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Ace Retail Group (ARG), is a division of Ace Hardware Corporation that owns and operates several Ace brands, including Westlake Ace, Great Lakes Ace, Buikema’s Ace, Outer Banks Ace, Dennis Company, and Breed & Company. ARG is one of the largest hardware retailers in the United States and has two headquarters located in Lenexa, KS and Farmington Hills, MI. ARG’s origins date back over a century and operates over 250 neighborhood stores located throughout the United States. Great people make ARG stand out in our industry, and we are looking for individuals who strive for personal and professional growth, and who want to work with a company founded on (and still led by) our solid Core Values of: Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility and Teamwork.
General Summary
The General Manager is responsible for ensuring superior customer service in their store. They must develop associates at all levels, drive sales and profitability, and maintain effective expense and payroll budget management. They will also ensure compliance with effective inventory management and merchandising practices and all Westlake policies and procedures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Customer Service
- Provide positive representation of Westlake Ace Hardware.
- Proactively assist customers in solving problems.
- Greet customers entering and throughout the store. Thank customers when finished and when they are leaving the store.
- Provide a friendly, outgoing demeanor; work well with customers as well as associates.
- Ensure all calls and pages are answered promptly, courteously and effectively.
- Handle customer complaints. Work to resolve problems with the customer and have Westlake’s best interest taken into consideration.
- Possess excellent product knowledge and knowledge of store layout and location of products.
Store Operations
- Ensure a positive, professional and safe work environment for all associates.
- Supervise the “general operations” of the entire store.
- Responsible for ordering and maintaining desirable product inventory levels to ensure store profitability in compliance with corporate objectives.
- Ensure compliance with all practices, policies and procedures necessary to manage inventory shrink. Monitor shrink numbers and take corrective actions.
- Manage and direct preventative maintenance and repairs in order to maximize and protect all physical assets (i.e. building, fixtures and equipment).
- Ensure receiving, checking in, stocking of merchandise for the store is being done completely.
- Responsible for maintenance of back stock levels.
- Oversee and assist with the daily maintenance, orderliness and cleanliness of the sales floor, stock room and outdoor merchandise areas.
- Provide assistance in the overall general maintenance of the store.
- Ensure forklift operations and receiving is completed in a safe and efficient way.
- Ensure weekly price changes are being completed.
- Ensure monthly cycle counts and negative on hand reports are being completed.
- Ensure signage is current in the entire store.
- Provide a clean and orderly sales floor, including end caps and ad goods merchandised.
- Ensure special orders and rain-checks are being completed properly.
- Ensure ad signage and products are ready for the customers.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Store Support Operations
- Responsible for the P & L and other corresponding reports.
- Assist District Manager with the budget process for sales and expenses.
- Manage payroll and other controllable expenses.
- Responsible for the implementation of Store Support programs.
- Attend trade shows and seminars with company guidance.
- Responsible for successful Loss Prevention, Safety and Internal Audits.
- Assist with special projects within the district as set forth by the District Manager.
Hiring and Training of Associates
- Conduct weekly management staff meetings.
- Ensure effective training and development of all associates.
- Recruit prospective associates for possible management positions throughout Westlake Ace Hardware.
- Manage and support the hiring, scheduling, reviewing, rewarding and coaching of all store associates including management.
- Actively recruit and promote the advancement of Westlake associates.
Leadership
- Become an integral part of the community in which you live and work through civic organizations and being community minded.
- Challenge all associates to think of ways to better merchandise product, control expenses and increase sales.
- Lead by example; be approachable by all associates and customers.
Other Essential Requirements
Ability to exhibit and incorporate our Core Values into daily decisions and interactions with others:
- WINNING – In business, money is the score. To win, we must perform, compete, and have fun. At Ace, we win through people- our strength is being helpful.
- EXCELLENCE – Excellence honors God and inspires people. We aspire to be the best, to continuously improve and to inspire others by giving the team our very best.
- LOVE – Love the people, love the work and love the results.
- INTEGRITY – For Ace to win, we need to be able to trust each other. And trust will require us to be honest, reliable, caring, of high character and of unquestioned ethics.
- GRATITUDE – We recognize that we are blessed to be in the business of serving others.
- HUMILITY – We strive for greatness with a humble, modest and respectful attitude.
- TEAMWORK – We will fight the natural tendency for control and credit in favor of collaboration and mutual success, recognizing that…Together, we are Ace.
