History of Home Hardware

The year 2004 marks the 40th years of Home Hardware Stores Limited; the commitment and service to community and country remained unreflected. The company owns by over 1,000 independent small business operators from every corner of Canada, who operate under one of its four banners: Home Hardware, Home Hardware Building Centre, Home Building Centre and Home Furniture.

Job Description/Wage Averages

Order Puller: This position is in-charge of getting the orders of the customers from the stock room or from the displays. He/She has an hourly rate in the average of $12.

Product Manager: This person is the one who has related industry experience, strong influencing skills and is a creative thinker. As Product Manager, you will guide product line contribution to the business unit, and lead in the development of the consumer-focused strategy to develop new products. This extends from managing the process of new product development and attaining regulatory approvals through commercialization. You will build on current products, and help to develop new ideas based on your industry experience and your contact with customers and prospects. You must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality. You must enjoy spending time with the market to understand their problems, anticipate their needs and find innovative solutions for the broader market. You must be able to communicate with all areas of the company and have the ability to drive process. You will work with a manufacturing counterpart and with marketing communications to define the go-to-market strategy, helping them understand the product positioning, key benefits, and target customer. You will also serve as the internal and external advocate for your product offering, working with the sales channel and key customers.

Hardware Design Verification Engineer: This position will determine test objectives and standards by studying design and regulatory agency requirements; writing hardware design verification test plans and test cases; meet test objectives by determining testing methods, cycles, phases, and conditions; setting up testing environment and equipment.   Designs, procures and builds test platforms; identify hardware capability and reliability by conducting functional, system, and performance tests; analyze and troubleshoot failures on identified systems and drive issues to closure with preventive measures.

Electrical Hardware Project Engineer: The project electrical engineer will serve as a technical contributor on cross-functional projects through daily interaction with teammates, services, related departments and supervisors. This position will require the building and sharing of a comprehensive knowledge base of various products, processes and test requirements. In addition, you will troubleshoot, analyze, and conceive solutions for various areas, including components, small systems, test methods, quality systems and materials. The design engineer is responsible for maintaining a strong communication link to the team, supervisor, related departments, customers and suppliers with an eye toward necessary consulting and negotiation to optimize results.

Store Manager:  The Store Manager’s primary responsibility is to direct the daily retail operations of the store, make sure that the customers are efficiently and courteously served, and assign and oversee the completion of those tasks and responsibilities delegated to the store team; maintain excellent customer/community relationships; supervise the general operations of the entire store; hire and train employees to insure highest efficiency and productivity in all departments and maximize their talents and optimum performance; has overall responsibility for store safety and security; safeguarding both assets and consistently working toward maintaining a secure environment for customers and employees.   Maintain safe opening and closing procedures.

Store Director: This person leads the organization’s efforts to manage total profit within an identified category of Liberty’s current range of business and products.   This individual is tasked with evaluation, proposal, design, execution and production of planned marketing programs and opportunities within existing lines of business.   The scope includes primarily the North American market and includes product opportunities within our core business and core product categories with established channels of distribution.   This position is designed to provide strategic direction as it relates to existing and expansion of goods and services offered in the market.

Benefits

The benefit package offered depends on the position; to get the information on this, you may check on the company’s website or the location near you.