About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Retail.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

Confidential Client is hiring for an accelerated Management & Sales Training Program designed to prepare entry-level candidates for a Store Management role in roughly 18–24 months. This full-time program combines hands-on retail operations, professional sales to commercial customers, leadership development, and community outreach to build a career path toward assistant store manager and beyond.

Typical schedule: ~44 hours/week; may include evenings and weekends.

• Oversee and learn operations for a high-volume store, including merchandising, inventory and loss-prevention
• Develop sales strategies to grow market share with commercial accounts (painting contractors, purchasing agents, manufacturers)
• Deliver excellent customer service and build long-term relationships with wholesale and retail customers
• Learn and apply finance, marketing, and operational fundamentals to optimize store profitability
• Support employee coaching, development, performance management and corrective action
• Maintain visual merchandising standards, promotional displays, and store condition
• Assist with store administration, timekeeping, and CRM systems
• Partner with store leadership to make outside sales calls and expand commercial business

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Why This Role Matters

This program provides a structured, supportive training experience with:

• A clear, accelerated career path into store management and sales leadership
• Leadership and sales training that develops skills in customer service, merchandising, operations, and finance
• Professional networking opportunities through local community engagement and B2B selling
• Real responsibility early: you’ll help run a million-dollar business while learning all aspects of store strategy

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Qualifications

Minimum requirements:

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future
• Valid, unrestricted driver’s license
• Bachelor’s degree completed by the program start date
• Able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to retrieve materials from shelves and lift/carry up to 50 lbs frequently and up to 70 lbs occasionally

Preferred qualifications:

• 1+ year retail, sales, or customer service experience
• 1+ year in a leadership or supervisory role (work, extracurricular, military, etc.)
• Experience selling paint or paint-related products a plus
• Familiarity with timekeeping and/or CRM systems
• Willingness to relocate for future opportunities
• Bilingual skills (Spanish or other languages) are a plus

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Other Important Details

• This role may involve contact with minors, access to cash and sensitive information, and unsupervised access to valuable items. A review of criminal history may be required to protect customers, employees, and the business.
• This is a full-time, in-person retail training position based in Boca Raton, FL.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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