Employment

Join Our Team!
Renys is a great place to work because it’s a locally owned department store with Reny family members still involved with day-to-day operations. Customer service is the number one priority. Only employee input and performance can guarantee that Renys provides excellent customer service every day.
Renys is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against people on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or mental or physical handicap in hiring, employment, benefits, or advancement opportunities.
Renys Is Truly A Maine Adventure!
Casual Dress
Renys enjoys a ‘business casual attire’ policy which allows employees to dress appropriately for each business day. No big meetings? Wear your Carhartt’s!
Awesome Benefits
Renys offers a cafeteria-style benefits plan including dental, life, STD, LTD, and medical, 401(k) plans, vacation, flexible work schedule, and a 20% employee discount.

Current Job Opportunities At Renys
Damariscotta: Full-Time and Part-Time
Damariscotta: Full and Part-Time
Looking for an adventure? We currently have full-time and part-time sales associate positions available in Damariscotta.
We offer a fun team atmosphere, benefits, Earned Paid Leave, and 20% employee discount!
Come and join the fun while you learn to:
- Merchandise products.
- Provide customer assistance.
- All you need is a positive attitude!
Duties include:
- Assisting the customers at checkout by ringing merchandise into the registers, ensuring merchandise rings in correctly, promptly asking for supervisory assistance when needed, bagging, and seeing that the customer is helped to their car when needed.
- Coordinating and synchronizing work with other departments of the store and working where the demand is greater for that day.
- Ensuring the accuracy of all cycle counts, filling transfers, and filling order forms for special orders.
- Reporting loss and damage of products, customer feedback to the store manager.
- Being on time and working your full scheduled weekly hours.
- Ability to work varied hours/days, including nights, weekends, and holidays, as needed.
Please apply in person to management.
116 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME 04543
Telephone: (207) 563-3011
General Warehouse
General Warehouse: Full and Part-Time
We are now hiring for Day and Night Shift positions at our Warehouse!
This position offers a Shift Differential, Employee Discounts, Earned Paid Leave and More!
Ages: 17+, Training Provided.
Duties include:
- Attention to detail
- Picking and packing
- Processing orders
- Sorting and ticketing freight
- Physical work such as heavy lifting, processing merchandise and standing for extended periods of time
Please apply in person to management.
731 Route 1, Newcastle ME 04553
Telephone: (207) 563-3177
You may also email your resume to feedback@renys.com.
Day Shift Hours:
Monday - Friday: 7 - 4pm
2nd Shift Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 1pm - 9pm
Monday - Thursday: 5pm - 9pm
Manager-In-Training (MIT)
Renys Department Stores
We are looking for dynamic individuals to join our team as a Manager in Training. Reny founder, R.H. Reny, had a simple philosophy - make great buys of quality merchandise and pass these incredible values along at the lowest price to our customers! This philosophy has worked for us for the past 75 years. If you believe that you could carry on that philosophy, we'd love to hear from you. We have 18 great locations across the state, which one will be yours?
Position Summary:
It is expected of every Renys employee to be willing to step into any role/job at any time as needed, regardless of job description. Primarily responsible for supporting the store manager in the daily operations of a store with heavy focus on superior customer satisfaction and employee mentoring.
Essential Functions:
- Ensure that every decision is based on the customer being a priority.
- Perform manager's duties in the absence of the manager.
- Supervise and motivate hourly employees in the store.
- Ensure that all employees properly serve each customer that comes into the store.
- Assist in the proper and timely processing of freight.
- Provide the store manager with feedback on employee performance.
- Handle writing weekly staff schedule, shift changes among cashiers and departments.
- Ensure that all daily notices have been completed in a timely manner.
- Ensure the compliance of company safety standards.
- Execute the daily directives of the store manager.
- Document and report employee and customer accidents to the main office immediately.
Other Functions: Assist manager in boosting employee morale. Keep proper documentation on any employee concerns. Take part in the hiring and termination process. Take part in the set up and training of new store openings.
Minimum Requirements: The candidate must be personable, customer service oriented and a team player. The candidate should be able to work as a team leader and have above average people skills. A positive approach to employee motivaion and strong verbal communications skills are required.
Reporting Relationship: Position reports to the store manager.
Working Conditions: Constant customer and employee interaction, merchandising techniques, and strong leadership, working along side employees; on your feet a minimum of 5 days expected per week during company operating hours, 5 1/2 to 6 days during Early Bird week and between Thanksgiving week and Christmas. Some travel will be required.
Success Factors: Consistent positive personality , dependable nature, willingness to do whatever is needed each day. Must have the ability to be flexible and adaptable to the ever-changing retail workplace. Desire to maintain a fun working environment that is also efficient and profitable.
Renys offers Customer Service bonuses, Employee Discounts, Health Insurance, 401K Plan and more!
To apply, please send a letter of interest with references and your current resume to Holly Margaritis at HR@renys.com
Office Administrative Support: Full Time
Office Administrative Support: Full Time
Looking for an adventure? We currently have a full time Office Administrative position available at the Home Office in Newcastle.
40 hours per week, position starts at $18.00 per hour.
The right candidate should be
- Detail Oriented
- Knowledgeable in Microsoft Office Suite
- Display exceptional customer service
- A Team player
- Ability to multi-task
- Data entry and other clerical skills
- Phone support
- Able to work Monday - Friday between 8 am and 5 pm with an occasional Saturday coverage from 8 am to 12 pm.
We offer a fun team atmosphere, benefits, Earned Paid Leave, and 20% employee discount!
Please send resume to:
Tammy Lincoln, Office Manager
731 Route 1, Newcastle, ME 04553
Or email to tlincoln@renys.com
Equal opportunity employer
Wells: Full-Time
Wells: Full-Time
Looking for an adventure? We currently have full-time sales associate positions available in Wells.
We offer a fun team atmosphere, benefits, Earned Paid Leave, and 20% employee discount!
Come and join the fun while you learn to:
- Merchandise products.
- Provide customer assistance.
- All you need is a positive attitude!
Duties include:
- Assisting the customers at checkout by ringing merchandise into the registers, ensuring merchandise rings in correctly, promptly asking for supervisory assistance when needed, bagging, and seeing that the customer is helped to their car when needed.
- Coordinating and synchronizing work with other departments of the store and working where the demand is greater for that day.
- Ensuring the accuracy of all cycle counts, filling transfers, and filling order forms for special orders.
- Reporting loss and damage of products, customer feedback to the store manager.
- Being on time and working your full scheduled weekly hours.
- Ability to work varied hours/days, including nights, weekends, and holidays, as needed.
Please apply in person to management.
107 Wells Plaza, Wells, ME 04090
Telephone: (207) 646-1566