Warehouse Manager Wanted

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Historic Albany Foundation (HAF) seeks an Architectural Parts Warehouse Manager.  HAF’s mission is to preserve and protect buildings that have architectural, history, or civic value through advocacy, technical assistance and education.  For over forty years, the Architectural Parts Warehouse has helped to fulfill HAF’s mission through the reuse and recycling of architectural salvage.  HAF is a nonprofit  501c3 organization. 

This position is under the direction of, and reports to, the Executive Director.  The Warehouse Manager staffs the Board of Director’s Warehouse and Buildings and Grounds Committee.  This position manages the part time Warehouse Assistant position.

The main responsibility for the Warehouse Manager is to be a retail operation manager whose duties include obtaining and selling merchandise to the general public.

POSITION:   Part-time 35 hours per week, Tuesday through Saturday; currently open to the public Friday and Saturday.  Occasional evening hours required.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manages all aspects of Architectural Parts Warehouse, including but not limited to:

  • Supervises the Warehouse Assistant

  • sales with a computerized point of sale systems; 

  • handling sales transactions and daily cash out; 

  • responsible for salvage jobs; 

  • coordinate with property owners and volunteers for salvage “jobs” in the local and Capital Region area; 

  • providing answers to the public, mainly historic property owners, on appropriate restoration methods and items to use;  

  • accept and pick up donations of salvage and process appropriate paperwork; 

  • maintenance duties for all physical plant including warehouse, offices,  grounds, and HAF van;   

  • work with Membership, Outreach and Programming Coordinator to advertise merchandise through HAF website, newsletter and social media.

  • in coordination with Executive Director and Warehouse Committee, make decisions about advertising budget and placement of ads while quantifying effectiveness of ads through collection methods of customers, etc.

  • collect and share Warehouse customer data with HAF’s development efforts.

  • attend weekly HAF staff meetings

  • recruit new volunteers and coordinates volunteer retention. 

  • contribute to HAF’s team efforts for special events, publications, website and all HAF events via planning and execution of said activities.

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree preferred; High School diploma at a minimum

Valid NYS Driver’s License 

Has high level of expertise in one or more of the following fields:  construction, architectural history, historic preservation, architectural salvage, retail, recycling, and/or building trades. 

Experience involving supervision of employees and volunteers.

Ability to lift heavy objects.

Great communication skills, excellent team player, motivated independent worker, able to prioritize with a flexible schedule.

Leadership abilities. 

Computer literacy.

HAF provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. 


HOURLY RATE OF PAY:  Up to $25 per hour, depending on experience, plus benefits

TO APPLY:   Please EMAIL cover letter and resume to Pamela Howard, Executive Director at phoward@historic-albany.org by Friday, July 9.  No calls please.