Fruit and Vegetable Assistant Manager

Drake Supermarkets Pty Ltd; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive remuneration

Dynamic growing company

Promotion opportunities

Job summary

Drakes Supermarkets is seeking expressions of interest for a department leadership role in South Australia. This is an opportunity to manage a fresh food department within a dynamic, growing family-owned retailer.

The successful applicant will be trusted to tailor the store's service and product offering to local customer needs, lead a team, and uphold high standards of customer service and OH&S.

Qualifications

• Fresh food retail knowledge.
• Fruit and Vegetable experience is essential.
• Expertise in supervising staff.
• Understanding of ordering, cost control and gross profit.
• Accurate staff rostering will be an advantage.
• Passion and enthusiasm with a hands-on approach.
• Unparalleled commitment to customer service.
• Ability to liaise with staff and management.
• A flair for merchandising.
• Strong leadership and delegation skills.
• Commitment to occupational health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Treat the department as your own business with autonomy.
• Tailor the store's service and product offering to local needs.
• Lead by example in a dynamic grocery environment.
• Motivate and manage a team to achieve goals.
• Collaborate with management to maintain high service levels.

Skills

Fresh food knowledge

Fruit & Veg experience

Staff supervision

Ordering & cost control

Staff rostering

Hands-on approach

Customer service

Staff-management liaison

Merchandising

Leadership & delegation

OH&S standards

Job description

South Australia - Northern Area South Australia - Northern Adelaide

This job is open for expressions of interest only

• Attractive remuneration
• 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:

• Fresh food retail knowledge
• Fruit and Vegetable experience is essential
• Expertise in supervising staff
• An understanding of ordering, cost control expertise and gross profit
• Accurate staff rostering will be an advantage
• Passion and enthusiasm, with a very "hands on" approach
• Unparalleled commitment to customer service
• Ability to liaise with both staff and management
• A flair for merchandising
• Strong leadership and delegation skills
• Commitment to occupational health and safety standards

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

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