Description

• Assists with development of buying plan and all golf merchandise related purchasing
• Creates a diverse and desirable array of equipment, apparel, and accessories presentations
• Maintains levels of product appropriate for the season and level of traffic through golf shop
• Purchase supplies, fixtures, and fitting systems to provide conducive sales environment and promote sales
• Maintain an attractive and orderly appearance in and around the golf shop
• Maintains product documentation from purchase to sale, including orders, receiving records, invoices, vendor statements and custom/special-order records to document merchandise history
• Conducts monthly physical inventory counts
• Assist in the development of necessary systems utilizing POS to safeguard inventories
• Monitors safeguarding of inventory and assets to reduce loss from theft, pilferage, defective/damaged goods, returns and markdowns
• Establishes sales and inventory recordkeeping policies and procedures, provides training and ensures compliance by staff
• Trains, motivates and develops golf shop staff to ensure effective sales, service, performance technique and product knowledge
• Establish and ensure employee purchase policies are adhered to including accurate accounting of employee purchases
• Develop strategies to ensure member and guest satisfaction and maximize business performance and profitability
• Manage vendor performance
• Maintain collaborative partnership and negotiate effectively with vendors

• Project friendly, energetic and upbeat personality
• Assist with all golf shop/counter duties
• Keep shop organized and clean
• Make sure all items remain neatly folded and hung
• Tag and display all new items from the back room
• Process, place, monitor and follow -up on special orders
• Provide assistance to all members and guests on the shop floor
• Promote new merchandise and all sale/promotional information
• Offer extra services, i.e. gift wrapping, locker storage

• Fundamental knowledge of the game of golf and golf merchandising concession operations
• Act as a role model for all employees by demonstrating the behavior and work ethic expected of all employees
• Strong organizational, planning and multi-tasking skills
• Self-motivated with a desire to promote and market
• Service and customer focused attitude
• Remain up to date on customer relations management
• Attend conferences, workshops, meetings and trade shows to keep abreast of current trends in the industry
• Maintain and promote a positive professional image
• Remain current on merchandising innovations, marketing and business trends
• Experienced computer user including; Microsoft Word and Excel. Proficient in other applications and operating systems