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Work and play with bicycles next to the water in beautiful Northern Michigan!

THE COMPANY:

Latitude 45 Bicycles and Fitness has been selling fun for over 20 years in beautiful Northern Michigan.  

  • We are community focused, working extensively with trail development and youth riding programs
  • Staff members love working here – our retention rate is unheard of in the industry, with the average staff tenure being 8+ years
  • We believe in work-life balance – consistent 2 days off in a row
  • Our growth is often staff driven – your creative ideas will be heard and valued

THE LOCATION:

Latitude 45 is located on the pristine shores of Lake Michigan’s Little Traverse Bay.   Petoskey, Michigan is a wonderful community that triples in size during the warmer months as one of the best tourist destinations in the Midwest.  We have great cycling in the spring, summer and fall, as well as awesome snow to play in during the winters. 

  • Home to renowned road, mountain, gravel and bike path cycling
  • Three of the best ski resorts in the Midwest are within 20 miles
  • Award winning school system and a regional college
  • Rated one of the safest cities in Michigan
  • A vibrant artist scene
  • On average a very active community that cares about protecting our environment
  • Over 30,000 acres of protected lands available to explore within a half hour drive
  • One half hour away from Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula

Latitude 45 Bicycles and Fitness is an equal opportunity employer.

 

THE POSITIONS:

Sales Manager -  Minimum 3 years leadership experience required.  Minimum 2 years bike store sales or sporting goods retail sales experience required.  Bachelors degree preferred.  Must have a friendly, outgoing personality and love to help people, especially with bicycles.  Must ride a bicycle often.  Must be organized, detail oriented and technologically savvy.  Must love being a charismatic leader whose daily actions are a great example for their sales team.  Responsible for selling all of the products we carry and for training their team to excel in doing so as well.  The sales manager is involved in the buying process as well as hiring their team.  This position also manages our rental department and leads that seasonal team. Ability to build bicycles and do minor repairs preferred.  40+ hours per week yearround, benefits (including health and dental insurance, paid time off, paid sick leave, 4 weeks paid parental leave) and eligible for both yearend and monthly profit sharing based upon sales goals. APPLY HERE or email resume and cover letter to christian@latitude45.com.

Associate Sales Manager -  Minimum 1 year leadership experience required.  Minimum 2 years bike store sales or sporting goods retail sales experience required. Associates degree preferred. Must have a friendly, outgoing personality and love to help people, especially with bicycles.  Must ride a bicycle often.  Must be organized, detail oriented and technologically savvy.  Must love being a charismatic leader whose daily actions are a great example for the sales team.  Responsible for selling all of the products we carry and for working with the Sales Manager training their team to excel in doing so as well.  Involved in the buying process on a daily basis.  This position also assists in managing our rental department and leading that seasonal team. Ability to build bicycles and do minor repairs preferred.  40+ hours per week yearround, benefits and eligible for yearend and monthly profit sharing based upon sales goals. APPLY HERE or email resume and cover letter to christian@latitude45.com.

Full Time Summer Customer Sales Hero -  Bike store sales or retail sales experience preferred.  Must have a friendly, outgoing personality and love to help people.  Must ride a bicycle.  Responsible for selling bikes and accessories like clothing and helmets.  This position splits time between working in our rental operation and working in sales.  Seasonal position Spring until Labor Day (or when return to school if college student).  Able to access full employee purchase benefits 2 weeks after starting! APPLY HERE

Part Time Yearround Bicycle Assembler - Experience preferred, but we can teach you if mechanically experienced.  This position will be responsible for building bikes. This person could help out on the sales floor when needed if desired.  A friendly, outgoing personality preferred.  Must ride a bicycle.  Working 1-2 days per week for 7-8 hour days year round.  Great option for retired cyclists looking to work 1-2 days per week in a great atmosphere and get access to amazing employee pricing.  Able to access full employee purchase benefits as soon as you work 80 hours!  APPLY HERE

Part Time Summer Rental Team Hero - This is the perfect position for the high school student that loves bikes and working with people to start out at the shop.  An outgoing, friendly personality is important and you must ride a bicycle.  You would be working in our rental operation next to the main store.  In the mornings, you work with a team leader to organize all rentals and then in the afternoon you work in a self supervised environment cleaning and tuning the bicycles.  At the end of the day the team leader helps close the facility.  The team leader is a radio call away for any issues that may come up.  Rentals require reservations and you will learn to process rentals online.  No cash handling.  This job would be 2-4 eight hour shifts per week from June-Labor Day.  Able to access full employee purchase benefits as soon as you work 80 hours!  APPLY HERE

