1253 ASSISTANT MANAGER

LPT RETAIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC; Middleburg (FL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

L.P.T Retail Management Services, LLC seeks an Assistant Manager to support the Store Manager in a Middleburg, FL store. The role focuses on maximizing sales and gross profit while controlling expenses and protecting company assets, serving as the Store Manager's surrogate when needed.

Responsibilities include recruiting and training staff, coaching daily activities, scheduling, delegating duties, and ensuring compliance with safety and appearance standards.

Qualifications

• Read, write, and understand English.
• Ability to work long and unusual hours, standing for extended periods.
• High school level math competency.
• Collaborative work style to drive site performance.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Store Manager in daily operations and staff supervision.
• Recruit, screen and train new employees; coach daily activities.
• Ensure store meets company standards for safety, appearance and security.
• Manage cash, inventory and expenses; complete end-of-day reports.

Skills

Cash handling

Inventory control

Sales analysis

Team leadership

English literacy

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Calculator

Computer

Job description

Reports to: Store Manager

Dotted-line relationships: District Manager

L.P.T Retail Management Services, LLC is currently seeking friendly, enthusiastic individuals for the assistant manager position.

Purpose

To maximize sales and gross profit dollars while controlling expenses and protecting the company’s assets while serving as the Store Manager's surrogate on days off, during vacations, etc.

Qualifications

• Maintain proper controls on cash, inventory and expenses.
• Complete and transmit end-of-day reports by noon on Monday and by midnight all other days of the week.
• Make bank deposits daily by the established deadline.
• Call in fuel report by 8:00 a.m. each day.
• Analyze sales trends by shift and by day. Request assistance from the Store Manager and District Manager when needed.

Assist the Store Manager in the following activities:

• Recruit, screen and train new employees.
• Coach and direct the activities of employees in store on a day-to-day basis and provide on‑going training.
• Help write and enforce work schedules for all employees within the labor guidelines established.
• Delegate duties as necessary.
• In the absence of the Manager, the Assistant Manager is authorized to hire or dismiss any other employee only with the approval of the District Manager.
• Cover open shifts.
• Ensure that store meets company standards (safety, appearance, security, etc.) and that all employees comply with company policies. This responsibility includes addressing any maintenance issues, resolving any Ready for Business (or other site standards checklist) discrepancies, and conducting a Beginning of Day walk‑through.
• Order groceries so as to avoid both overstocked and out-of-stock conditions.
• Check in vendors.
• Ensure merchandising procedures are implemented on a timely basis. Displays for sale items should be built timely and should include proper product pricing on the correct signage.
• Update the price book as directed and effect price changes as they occur.
• Maintain the store’s expense checkbook.
• Conduct fuel price surveys and change fuel prices as directed.
• Conduct a competition price survey during the first week of each month.

Performance indicators

• Employee turnover and tenure.
• Sales and fuel throughput trends.
• Site appearance.
• Cash and inventory variances.
• Employee motivation.
• Vendor relations.

Essential requirements

• Ability to read, write and understand the English language; fluency in other languages is a plus.
• Ability and willingness to work long and sometimes unusual hours, standing for extended periods.
• High school level math competency.
• Collaborative work style, able to partner with all personnel to drive overall site performance.
• Insurable by company’s auto liability insurance carrier.

Other competencies/profile/experience

• Self‑motivated and able to work with minimal direction.
• Team‑builder who provides honest and timely feedback, both positive and negative.
• Ability to use a calculator, computer and other business equipment normally found in a c‑store.
• Ability to lift up to 80 lbs.