speaking in front of large crowds of children, is friendly and outgoing, and promotes positive social experiences for all participants. You will be a part of dynamic group that builds and maintains meaningful relationships with participants and their family. Joining the Raven Run Club is joining a team and a community that ignites and supports running and fitness through social experiences. We pride ourselves in putting people first and know that what we do each day does not happen anywhere else, for staff, customers or Running Club Participants. We truly believe that running changes everything.
Qualifiers:
- Must be 16 years old or older
- Outgoing, positive and supportive
- Accountable and adaptive
- Works well with children
- Deliver a great social experience for participants by fostering a positive and safe atmosphere
- Collaborative and encouraging
- Willing to go above and beyond when needed
- Communicate professionally with participants, parents, coaches and Running Club Coordinator
- Available June & July
- Will undergo a Background check if 18 years or older
Perks:
- Working outside!
- Flexible summer schedule
- Skinny Raven in-store discount (for the months working)
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