Minimum Skills, Requirements and Qualifications
- High School or GED equivalent.
- Must have previous retail management experience. Hardware experience preferred.
- Standing, walking, lifting (up to 25lbs) and climbing.
Compensation Details
Starting at $81,000 per year.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Ace Retail Group is committed to a policy of promoting equal employment opportunities. The company recognizes the importance of diversity and leveraging the skills and talents of all people to the mutual advantage of each individual and the organization. The company is committed to the prevention of employment discrimination related to race, religion, color, sex (including sexual harassment), gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability and military discharge, or any other action covered by federal or state laws.
About Ace Retail Group
Ace Retail Group (ARG), is a division of Ace Hardware Corporation that owns and operates several Ace brands, including Westlake Ace, Great Lakes Ace, Buikema’s Ace, Outer Banks Ace, Dennis Company, and Breed & Company. ARG is one of the largest hardware retailers in the United States and has two headquarters located in Lenexa, KS and Farmington Hills, MI. ARG’s origins date back over a century and operates over 250 neighborhood stores located throughout the United States. Great people make ARG stand out in our industry, and we are looking for individuals who strive for personal and professional growth, and who want to work with a company founded on (and still led by) our solid Core Values of: Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility and Teamwork.
General Summary
The General Manager is responsible for ensuring superior customer service in their store. They must develop associates at all levels, drive sales and profitability, and maintain effective expense and payroll budget management. They will also ensure compliance with effective inventory management and merchandising practices and all Westlake policies and procedures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Customer Service
- Provide positive representation of Westlake Ace Hardware.
- Proactively assist customers in solving problems.
- Greet customers entering and throughout the store. Thank customers when finished and when they are leaving the store.
- Provide a friendly, outgoing demeanor; work well with customers as well as associates.
- Ensure all calls and pages are answered promptly, courteously and effectively.
- Handle customer complaints. Work to resolve problems with the customer and have Westlake’s best interest taken into consideration.
- Possess excellent product knowledge and knowledge of store layout and location of products.
Store Operations
- Ensure a positive, professional and safe work environment for all associates.
- Supervise the “general operations” of the entire store.
- Responsible for ordering and maintaining desirable product inventory levels to ensure store profitability in compliance with corporate objectives.
- Ensure compliance with all practices, policies and procedures necessary to manage inventory shrink. Monitor shrink numbers and take corrective actions.
- Manage and direct preventative maintenance and repairs in order to maximize and protect all physical assets (i.e. building, fixtures and equipment).
- Ensure receiving, checking in, stocking of merchandise for the store is being done completely.
- Responsible for maintenance of back stock levels.
- Oversee and assist with the daily maintenance, orderliness and cleanliness of the sales floor, stock room and outdoor merchandise areas.
- Provide assistance in the overall general maintenance of the store.
- Ensure forklift operations and receiving is completed in a safe and efficient way.
- Ensure weekly price changes are being completed.
- Ensure monthly cycle counts and negative on hand reports are being completed.
- Ensure signage is current in the entire store.
- Provide a clean and orderly sales floor, including end caps and ad goods merchandised.
- Ensure special orders and rain-checks are being completed properly.
- Ensure ad signage and products are ready for the customers.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Store Support Operations
- Responsible for the P & L and other corresponding reports.
- Assist District Manager with the budget process for sales and expenses.
- Manage payroll and other controllable expenses.
- Responsible for the implementation of Store Support programs.
- Attend trade shows and seminars with company guidance.
- Responsible for successful Loss Prevention, Safety and Internal Audits.
- Assist with special projects within the district as set forth by the District Manager.
Hiring and Training of Associates
- Conduct weekly management staff meetings.
- Ensure effective training and development of all associates.
- Recruit prospective associates for possible management positions throughout Westlake Ace Hardware.
- Manage and support the hiring, scheduling, reviewing, rewarding and coaching of all store associates including management.
- Actively recruit and promote the advancement of Westlake associates.
Leadership
- Become an integral part of the community in which you live and work through civic organizations and being community minded.
- Challenge all associates to think of ways to better merchandise product, control expenses and increase sales.
- Lead by example; be approachable by all associates and customers.
Other Essential Requirements
Ability to exhibit and incorporate our Core Values into daily decisions and interactions with others:
- WINNING – In business, money is the score. To win, we must perform, compete, and have fun. At Ace, we win through people- our strength is being helpful.
