Assistant Front Store Manager

Shoppers Drug Mart; Whitehorse; On-site; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job description

Join a locally owned and operated store to help deliver health, beauty, and convenience services in your community, keeping the customer at the center of everything you do.

Why this role is important?

Summary:

Assist the Front Store Manager (FSM) in managing the store's human, physical, and financial resources to achieve store objectives, with a focus on improving product flow from the backroom to the sales floor.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Operations:

• Maintain store standards to optimize customer experience, drive traffic, and positively impact profitability.
• Work with the management team to ensure store standards are consistently met, including in the backroom.
• Assist in managing labor scheduling with the FSM, utilizing Work Force Management (WFM) to maximize productivity.
• Ensure staffing levels are adequate for effective store operation.

Human Resources:

• Comply with Human Resources standards.
• Assist with hiring in collaboration with the FSM, supporting hiring across departments excluding Pharmacy.
• Maintain wage administration within SLPH guidelines.
• Promote Blue Culture, engagement, and motivate staff by exemplifying Core Values.

Qualifications:

• Strong planning, judgment, and decision-making skills.
• Experience in inventory management planning and preparation.
• Ability to exercise judgment to control expenses.
• Effective leadership and mentorship skills, with a focus on staff development.
• Efficient time management and the ability to prioritize quickly amid changing initiatives.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.

Experience:

• Previous retail management experience.
• Ability to drive business success, lead by example, and support corporate programs.
• Effective collaboration with management teams.
• Excellent interpersonal, coaching, and communication skills.
• Business and financial acumen.
• Ability to build relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.

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Why work in a Shoppers Drug Mart store?

Each store has an Associate-Owner, so you work for a local business owner while benefiting from the support of a national brand. Enjoy a purchase discount program, flexible schedules, competitive pay, and online learning through Academy.

Take ownership of your work and find ways to care more about your patients, co-workers, customers, and community.

Associate Owners in the Shoppers Drug Mart network value Canada's diversity as an opportunity to better serve their communities, striving to reflect the nation’s evolving diversity through products, hiring, and store culture. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants and colleagues with disabilities.

We believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct, reinforcing the expectations of our customers and stakeholders.