- Ace Hardware Careers
Ace Hardware Careers and Jobs
We are your local hardware store and we are a part of your community. Ace Hardware has over 5,000 stores around the world with the majority of those stores independently owned and operated by local entrepreneurs. These hard working men and women are part of the fabric of your community. They are small business owners who are local and loyal...just like it ought to be. While others have become large and impersonal, at Ace, we've remained small and very personal. That's why we say a visit to Ace, is like a visit to your neighbor.
What is it like to work at Ace Hardware?
A regular day at Henkle’s Ace Hardware is often fast-paced, highly varied, and shifts constantly based on immediate customer needs. You actively jump between technical services, specialized product consulting, and store maintenance throughout a single shift.
Morning: Service and Store Prep
• Opening and Stocking Inventory: You begin by unboxing freight, scanning new inventory, and organizing shelves to ensure top-selling items are front and center.
• Emergent Plumbing Fixes: Early mornings bring stressed homeowners or contractors dealing with broken pipes, requiring you to quickly find the exact brass fittings, PEX tubing, or Sharkbite connectors to stop a leak.
• Mixing Paint: You operate the tinting machine and automatic shaker to custom-match paint samples for contractors trying to hit their morning deadlines.
Midday: High-Value Sales and Specialized Tasks
• Cooking on and Selling Grills: During peak hours, you might step outside to fire up a Traeger or Big Green Egg for a weekend demo, using the aroma to draw in crowds while explaining the mechanics of pellet smoking to buyers.
• Making Car Keys: You step behind the service counter to program modern transponder keys and cut complex laser-cut car keys using the store's specialized cutting machines.
• Learning About Plant Fertilization: During a brief lull, an experienced coworker or vendor rep walks you through nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK) ratios so you can confidently recommend the right lawn food for the current season.
Afternoon: Problem Solving and Closing
• Consultative Customer Help: You spend time walking the aisles with DIYers, helping them troubleshoot complex projects from rewiring a light fixture to selecting the right anchor bolts for concrete.
• Recovery and Restocking: You pull inventory forward on the shelves, log special orders for items not in stock, and prepare the service benches for the next day's crew.
What are the perks and benefits of working at Ace Hardware? Working as an employee in a locally-owned hardware environment shifts the focus from rigid corporate metrics to personal development and community:
-Clear Paths for Advancement: You can advance rapidly because performance is noticed directly by owners, not filtered through corporate HR layers.
-Fast-Track Management Training: Proven workers often move quickly into shift supervisors and there is opportunities for store management.
-Accelerated Skill Building: You will routinely learn practical, real-world knowledge about plumbing, electrical, paint and even gardening.
- Task Variety: Positions are not siloed; you will quickly become a "jack of all trades" handling inventory, sales, and specialized customer consulting.
- Flexible Scheduling: With local owners we work to manually adjust shifts around family needs or student schedules.
- Direct Management Access: You work alongside the decision-makers, eliminating corporate red tape and ensuring your voice is heard.
-Valuable Employee Discounts: Staff receive significant discounts after 90 days.
$15.00 - 17.00 per hour
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