Dairy/Freezer Manager

Drakes Supermarkets; Central Highlands Regional; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salary package

Incentives

Promotion potential

Job summary

Drakes Supermarkets is seeking a dynamic retail leader to manage store departments with a hands-on approach. The role demands significant grocery retail experience, strong leadership, and exceptional customer service.

You will drive staff performance, merchandising excellence, and cost controls while liaising with management to tailor store offerings to customer needs. The successful candidate will foster a positive team environment, ensure health and safety standards, and strive for continuous

Qualifications

• Significant grocery or dairy/freezer retail knowledge.
• Experience in leading and managing staff.
• 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 staff and management.
• A flair for merchandising.
• Strong leadership and delegation skills.
• Ability to coach, train and performance manage staff.
• Commitment to work health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Grocery knowledge

Staff leadership

Cost control

Hands-on leadership

Customer service

Communication

Merchandising

Coaching & training

Performance management

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.

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 staff
• 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 staffCommitment 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