Bench Co-Manager - Augusta

kj; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

KJ's Market is hiring a Co-Manager to oversee daily operations at our Augusta location. You will partner with the Store Manager to drive sales, ensure in-store merchandising, staff scheduling, and frontline service goals.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree and 1-2 years of supermarket management experience; you will coach department managers, monitor budgets, enforce food safety standards, and foster a high-morale selling culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 1-2 years supermarket management experience.
• Experience in leading store teams and managing operations.

Responsibilities

• Assists the store manager in implementing a sales-building culture and weekly plans across departments.
• Provides for customer satisfaction and front-end service commitment throughout the store.
• Aids in achieving budgeted financial results and assists in overall store performance.
• Protects company assets: merchandise, cash, facilities and equipment; conducts weekly audits on front-end and pricing.
• Controls store expenses, including wage cost management and budget adherence.
• Assists in staffing: forecasting needs, recruitment and staff development plans for hi-potential and promotable employees.
• Ensures team understands performance expectations and conducts regular feedback and performance reviews.
• Maintains awareness of store conditions through frequent store walks.
• Trains and develops store management, especially department managers, for growth and leadership bench.
• Ensures sanitation and food safety standards are maintained across the store.
• Creates a positive morale environment with strong supervisory leadership and customer focus.
• Provides effective communication to Store Manager, Field Merchandisers and staff.
• Ensures compliance with company standards and regulations; maintains a safe store environment.

Skills

Store management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

Join KJ's Market as a Co-Manager! Grow with grocery at W Lee flowers, home of Kj’s Market and IGA Southeast grocery stores. We’re family-owned and based in the Carolina’s, looking for smiling faces just like yours.

A Co-Manager assures the effective and profitable operation of the assigned retail store including the development of all employees assigned to that store. To actively pursue self-development and proficiency in the skills necessary to be assigned as a store manager.

Responsibilities

1. Assists the store manager in implementing an in-store sales-building culture that ensures growth through: execution of company merchandising programs and weekly sales plans in each department, planning and executing weekly sales themes, ensuring in-stock conditions throughout the store and actively participates in weekly sales meetings.
2. Provides for desired levels of customer satisfaction, courtesy and service throughout the store, with special emphasis on our front-end fast service commitment.
3. Accountable for achieving budgeted financial results in assigned area of responsibility and assists store manager in achieving total store results.
4. Protects company assets: merchandise, cash, facilities and equipment. Conducts weekly manager audits on front-end, DSD receiving and pricing. Assists the manager to ensure all required shrink functions are performed.
5. Effectively controls store variable expenses, including achieving budgeted wage percent.
6. Assists in the staffing of the store, including forecasting of needs, recruitment and training. Additionally, builds a talent planning bench for the store, including developing and executing development plans for all hi-potential and promotable individuals.
7. Ensures direct reports understand expectations for performance, holds them accountable to achieve budgeted results and meets with them to review performance and provide feedback (ongoing and annual performance appraisal).
8. Constant awareness and reaction to store conditions through frequent and detailed store walks.
9. Effectively trains and develops store management team, especially department managers, to ensure the necessary bench for our growth. Acts as a resource for these leaders in their roles.
10. Ensures sanitation and food safety standards are maintained throughout the store (as measured through internal and external sources).
11. Creates an atmosphere that ensures positive store morale through effective supervisory treatment and recognition. The workforce should be enthusiastic, customer focused and embedded in a selling culture.
12. Provides and facilitates effective communications to Store Manager, Field Merchandisers and store employees.
13. Ensures stores are run in compliance with company standards (as measured by ALI audits).
14. Ensures compliance with all federal, state and local statutes, regulations and company policies.
15. Maintains a safe facility for customers and employees.

Qualifications

The incumbent should possess the knowledge and skills generally associated with a Bachelor's degree plus 1-2 years supermarket management experience.

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