Full Time Summer Bicycle Mechanic - 1-2 years mechanical experience preferred.  This mechanic will be completing basic tunes, quick repairs, bike checkovers, accessory installs and bike builds.  A friendly, outgoing personality preferred.  Must ride a bicycle.  Seasonal position Spring until Labor Day (or when return to school if college student).  This position can also be tailored for the teacher looking for a fun summer position providing 30+ hours of scheduled work per week.  Able to access full employee purchase benefits 2 weeks after starting!  APPLY HERE

Part Time Summer Bicycle Mechanic - One year bike shop mechanical experience preferred. This mechanic will be completing basic tunes, quick repairs, bike checkovers, accessory installs and bike builds.  A friendly, outgoing personality preferred.  Must ride a bicycle. Seasonal position Spring until Labor Day (or when return to school if college student).  This is the perfect position for a teacher looking for a fun summer position providing one to two 8 hour shifts per week.  We can further work around some summer vacation plans.  Able to access full employee purchase benefits as soon as you work 80 hours!  APPLY HERE

Part Time Summer Sales Helper - This is a great starting position for 14 years olds looking for their first summer job.  One day per week for 4 hours, this job will involve cleaning, restocking, airing tires and learning how the bike shop works!  The Sales Helper works independently while completing a shift task list.  Able to access full employee purchase benefits as soon as you work 80 hours!  APPLY HERE

Administrative Assistant - Looking for a job that gives you long weekends off and allows you to be available for your kids' after school schedules?

If you are a person who likes to dot their "i's" and cross their "t's", plus you enjoy working with fun people who love what they do in an upbeat environment, then this part time, year round position might just be a great fit for you!

  Job Responsibilities:

  Accounting Assistance

  • Manage accounts payables
  • Prep credit card reconciliation

  Inventory Management Assistance

  • Receive inventory against purchase orders and print pricing labels
  • Properly label product
  • Manage special order product
  • Create hanging tags for bicycles and place in bike boxes, marking box as received
  • Moving bike boxes to storage with help of other staff members
  • Managing backroom including organizing and cleaning
  • Loading of re-order points and purging old data with assistance of buyer
  • Assist with unloading of product from trucks with the help of other staff members
  • Supervise and perform monthly physical inventories of products both onsite and in offsite warehouses

Merchandising

  • Merchandising of all product with the assistance of planograms when applicable
  • Managing the discount rack and any discounting table displays including pricing of items and rotation of product with the help of buyer

  Customer Service

  • Working the sales floor when needed
  • Answering phones when needed

  Key Administrative Tasks

  • Mailing items and maintaining postage daily and shipping supplies
  • Ordering paper bags
  • Ordering some office supplies
  • Driving to local stores for supply purchases - weekly
  • Miscellaneous office tasks in support of owner

  This position could be made full time from May until August should the       candidate have experience in retail sales (especially selling bicycles, clothing   and sporting goods).

  Job Requirements:

  • Detail oriented
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills.
  • Experienced in data entry and manipulation
  • Strong communication skills both written and verbal
  • Able to maintain a very high level of customer service
  • Genuinely super friendly and a team player
  • Preferably would be passionate about cycling and excited to inspire our customers and staff about this sport.
  • High School Diploma or the equivalent. College preferred.
  • Knowledge of computers and technology. Experience with Lightspeed POS a plus.
  • Ability to be mobile and stand for extended periods of time.
  • Ability to lift 35 lbs while utilizing appropriate equipment and safety techniques.

  Job Parameters:

  • This is a part time, year round, 20 hour per week position and would require a 4-5 day work week
  • A typical schedule would be Tuesday-Friday 9:30a-2:30p

  This position profile is a representation of what is required for an employee to   succeed. As the company’s needs change, position expectations may change. It is expected that all employees complete any reasonable request that may not be listed in their job description. Employees who feel a request is unreasonable should contact the owner.

  Job Compensation:

  The first 80 hours would be compensated at a training wage of $14/hour. At that point the wage would increase to $16-17/hour.  APPLY HERE or email resume and cover letter to christian@latitude45.com.

You can apply online by answering the questions below and click the Submit Form button at the bottom to forward this application to us.  This is the best way to apply. 

 

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