Grocery Store Leadership Trainee

W. Lee Flowers & Co; Florence (SC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly Pay

Paid Time Off

Medical, Dental, Vision

Short & Long-Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

100% Company Funded Pension

401K

Job summary

Kj’s Market in the Carolinas region invites you to join our family-owned team as Store Manager, leading in-store sales-building, merchandising programs, and weekly sales themes. You’ll recruit and train staff, forecast staffing needs, manage expenses and shrink, uphold sanitation and safety standards, and manage budgets to meet targets while delivering outstanding customer service.

Join a fast-paced environment rooted in hometown pride with room to grow through hands-on leadership and staff

Qualifications

• Possess the skills and knowledge generally associated with a bachelor's degree and 3 - 4 years progressive supermarket management experience.

Responsibilities

• Implements and maintains 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 conducting 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.
• Protects company assets: merchandise, cash, facilities and equipment. Conducts weekly manager audits on front-end, DSD receiving and pricing. Personally responsible for follow through on all required shrink management programs.
• Effectively controls store variable expenses, including achieving budgeted wage percent.
• Personally responsible for the staffing of the store, including forecasting of needs, recruitment and training. Additionally, builds a talent planning bench for 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 co-managers, to ensure Floco Foods has the necessary bench for our sustained 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 District Manager, Support Staff 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.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Kj’s Market in the Carolinas region invites you to join our family-owned team as Store Manager, leading in-store sales-building, merchandising programs, and weekly sales themes. You’ll recruit and train staff, forecast staffing needs, manage expenses and shrink, uphold sanitation and safety standards, and manage budgets to meet targets while delivering outstanding customer service.

Join a fast-paced environment rooted in hometown pride with room to grow through hands-on leadership and staff