Company Overview:
Bekins is a continuously growing family owned company founded in 1975. With three locations in West Michigan, we are now nationally recognized as a world class retail and service company for appliances and electronics. We exist to be the best; challenging industry norms to do what’s right, and to make a positive difference in the lives of our employees, their families, our customers, and the community.
Position Summary:
Bekins is looking for a Manager who is excited to find new ways to motivate, measure performance, evaluate, and reward teams. This position requires strong leadership skills and the ability to develop and implement successful management strategies. The Manager must be comfortable working in a dynamic environment, often under pressure, while remaining flexible, proactive, and efficient. This is an autonomous role and you need to be comfortable being independent and making decisions. This position will suit you if you have exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills and management experience. You need to be self-directed and have organizational and problem-solving skills.
Responsibilities:
- Sense of urgency, pushes to get things done quickly.
- Execute departmental strategies including the design of workflow within the department to achieve department and company goals.
- Manage personnel including training, developing and coaching. Deliver results through effective personnel management. Assure that employees receive necessary tools, feedback and developmental opportunities to meet and exceed goals and objectives.
- Promote a culture of safety, learning, and continuous improvement. Act as a role model.
- Set and maintain accurate work schedules, calendars, and schedule logistics for employees in your department.
- Promote customer satisfaction, growth and profitability through increased efficiencies and attention to details.
- Schedule and conduct regular department meetings.
- Handle matters expeditiously and proactively; follow-through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures.
- Improve quality results by studying, evaluating and re-designing processes; implementing changes.
- Coordinate and collaborate with company employees to improve customer satisfaction.
- Care for your team. Desire to make a positive impact on them.
- Calmly and confidently find solutions to customer problems.
Qualifications
- Process driven
- Organization; ability to create structures to support or accomplish a plan
- Passion for continual improvement and efficiency
- Professional and concise communication skills both verbal and written
- Willing to hold themselves and others accountable
- Minimum of 2-3 years of work experience as a Manager
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to develop and implement successful management strategies
- Demonstrated ability to solve problems with tact and diplomacy with strong decision-making capability
- Forward-looking, analytical thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and consistently proposes solutions
- Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Proven skill in strategic thinking, accelerating change, and relationship management.
Benefits Include:
- Insurance (health, vision, dental, life) for full time Team Employees
- 401k match
- Time off for major holidays
- Paid time off
- Short-term disability
- No travel
Bekins provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.