Co-Manager

IGA Southeast; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

KJ's Market, part of IGA Southeast, seeks a Co-Manager to help operate a busy grocery store. You will assist the Store Manager with execution of merchandising plans, staffing, training, and achieving budgeted results while maintaining high customer service and food safety standards.

Ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and 1–2 years of supermarket management experience, with a focus on building a positive, sales-driven store culture and strong leadership capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 1-2 years supermarket management experience.
• Strong leadership and customer-service focus.

Responsibilities

• Assists the store manager in implementing in-store sales-building culture and weekly merchandising plans.
• Provides high customer satisfaction with front-end service and courtesy.
• Aids in achieving budgeted financial results for the store.
• Protects assets: merchandise, cash, facilities and equipment; conducts weekly audits.
• Controls store expenses, including wage percent.
• Assists staffing: forecasting, recruitment and training; develops hi-potential staff.
• Ensures reports and reviews performance with staff; conducts reviews.
• Performs frequent store walks to monitor conditions.
• Trains and develops store management team and department managers.
• Maintains sanitation and food safety standards.
• Maintains positive store morale with supportive supervision.
• Provides effective communication to Store Manager, Field Merchandisers and staff.
• Ensures stores run in compliance with company standards.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state and local laws and policies.
• Maintains a safe facility for customers and employees.

Skills

Supermarket management

Leadership

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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