Area Manager - United Petroleum

Retail Data Acquisition Services; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Workplace Culture – Best Places toWork

Employee wellbeing program

Monthly recognition awards

Sustainability initiatives

Job summary

Retail Data Acquisition Services in Sydney CBD NSW is seeking an Area Manager to ensure stores meet standards across quality, customer service, merchandising, food, fuel and overall operations. You will audit in the field, coach store teams and implement practical improvements that boost performance.

Travel across the state is required, including overnight stays, and you will build strong relationships with Licensees, Store Managers and stakeholders while driving compliance and continuous

Qualifications

• Must have experience in retail, fast food, food service, petrol & convenience or auditing.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify operational gaps.
• Experience with standards, compliance, processes or performance.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Confidence to coach, influence and work with people at all levels.
• Ability to analyse information and produce clear reports.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Practical, solutions-focused approach.
• Good commercial awareness and focus on results.
• Current Australian driver’s licence and willingness to travel regularly.

Responsibilities

• Champion retail standards across stores including merchandising, marketing, POS and customer service.
• Conduct quality, standards, audit and product compliance checks.
• Monitor food safety, safe working practices and WHS compliance.
• Identify operational gaps and develop improvement plans with Licensees and Store Managers.
• Coach and train store teams to uphold brand and operational standards.
• Complete the full audit cycle and assess financial reliability and compliance.
• Analyse audit findings and store data; prepare reports and recommendations.
• Identify opportunities to improve sales, marketing and store performance; support implementation.
• Build relationships with Licensees, Store Managers and stakeholders.
• Support new store openings and field program rollouts.

Skills

Retail management

Auditing

Stakeholder communication

Coaching

Data analysis

Organisational skills

Travel readiness

Driver's licence

Job description

Retail Data Acquisition Services – Sydney CBD NSW

About the Role

As an Area Manager, your focus will be on ensuring stores consistently deliver the required standards across quality, customer service, merchandising, food, fuel and overall store operations.

You’ll spend time in the field conducting audits and assessments, but just as importantly, you’ll work alongside store teams to coach, influence and implement practical improvements.

What You'll Be Doing

• Champion retail standards across stores, including merchandising, marketing, point-of-sale and customer service


• Conduct quality, standards, audit and product compliance checks


• Monitor compliance across food safety, safe working practices and workplace health & safety


• Identify operational gaps and work with Licensees and Store Managers to develop and implement improvement plans


• Coach and train store teams to ensure consistent brand and operational standards


• Complete the full audit cycle, assessing operational effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance


• Analyse audit findings and store data, preparing clear reports and recommendations for stakeholders


• Identify opportunities to improve sales, marketing and store performance, and support their implementation


• Build strong relationships with Licensees, Store Managers and internal and external stakeholders


• Support new store openings and the rollout of field programs and initiatives
  
• Travel regularly across the state, including some overnight stays and occasional air travel

What We're Looking For

We’re looking for someone who is commercially minded, confident working with people and comfortable assessing performance and identifying opportunities for improvement.

Whether your background is in retail management, fast food, petrol & convenience or auditing, this is an opportunity to take your experience into a broader, multi-site Area Manager role.

To Be Successful, You'll Bring

• Previous experience in retail, fast food, food service, petrol & convenience or auditing


• Strong attention to detail and the ability to identify operational gaps


• Experience working with standards, compliance, processes or performance


• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
  
• The confidence to coach, influence and work with people at all levels


• The ability to analyse information and produce clear, accurate reports


• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities


• A practical, solutions-focused approach


• Good commercial awareness and a focus on achieving results
  
• A current Australian driver's licence and willingness to undertake frequent travel

Why Join Us?

Retail Data Acquisition Services has become one of Australia's largest retail data collection service companies. RDAS offers a service which provides clients with insights to their own & competitor’s products and services through data collection, mystery shopping, auditing and merchandising.

Our Perks & Benefits

• Workplace Culture – Recognised as Best Places to Work Winner, we are committed to our values of integrity, respect, innovation & collaboration.


• Wellbeing – Access to our Employee Assistance Program.


• Recognition – Monthly awards to acknowledge our employees and their contributions.


• Sustainability – We are proud to make a positive impact on our planet – we are a carbon neutral business and volunteer in community tree planting days.

Diversity and Inclusion – We are proud to maintain a zero gender pay gap, ensuring equal compensation for equal work across all genders.

About United Petroleum

United Petroleum is an Australian-owned petrol and convenience business with a network of more than 400 locations across Australia. The business operates across fuel, convenience retail, food and other related services, with a strong focus on delivering quality products and customer experiences across its network.