History of Tractor Supply

Tractor Supply Company is a big retail chain of stores that proffers a number of products for home development, agriculture, lawn and garden maintenance, and livestock, equine and pet care. It is a leading U.S. retailer in its market.

Established as a mail order tractor parts business in 1938, the first Tractor Supply Co. retail store was established in 1939 in Minot, North Dakota. The company is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville.

In 2004, when the company reported incomes of more than US$1.7 billion, Fortune magazine named Tractor Supply to its list of the 100 fastest developing businesses. As of March 18, 2011, the chain has 1000 stores in 38 states.

Job Description and Average Wage

Business Intelligence Developer: The Business Intelligence Developer role is to tactically design and execute Business Intelligence solutions, data warehouses, data marts, and data stores, while ensuring high levels of data availability. This individual is also accountable for defining data standards and models for warehouse architectures. The position will also scrutinize and alter the software errors in a well-timed and precise fashion, and offer status reporting when obliged.

The fortunate candidate for this position will receive an annual salary of $50,000-$54,000.

Buyer: The Buyer is in charge for managing the Merchandising and Marketing functions of precise categories within the guidelines of the Tractor Supply Company Business Plan and the merchandising strategic category management plan. This comprises product selection, vendor compromises, competitive analysis, developing precise marketing plans, and defining a tactical business plan for each category. A buyer works with marketing to plan the marketing and advertising of products within each assigned category aimed at driving sales, maximizing, income, increasing awareness, as well as attracting their core customers.

The annual salary for a Buyer is $44,000-$62,000.

Distribution Center Supervisor: The position supervises all features of daily operations of a department of hourly team members, and is accountable for completing the daily workload in an well-organized and safe manner, demonstrating a commitment to teamwork, growth and expansion, and positive team member relations, continuous development of performance and processes, meeting operational goals and complying with all relevant standards and guidelines. This will direct, teach, coach and develop hourly team members, including providing frequent and constructive feedback, recognizing good performance and addressing performance topics.

The annual salary for a Distribution Center Supervisor is around $48,000 to $52,000.

Energy Manager: The Energy Manager is organizationally responsible to effectively supervise the corporate energy program to continuously lessen cost and augment efficiency and store service by means of focusing on performance measurement. The Energy Manager is accountable for executing the organization’s energy policy, sustaining corporate visibility with respect to cost opportunities, and advancing the agenda to sustain a best of breed, complete energy program.

The yearly salary for this position is anywhere from $52,000 to $57,000.

Facility Maintenance Manager: The Facility Maintenance Manager will administer and supervise the planning, development and implementation of the preventive maintenance program for the allocation center’s mobile material handling vehicles, package conveyor system, the building and it’s supporting mechanical, electrical, and other equipment and systems. The position will be in charge for developing and executing a complete maintenance program covering preventive and routine maintenance of all of the DC’s equipment and systems, excluding the Information Systems hardware also software.

The average wage is anywhere from $41,000 to $44,000 a year.

Benefits

• Medical Plan
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Company Paid Group Term Life Insurance with additional supplemental and family coverage options
• Long-term Disability Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts for pre-tax savings on health care and child care expenses
• Company Paid Employee Assistance Plan
• Employee stock purchase plan
• 401(k) Plan

How to apply

If you are interested in one of these positions or one of the many other positions then you should visit them through their website and you may also apply online.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/careers/