Meat Assistant Manager

Drakes Supermarkets; Central Highlands Regional; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salary package and incenti

Dynamic growing company

Potential for promotion

Job summary

Drakes Supermarkets in Australia seeks an experienced Fruit & Vegetable Manager to lead a high-performing team in a busy store environment. You will drive freshness, pricing and display standards while ensuring outstanding customer service.

You will be responsible for staff rostering, ordering and cost controls, gross profit calculations, and coaching team members to deliver exceptional results. A hands-on leader with strong communication and merchandising flair is essential.

Qualifications

• Significant fresh food retail knowledge.
• Experience in Fruit and Vegetable Management is essential.
• Expertise 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 hands-on approach.
• Unparalleled commitment to customer service.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to liaise with staff and management.
• Flair for merchandising.
• Strong leadership and delegation skills.
• Ability to coach, train and performance manage staff.
• Commitment to work health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Tailor stores service and products offering to meet local needs.
• Demonstrate hands-on leadership in a busy store environment.
• Lead by example and motivate a high-performing team.

Skills

Fresh food retail knowledge

Fruit and Vegetable management

Team leadership / management

Ordering and cost control

Gross profit calculations

Staff rostering

Customer service

Communication skills

Merchandising

Leadership / delegation

Coaching and performance management

Work health and safety

Job description

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

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 fresh food retail knowledge
• Experience in Fruit and Vegetable Management is essential
• Expertise 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 staff
• Commitment to work 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
• Problem solve
• Lead by example
• Motivate a team
• Communicate effectively with management, employees, customers and external stakeholders