- EXCELLENCE – Excellence honors God and inspires people. We aspire to be the best, to continuously improve and to inspire others by giving the team our very best.
- LOVE – Love the people, love the work and love the results.
- INTEGRITY – For Ace to win, we need to be able to trust each other. And trust will require us to be honest, reliable, caring, of high character and of unquestioned ethics.
- GRATITUDE – We recognize that we are blessed to be in the business of serving others.
- HUMILITY – We strive for greatness with a humble, modest and respectful attitude.
- TEAMWORK – We will fight the natural tendency for control and credit in favor of collaboration and mutual success, recognizing that…Together, we are Ace.
Minimum Skills, Requirements and Qualifications
- High School or GED equivalent.
- Must have previous retail management experience. Hardware experience preferred.
- Standing, walking, lifting (up to 25lbs) and climbing.
Compensation Details
Starting at $81,000 per year.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Ace Retail Group is committed to a policy of promoting equal employment opportunities. The company recognizes the importance of diversity and leveraging the skills and talents of all people to the mutual advantage of each individual and the organization. The company is committed to the prevention of employment discrimination related to race, religion, color, sex (including sexual harassment), gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability and military discharge, or any other action covered by federal or state laws.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a General Manager
Document your degree's field alignment
PERM requires your degree to relate directly to the General Manager role. Gather transcripts and course descriptions showing business, operations, or management coursework so your employer's attorney can build a strong prevailing-wage job description that holds up under DOL audit.
Target employers with active PERM history
Search roles at organizations that have already filed PERM labor certifications for management titles. Companies with prior filings have established relationships with immigration counsel and internal processes, which shortens the time from offer to filed petition significantly.
Use Migrate Mate to filter green card sponsors
Filter General Manager openings by employers with confirmed EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship history using Migrate Mate. This surfaces roles where sponsorship is already built into the hiring process, not something you need to negotiate from scratch after receiving an offer.
Verify the prevailing wage before accepting an offer
Run the offered salary against the OFLC Wage Search before signing. PERM requires the employer to pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code and location, and an offer below that level will delay or invalidate the labor certification filing.
Clarify sponsorship scope during offer negotiations
Ask explicitly whether the employer will sponsor both PERM and the I-140 petition, and whether they will cover legal fees. Some companies sponsor one stage but not both, which can leave you responsible for significant costs mid-process.
Check your O*NET job zone before applying
General Manager maps to Job Zone 4 in O*NET, requiring substantial preparation and a related bachelor's degree. Confirming this classification helps you anticipate the education-and-experience documentation USCIS expects when your I-140 is adjudicated under EB-3 skilled worker or EB-2 criteria.
Green Card General Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a General Manager role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
General Manager positions typically qualify for EB-3 skilled worker sponsorship when the role requires a bachelor's degree in business, management, or a related field. EB-2 applies when the position requires an advanced degree, such as an MBA, or when the candidate holds a bachelor's plus five or more years of progressive management experience that USCIS treats as equivalent.
How does the green card process for a General Manager differ from H-1B sponsorship?
Green card sponsorship through PERM is permanent residency, not a temporary status that expires. Unlike the H-1B visa, there is no annual lottery for EB-3 petitions, and EB-2 filings are also cap-exempt. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification alone takes six months to over a year before USCIS even receives the I-140, making total processing significantly longer than an H-1B transfer.
What does the PERM labor certification process mean for a General Manager hire?
PERM requires your employer to run a supervised recruitment process through the DOL, advertising the General Manager role to demonstrate no qualified U.S. worker was available. The employer must document every step, maintain records for five years, and pay you at least the DOL prevailing wage for your job zone and metro area. Only after DOL certifies this does the I-140 petition move forward.
Where can I find General Manager jobs that include green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you filter General Manager openings by employers with confirmed EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship history, so you're applying to roles where the employer has already committed to the PERM process rather than discovering late in the interview cycle that sponsorship is unavailable or subject to internal approval.
Can I switch General Manager employers while my green card is being processed?
Switching employers during PERM labor certification restarts the process entirely, since the certification is tied to the specific employer and job description. Once your I-140 is approved and you have held that status for 180 days, portability rules allow you to move to a same or similar General Manager role without losing your priority date, provided your I-485 adjustment of status is already pending.