Store Manager - Augusta/Waynesboro Area

kj; Sylvania (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

KJ's Market in Georgia is seeking a Store Manager to lead daily operations, drive sales, and develop staff. You will oversee merchandising, customer service, budgeting, and compliance to fantastic standards across the store.

Candidates should have a bachelor's degree and 3–4 years of progressive supermarket management experience, with a focus on growth, efficiency, and team development in a family-owned grocery environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent experience.
• 3–4 years progressive supermarket management experience.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain in-store sales-building culture with merchandising and weekly sales plans.
• Ensure customer satisfaction and front-end service excellence.
• Achieve budgeted financial results and protect store assets.
• Conduct weekly audits on front-end, receiving and pricing; manage shrink programs.
• Control store expenses and wage percent; monitor budget adherence.
• Staff the store: forecast needs, recruit, train, and develop hi-potential employees.
• Set performance expectations, review results, and conduct appraisals.
• Perform regular store walks to monitor conditions and opportunities.
• Train and develop store management, especially co-managers, for growth.
• Maintain sanitation and food safety standards store-wide.
• Foster positive morale, motivate staff, and promote a selling culture.
• Communicate effectively with District Manager, Support Staff and team.
• Ensure compliance with company standards and ALI audits.
• Adhere to all federal, state, and local regulations and policies.

Skills

Store management

Leadership

Customer service

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

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

A Store Manager ensures customer satisfaction and employee development, while operating an efficient and profitable business within established guidelines and policies.

Responsibilities

• 1. 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.
• 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.
• 4. 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.
• 5. Effectively controls store variable expenses, including achieving budgeted wage percent.
• 6. 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.
• 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 co-managers, to ensure Floco Foods has the necessary bench for our sustained 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 District Manager, Support Staff 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 skills and knowledge generally associated with a bachelor's degree and 3 - 4 years progressive supermarket management experience.