Love dogs?  This may be the career opportunity you have been looking for!  The Assistant Manager position is a full time, salary exempt position in a 365 day a year business which requires open availability (no restrictions on days or hours available to work).  Salary will depend on experience working with dogs and management experience.  Option to bring personal dog to join playgroups when all criteria is met.

Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Maintaining the safety of our canine guests as well the team of up to 25 employees
  • Leading by example in professionalism and accountability for all policies and procedure
  • Prepare staffing, maintenance and cleaning schedules
  • Timely development of team members including offering daily feedback as well as writing and delivering performance reviews
  • Maintaining and monitoring store supply levels and budgeting
  • Providing the highest level of customer service to pet parents and their dogs
  • Participate in the management of the large off-leash playgroups
  • Keeping the facility clean

Qualifications

Successful candidates should:

  • Have a minimum of 1 year working professionally with dogs in some capacity
  • A genuine love for all sizes, shapes and breeds of dogs; they are the center of our business!
  • Have a minimum of 1 year experience managing a team of ten or more.
  • Positive and enthusiastic attitude
  • Possess strong communication skills and the ability to train and develop teams
  • Have a desire to become an expert on dog behavior
  • Be proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel
  • Possess strong planning and organization skills, ability to multi-task and problem solve with attention to detail
  • Internal and external customer service skills
  • Willingness to get dirty, do hard physical work, stand the entire shift, participate in extensive cleaning and lift up to 50 lbs

Additional information

If you meet all of these qualifications, we would LOVE to hear from you!  Pet, animal, dog lovers FAST TRACK your application by selecting ‘Apply now’ below, to complete our application.  Under “Anything Else” section please list desired minimum salary. PLEASE NO PHONE CALLS OR VISITS ABOUT THIS JOB! 

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