Store Manager in Training

KJ's Market; Augusta (AR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly Pay

Paid Time Off

Medical, Dental, Vision

Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

401K

Pension Funded by Company

Job summary

Kj’s Market, a family-owned grocer, is seeking a Store Manager in Augusta, AR. You’ll lead merchandising, weekly sales themes, and front-end service to create smiles and grow profits in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include staffing, budgeting, audits, sanitation, and ensuring regulatory compliance, while developing leaders and maintaining store morale and safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 3–4 years progressive supermarket management experience.

Responsibilities

• Implements and maintains an in-store sales-building culture with merchandising programs and weekly sales plans.
• Ensures customer satisfaction and front-end fast service commitment throughout the store.
• Accountable for achieving budgeted financial results.
• Protects assets: merchandise, cash, facilities and equipment; conducts weekly audits and shrink programs.
• Controls store expenses, including achieving budgeted wage percent.
• Staffing: forecasting needs, recruiting and training; develops hi‑potential and promotable bench.
• Sets clear expectations and conducts performance reviews with staff.
• Performs frequent store walks to monitor conditions and operations.
• Trains and develops store management to support sustained growth.
• Ensures sanitation and food safety standards are maintained.
• Maintains positive morale, recognises performance, and fosters a selling culture.
• Communicates effectively with District Manager, support staff and employees.
• Ensures compliance with company standards (ALI audits) and policies.
• Maintains a safe facility for customers and employees.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

Come grow with grocery at Kj’s Market! We’re not like other grocery stores – We Create Smiles! Plus, we’re family-owned and based in the Carolinas since 1922! Join us where you can create smiles, share your hometown pride, and grow in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits for Now and Your Future:

• Weekly Pay
• Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program

RETIREMENT

• 100% Company Funded Pension
• 401K

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

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

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