Co-Manager - Florence, SC

W. Lee Flowers & Co; Florence (SC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

KJ's Market and W. Lee Flowers & Co. are seeking a hands-on Co-Manager for the Florence, SC area. The role focuses on leading daily store operations, merchandising execution, and delivering strong customer service while supporting growth in a family-owned retail environment.

The incumbent will assist in staffing, training, budgeting, and ensuring food safety and compliance, with a commitment to developing a capable management team for long-term success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 1-2 years supermarket management experience.

Responsibilities

• Assists the store manager in implementing an in-store sales-building culture that ensures growth through execution of merchandising programs and weekly sales plans in each department.
• Plans and executes weekly sales themes, ensures in-stock conditions, and participates in weekly sales meetings.
• Delivers high levels of customer satisfaction and service throughout the store, emphasizing fast service.
• Protects company assets: merchandise, cash, facilities and equipment; conducts weekly manager audits on front-end, DSD receiving and pricing; assists in shrink-control functions.
• Controls store expenses, including wage cost management to meet budgeted targets.
• Assists in staffing the store, including forecasting needs, recruitment and training; develops a bench of hi-potential individuals.
• Ensures staff understand performance expectations and conducts regular reviews and feedback sessions.
• Maintains awareness of store conditions through frequent walkthroughs and communicates findings to the team.
• Trains and develops the store management team and department managers to build leadership depth for growth.
• Ensures sanitation and food safety standards are maintained across the store.
• Creates a positive morale environment through supervisory leadership and recognition.
• Provides effective communication to Store Manager, Field Merchandisers, and store employees.
• Ensures store operations comply with company standards and all applicable laws and policies.
• Maintains a safe facility for customers and employees.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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

• 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.
• Provides for desired levels of customer satisfaction, courtesy and service throughout the store, with special emphasis on our front-end fast service commitment.
• Accountable for achieving budgeted financial results in assigned area of responsibility and assists store manager in achieving total store results.
• 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.
• Effectively controls store variable expenses, including achieving budgeted wage percent.
• 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.
• 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).
• Constant awareness and reaction to store conditions through frequent and detailed store walks.
• 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.
• Ensures sanitation and food safety standards are maintained throughout the store (as measured through internal and external sources).
• 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.
• Provides and facilitates effective communications to Store Manager, Field Merchandisers and store employees.
• Ensures stores are run in compliance with company standards (as measured by ALI audits).
• Ensures compliance with all federal, state and local statutes, regulations and company policies.
• 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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