STAFF VACANCIES AT BOWHOUSE
Bowhouse is the only shop for dog and cat supplies on Sydney's Eastern beaches, founded in April 2007 by Alan Keyes and Terry Horsfall shortly after they relocated to Australia from the UK.
After just one year in business, Bowhouse received the accolade of "Best of Sydney" in the pet stores category, based on a poll of readers conducted by the publisher of a group of Sydney newspapers, and it has won that category ever since.
In its subsequent years, the business has boomed and continued to win further awards.
The store at Bondi Beach is open seven days a week, and it has extended its opening hours to cater to its customers better.
The Online Store, currently operating primarily from the store in Bondi, has thousands of visitors every week, and there are dozens of online and telephone orders to process every day.
In 2011 Bowhouse took over the operation previously known as Petsville Parramatta and converted it into Bowhouse Pet Depot.
Petsville was well-established, with well-regarded, knowledgeable staff and a loyal customer base.
But it was different to Bowhouse: it was not focussed purely on dogs and cats like Bowhouse, and it has great exerience in, and products for, birds, small animals, reptiles and even fish. And it stocks a lot of brands that Bowhouse previously had no room for in its crowded store in Bondi, because it has nearly ten times as much space as the Bondi store - plus it has easy parking outside.
Bowhouse has already moved its Wholesale operations to distribute the ZiwiPeak brand of dog and cat food in Australia to Parramatta, and is now looking to expand the product range that it sells - in-store, online and wholesale - and to boost its marketing operations.
At the beginning of 2012, the owners of the business relocated from Sydney to Kangaroo Valley in the Southern Highlands, and are now looking to set up a new Head Office operation on the Bowhouse Estate in Beaumont (10 minutes drive from Kangaroo Valley, 20 minutes from Berry, 30 minutes from Nowra).
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To run this Head Office operation, we are now looking to recruit the following positions:
• Administrator/Book-keeper - 12 -15 hours per week
• Web-site/Marketing Assistant - 12 -15 hours per week
• Office Manager - a full-time position.
Administrator / Book-keeper
The company's accounts are maintained using MYOB Accountedge (on a Mac), so experience with this or a similar accounting package is preferred, although the company is prepared to train a person who has the appropriate experience, skills and attributes required for the position. We expect that the person carrying out this role will work 12 to 15 hours a week, but there is scope for more hours to be worked on other administrative duties (for details, see the following two positions listed)
Job Description
Responsibilities and Duties
Responsible for all book-keeping and accounting of the company on a weekly basis.
That involves:
• Checking the processing of all incoming Purchase invoices into the retail stores' POS stock management systems.
• Posting of all invoices, daily sales, cash and bank transactions into MYOB.
• Credit control.
• Reconciliation of bank and cash balances and transactions, and of ledger balances.
• Production of weekly trading reports and cash requirement reports.
• Processing of payroll.
• Controlling updating of stock control and inventory valuation.
• Production of monthly trading accounts.
• Preparation of monthly Activity Statements.
Candidate Requirements
Essential
• Strong experience of computerised book-keeping, including Receivables, Payables, Bank, General Ledger and Payroll.
• Experienced in preparing and submitting Activity Statements.
• Fluent English and good telephone manner.
• Competent with computers and good keyboard skills.
• Well-organised and methodical with good eye for detail.
• Permanent or long-term resident of Australia.
Web-site / Marketing Assistant
Job Description
The company's web-site is maintained on a hosted system (aShop), with a friendly user-interface that enables products and custom pages to be easily added and maintained without specialised technical or coding knowledge. Experience of updating web-sites will be useful, but not essential as we expect that the successful candidate will quickly learn how to update the site. However, good copy-writing and keyboard skills, interest in layout, graphics and link-building will be very useful.
We expect that the person carrying out this role will work 12 to 15 hours a week, and flexible hours can be easily accomodated.
Responsibilities and Duties
• Maintenance of the www.bowhouse.com.au web-site
• Development of the company's FaceBook presence
• Marketing and promotions.
That involves:
• Adding new product categories, brands and products onto the web-site.
• Writing or editing relevant, informative and interesting text about the products or categories featured on the web-site
• Acquisition and preparation of images for upload to the site - this often involves editing of images using Photoshop.
• Adding appropriate links, keywords and product recommendations to enhance google rankings and build sales.
• Updating of prices, pack-sizes, stock levels etc to the site.
• Marketing and promotions.
Candidate Requirements
Essential
• Competent with computers.
• Fluent English and good copywriting skills.
• Permanent or long-term resident of Australia.
• Interest in pets and and marketing.
Useful
• Experience of Photoshop
• Exeperience of web-site mainetance.
• Knowledge of html, SEO or other issues that will help to make the site user-friendly and attract more customers.
• Interest in using Facebook and social media to develop more business and build customer loyalty.
For more information about the aShop system that we use for the web-site, click here.
Office Manager
Job Description
As an alternative to employing a part-time bookkeeper, we are considering employing a full-time office manager, who would be reponsible for all the book-keeper's tasks, plus maintenance of the company's web-site as outlined in the 2 job descriptions above. In addition, the successful candidate would be involved in administration and marketing back-up for our wholesale operations and other non-retail activities, including the owners' business interests in the Southern Highlands.
That involves:
• All aspects of the Adminstrator/Bookkeeper's position as described above.
• All aspects of the Web-site/Marketing Assistant's position as described above.
• Administrative back-up for the owner and Trade Sales Manager (based in Sydney) including sales forecasting and purchase ordering from overseas, and direct mail marketing activities.
Candidate Requirements
Essential
• Experience in all aspects of book-keeping and management accounting.
• Experience in a sales office or sales support environment.
• Fluent English and good telephone manner.
• Competent with computers, word-processing, spreadsheets and databases.
• Pro-active and good at working unsupervised.
• Permanent or long-term resident of Australia.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should send a detailed and up-to-date CV (resumé) together with daytime and evening contact numbers
• by e-mail to topdog@bowhouse.com.au, or
• by fax to 9130 4250, or
• by post to Bowhouse Pet Depot, 2/85-93 Victoria Road, Parramatta, NSW 2150.
Candidates should NOT telephone or come into the store or depot expecting an interview.
We will call suitable candidates to arrange interviews at a convenient time.
Please note: Only candidates with permanent residency in Australia will be considered for these positions: they are long-term, not casual or temporary positions.
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