Manager Trainee

Job Description

Store Manager | Tractor Supply Company

The Tone:
This is a full-time Manager Trainee position at Tractor Supply Company, designed for development into a Store Manager role. Tractor Supply Company supports its team members with comprehensive benefits and fosters a culture of dedication, passion, and hard work to make life better for its neighbors and teams. This role is crucial for developing future leaders who will drive sales, manage operations, and ensure a legendary customer experience across the company’s stores.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person

• Mission: Learn to effectively lead store operations, manage resources, and deliver exceptional service to develop into a Store Manager.
• Tech Stack: POS Register system, computer

What You’ll Actually Do
• Team Leadership: Learn to recruit, hire, develop, evaluate, and retain efficient team members, fostering a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive store environment.
• Customer Experience: Master the GURA process (Greet, Uncover Needs, Recommend Solutions, Ask to Add Value & Appreciate) to deliver legendary customer service that differentiates from competitors.
• Store Operations & Merchandising: Develop skills to schedule, organize, and plan daily activities for team members, manage merchandise flow, implement presentation standards, and organize merchandise resets per company specifications.
• Financial Management: Understand how to achieve sales and profit targets, including learning periodic sales forecasting, payroll analysis, budget review, and auditing store processes.
• Inventory & Administration: Train on managing periodic price changes, communicating inventory needs to buyers and distribution centers, solving inventory problems, and processing required paperwork such as invoices, schedules, and product orders.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Manager Trainee level. Requires a high school diploma. Prior retail experience and/or knowledge in farming, ranching, pet/equine, or welding is strongly preferred.
• Experience: Must be at least 18 years of age. Possess a valid driver’s license. Supervisory experience is preferred.
• Skills: Ability to process information and merchandise through system and POS Register; accurately read, write, and count for documentation; operate all necessary store equipment including dolly, hand-truck, forklift, computer, and cash register; move and transfer merchandise weighing 0-50 lbs throughout the store; work varied hours, days, nights, and weekends as business dictates, including a minimum of 52 hours per week and six days during peak seasons, with prolonged standing and walking for up to four hours straight; travel to other locations.
• Bonus: Bachelor’s degree in an Agricultural-Science or Business-related field.