Fruit & Veg Assistant Manager

Drakes Supermarkets; Biloela; On-site; AUD 33,000 - 44,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

10% staff and family discount

Discounted gym memberships

Career progression opportunities

Vehicle leasing opportunities

Company funded qualifications

Job summary

A leading grocery retailer in Biloela is seeking a motivated individual to lead their fruit & veg department. Responsibilities include managing a small team, overseeing stock control, and ensuring exceptional customer service. Candidates should demonstrate strong leadership abilities, excellent communication skills, and a passion for fresh food. This is a permanent part-time position with additional benefits like staff discounts and corporate benefits.

Qualifications

• Ability to order and control costs accurately.
• Passion and enthusiasm with a hands-on approach.
• Commitment to work health and safety standards.
• Hands-on leadership style with safety awareness.

Responsibilities

• Managing a small team in the fruit & veg department.
• Creating rosters and generating orders.
• Completing stock takes and driving customer service excellence.
• Coach, train and performance manage team members.
• Provide exceptional customer service and safety compliance.

Skills

Fresh food retail knowledge

Ability to lead and manage a team

Excellent communication skills

Strong leadership and delegation skills

Ability to coach, train and performance manage teams

Clear communication

Interpersonal liaison

Merchandising flair

Leadership & delegation

Coaching & training

Work health and safety

Job description

Attractive remuneration and 10% company discount for you and your family

Full on-the-job training and support provided

Drakes Biloela

Exciting Career Opportunity

• Attractive remuneration and 10% company discount for you and your family
• Full on-the-job training and support provided
• Permanent part-time position

About Us

Over 50 years since Roger Drake purchased his first supermarket in 1974, Drakes Supermarkets has now become the largest independent grocery retailer in Australia. While we’ve grown from one store to more than 60 stores across South Australia and Queensland, Drakes Supermarkets has retained the same values since day one.

Our mission at Drakes is to provide our customers with exceptional service, value for money, a great range and an outstanding shopping experience. To achieve this, we acknowledge that our customers are the most important people in our business.

What We Offer You

Become a valuable part of highly supportive diverse work culture, with more than 5,500 team members nationally, we’re committed to creating an inspiring workplace at Drakes, which supports the development of great people.

• 10% staff and family discount across all Drakes stores
• Wide range of corporate benefits including discounted gym memberships, banking, health insurance and much more!
• In-depth onboarding and career progression opportunities
• Company funded retail management qualifications and first aid qualifications
• Vehicle leasing opportunities

About This Opportunity

Our Biloela store is currently looking for a motivated and hard working leader, to join and assist leading the store's fruit & veg department.

Reporting directly to the Fruit & Veg Manager, this successful applicant will be responsible for managing a small team, creating rosters, generating orders, completing stock takes + much more!

• Fresh food retail knowledge is desired, but not essential
• Ability to lead and manage a team
• Ability to order and control costsAccurate team rostering
• Passion and enthusiasm, with a very "hands on" approach
• Unparalleled commitment to customer service
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to liaise with both team members and management
• A flair for merchandising
• Strong leadership and delegation skills
• Ability to coach, train and performance manage teams
• Commitment to work health and safety standard

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, we’d love to hear from you!