Assistant Store Manager

Drakes Supermarkets; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Drakes Supermarkets seeks a store leader to drive performance and guest satisfaction in a busy Adelaide-area store.

You will manage people, inventory, and merchandising with a hands-on approach, ensuring excellent service and store standards while coaching staff and upholding safety policies.

Qualifications

• Significant grocery and fresh food retail knowledge.
• Experience in leading and managing team members.
• Ordering and cost control expertise.
• Excellent understanding of gross profit calculations.
• Accurate staff rostering and scheduling.
• Hands-on approach with passion and enthusiasm.
• Unparalleled commitment to customer service.
• Excellent communication with staff and management.
• Merchandising flair and strong leadership skills.
• Ability to coach, train and performance manage team members.
• Commitment to work health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop store teams to achieve performance targets.
• Oversee daily operations including stock control and merchandising.
• Ensure excellent customer service and store presentation.
• Forecast demand, place orders and manage costs to protect gross profit.
• Roster and mentor staff to maintain high engagement and efficiency.
• Communicate effectively with management, team members and customers.

Skills

Retail leadership

Team management

Staff rostering

Customer service

Merchandising

Cost control

Communication

Problem solving

Job description

Exciting Career Opportunity

• Attractive salary package and incentives
• Dynamic growing company
• Potential for promotion

• Attractive salary package and incentives
• Dynamic growing company
• Potential for promotion

Drakes Supermarkets is a Retail industry success story. A family owned and operated private company, we are Australia's largest independently-owned supermarket chain. Due to our unprecedented growth, we provide excellent career opportunities within our company.

The successful applicant will be given the opportunity to treat the store as if it were their own business. They will be given the flexibility to tailor the stores service and products offering to meet the specific needs of the customers within the local area.

Working as a part of an enthusiastic team, in a highly competitive supermarket environment, applicants will be expected to demonstrate:

• Significant grocery and fresh food retail knowledge
• Experience in leading and managing team members
• Ordering and cost control expertise
• An excellent understanding of gross profit calculations
• Accurate staff rostering
• Passion and enthusiasm, with a very "hands on" approach
• Unparalleled commitment to customer service
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to liaise with both staff and management
• A flair for merchandising
• Strong leadership and delegation skills
• Ability to coach, train and performance manage team members
• Commitment to work health and safety standards

To succeed within our organisation, applicants must be able to:

• Display a passion for the grocery retail industry
• Express a positive "can do" attitude
• Problem solve
• Lead by example
• Motivate a team
• Communicate effectively with management, team members, customers and external stakeholders