FT Store Manager 3

Cambrian College; Portage la Prairie; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambrian College Portage la Prairie is seeking a Store Manager to oversee a liquor store operation, ensuring exceptional customer service, compliance with Liquor and Gaming Control Act, and cost-effective performance. The role emphasizes leadership, staff development, training, and inventory management.

You will manage staff, budget, and vendor relations while upholding MBLL policies. Bilingual French/English is an asset; residency in Portage la Prairie required.

Qualifications

• Related post-secondary education including management, sales and marketing, computer software courses.
• Two to five years full-time retail supervisory experience; experience in a unionized environment is an asset.
• Bilingual (French/English) language skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, establish positive staff morale and build a team approach.
• Identify training needs and take appropriate action.
• Provide on-the-job training and ongoing coaching (knowledge/skills acquisition).
• Monitor staff and provide performance feedback; develop and implement action plans to address performance issues.
• Ensure performance appraisals of all store employees are completed.
• Hold regular staff meetings to discuss expectations, new policies/procedures/programs and staff concerns.
• Communicate and support corporate initiatives and policies.
• Manage within the collective agreement.
• Interview, select and hire employees.
• Identify developmental needs and foster an environment to support staff and encourage lifelong learning.
• Analyse customer needs and take corrective action when required.
• Ensure store environment is customer friendly and compliant with shelf management policy.
• Meet and exceed customer expectations in a cost-effective manner.
• Build relationships with vendors, licensees, and customers.
• Handle customer complaints at the store level.
• Manage inventory to meet designated inventory turns and top sellers.
• Select products and manage assortment to increase sales.
• Manage store budget.
• Meet KPI goals and manage staffing budgets and shrinkage targets.
• Ensure staff awareness of MBLL policies regarding cashiering, cash levels, security and shrinkage.

Skills

Leadership

Staff coaching

Performance feedback

Customer service

Budgeting

Inventory management

Staff scheduling

Vendor relations

Education

Business administration

Management courses

Certificate in Applied Management

Tools

POS system

Inventory software

Budgeting tools

Job description

Reporting to the District Sales Manager, the Store Manager is accountable for the operation of a liquor store that provides excellence in customer service by meeting the beverage alcohol needs of its customers, while maintaining compliance with the Liquor and Gaming Control Act and Regulations as well as the MBLL’s policies and objectives. This is accomplished by ensuring courteous, helpful and socially responsible customer service in a secure, clean environment with appropriate levels of product attractively displayed. All of which, should be accomplished in a cost-effective manner.

Please note that the successful candidate must reside in the Portage la Prairie, Manitoba area.

• Provide leadership, establish positive staff morale and build team approach.
• Identify training needs and take appropriate action.
• Provide on-the-job training and on-going coaching (knowledge/skills acquisition).
• Monitor staff and provide performance feedback; develop and implement action plans to address performance issues.
• Ensure performance appraisals of all store employees are completed.
• Hold regular staff meetings to discuss expectations, new policies/procedures/programs and staff concerns.
• Communicate and support corporate initiatives and policies.
• Manage within the collective agreement.
• Interview, select and hire employees.
• Identify developmental needs and foster an environment to support staff and encourage life-long learning.
• Analyse customer needs based on customers, feedback, taking corrective action when required.
• Ensure store environment is customer friendly, professional and in accordance with shelf management policy.
• Meet and exceed customer expectations in a cost-effective manner.
• Build relationships with vendors, licensees, and customers.
• Handle customer complaints at the store level.
• Manage inventory to meet designated inventory turns, maintaining top 100 sellers in stock 100% of the time and other listed product 90% of the time.
• Select products and manage assortment to increase sales and satisfy customers.
• Manage store budget.
• Meet KPI goals, manage hours of staff within part time and full time staffing budgets, dollars/salary hour and unit/salary hour, attain shrinkage goals.
• Ensure that the staff is aware of MBLL’s policies and procedures regarding cashiering, cash levels, internal security and shoplifting as well as employing appropriate measures to control shrinkage. Manage stock shrinkage goal as a percentage of sales.
• Work closely with District Sales Manager in dealing with maintenance and security concerns.
• Encourage a climate that supports diversity.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• A related post-secondary education (i.e. business administration/management/Certificate in Applied Management) including management, sales and marketing, computer software courses.
• Additional knowledge that must be gained to be fully functional in the position includes: product knowledge to the Basic Wine level; working knowledge of POS; a functional knowledge of the Liquor and Gaming Control Act as it pertains to the sale of alcohol and occasional permits; a functional knowledge of MBLL’s departments/programs, policies and procedures, and the collective agreement.
• Two to Five years full time retail experience in a supervisory capacity and experience managing in a unionized environment would be an asset.
• The core competencies for this position include achieving quality results, adaptability/managing change, communication, customer service, decision making and problem solving, integrity and building trust, teamwork and cooperation and valuing diversity. Leadership competencies include building strategic performance, coaching and developing, influencing and leading. These competencies are deemed important for the success of the position and organization.

• Bilingual (French/English) language skills.

***Testing may form part of the screening/selection process. Employment Equity will be a factor in the recruitment process. Circumstances may arise where the bulletin may need to be withdrawn or the number of positions may need to be increased.

We thank all interested applicants, however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.