Store Assistant Manager (H)

Pet Valu; Castlegar; On-site; CAD 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Management training

Product knowledge

Employee discounts

Competitive wages

Paid benefits

Pet oriented career-building

Job summary

Pet Valu is seeking a store leadership candidate in Castlegar, BC to deliver outstanding customer service and manage daily operations. The role involves recruiting, scheduling, training, coaching, and ensuring adherence to store standards, while driving sales and customer satisfaction.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in retail management, a friendly demeanor, reliability, and the ability to work weekends/evenings. Experience with POS systems is a plus.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years customer service and retail store management experience.
• Enthusiasm for learning & growth in pet care industry.
• Outgoing and friendly personality with strong customer service skills.
• Ability to work as scheduled including weekends and evenings.
• Reliable transportation to and from the store.
• Ability to observe and coach employees on sales techniques.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer service and maintain courteous relations with the community.
• Lead a team including recruiting, scheduling, training, day‑to‑day task assignment, supervision and coaching.
• Maintain operational standards and procedures set at corporate level.
• Coordinate orders, inventory, store audits, repairs and corporate paperwork.
• Drive store results and achieve targeted performance.
• Perform other duties as required

Skills

Customer service

Retail management

Team leadership

Scheduling

Coaching

Tools

POS system

Job description

Location: Castlegar, British Columbia

Starting From: $20.60

Job Overview:

The Pet Valu family of stores includes Pet Valu, Paulmac's Pet Food, Bosley's, Tisol and Total Pet and together we are one of the largest retail operations in North America dedicated to providing families with food and supplies for dogs, cats, companion birds, wild birds, fish, reptiles and small animals. All of our stores are dedicated to helping local pets in need, and we partner with local shelters, rescues and charities for adoption events, in-store adoption (select stores only) and pet food bank programs, as well as through our national donation drives and fundraising campaigns. At Pet Valu, we're Pet Experts, and we're pet lovers, too.

What you get:

• Management training
• Product knowledge
• Employee discounts
• Competitive wages
• Paid benefits
• Pet oriented career-building environment

What you do:

• Customers/Community ensure that all customer service standards are met by staff; maintain courteous relationships within the community (e.g.Humane society)
• Manage a team of employees including but not limited to recruiting, scheduling, training, day‑to‑day assignment of tasks, supervision and coaching
• Operational Standards/Procedures ensure that all staff adhere to the standards and procedures set at the corporate operations level
• Administrative activities coordinate order placements, maintain appropriate inventory, ensure that store audits and safety audits are completed, coordinate minor store repairs, complete miscellaneous corporate paperwork
• Business Results coordinate efforts of store staff to achieve targeted results
• Other duties and tasks as required

What you bring:

• Minimum of 2 years customer service and retail store management experience
• Enthusiasm for learning & growth in pet care industry
• Possess outgoing and friendly personality with strong customer service skills
• Ability to work as scheduled to meet attendance requirements, which include weekends and evenings
• Ability to have reliable means of transportation to and from the store
• Observe and coach employees to provide feedback around sales techniques and providing excellent customer service
• Capacity for understanding inter-team conflicts and escalating when necessary
• Working knowledge of POS system
• Ability to lift 50lbs repetitively
• Industry experience an asset

We believe in investing in the development of our people and have an industry-leading promotion rate. Our mission is to offer the highest quality products at a great value to improve the quality of life for all pets and pet owners.