Dairy/Freezer Manager

Drakes Supermarkets; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Drakes Supermarkets is seeking a capable retail leader to manage a grocery department in a fast-paced Adelaide store. The role focuses on leading a hands-on team, optimizing service, and ensuring exceptional customer experience within a dynamic market.

You will drive merchandising, ordering, and cost-control efforts while coaching staff to deliver high standards of operation and safety. A strong local knowledge of dairy/freezer categories is beneficial.

Qualifications

• Significant grocery or dairy/freezer retail knowledge.
• Experience in leading and managing team members.
• Ordering and cost control expertise.
• Hands-on approach with a strong focus on customer service.
• Excellent communication with staff and management.
• Merchandising flair and store presentation.
• Commitment to health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the department as if it were your own business.
• Tailor the store's service and product offering to local needs.
• Coach, train and performance manage team members.
• Ensure compliance with work health and safety standards.
• Liaise effectively with staff and management to meet targets.

Skills

Grocery knowledge

Team leadership

Merchandising

Cost control

Customer service

Communication

Health & safety awareness

Job description

Exciting Career Opportunity

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.

Exciting Career Opportunity

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 department 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 or dairy/freezer retail knowledge
• Experience in leading and managing team members
• Ordering and cost control expertise
• 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, employees, customers and external stakeholders