Store Director in Training - Wilmington, NC

Lowes Foods; Wilmington (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods in Wilmington, NC seeks a Store Director to oversee profitable store operations, maximize sales and lead growth. The role reinforces the brand and embodies service priorities and cultural initiatives.

You will build a high-performing team, manage staffing and development, drive guest satisfaction, maintain in-stock conditions, and ensure compliance with standards. A bachelor's degree and 3–4 years of progressive supermarket management are required.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor's degree and 3–4 years progressive supermarket management experience.
• Strong leadership and people-management capabilities are essential for building a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Implements and maintains an in-store sales-building culture to drive growth and execute merchandising plans.
• Ensures guest satisfaction, courteous service, and a fast service commitment at the front end.
• Accountable for achieving budgeted financial results and protecting assets including merchandise, cash, and facilities.
• Conducts weekly audits, manages shrink, and enforces loss-prevention programs.
• Controls store expenses and optimizes wage costs while meeting staffing needs through forecasting, recruitment, and training.
• Develops hi-potential staff and creates a succession plan for store leadership, including co-managers.
• Provides clear performance expectations, conducts reviews, and delivers feedback.
• Monitors store conditions via frequent walks and maintains sanitation and food safety standards.
• Leads the management team with effective communication to Division Director, support staff, and store hosts.
• Ensures compliance with company standards and all applicable laws and policies.

Skills

Store management experience

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

A Lowes Foods Store Director ensures effective and profitable operations of the store through sales maximization and host growth. This role support the company brand and instill service priorities and cultural initiatives to maximize sales.

Overview

A Lowes Foods Store Director ensures effective and profitable operations of the store through sales maximization and host growth. This role support the company brand and instill service priorities and cultural initiatives to maximize sales.

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 guest 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 Lowes 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, guest focused and embedded in a selling culture.
• Provides and facilitates effective communications to Division Director, Support Staff and store hosts.
• 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 guests and hosts.

Qualifications

Possess the skills and knowledge generally associated with a bachelor's degree and 3 - 4 years progressive supermarket management experience, preferably to the Store Manager level.