Store Manager in Training

Dollar General Corporation; Hammond (LA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Dollar General Store Manager Candidate supports the Store Manager in the effective implementation of store processes, including employee supervision, staffing, inventory, stocking, paperwork, and store needs.

The role fosters interactive development of an external candidate for the Store Manager role and is to be held for a limited period, with emphasis on recruiting, merchandising, inventory control, and cash handling.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Two or more years of experience in a leadership or managerial position.
• Two or more years of experience in a retail grocery store strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists in recruiting and staffing activities.
• Assists with store merchandising by facilitating and/or participating in staging, stocking and storage of merchandise; ensuring that merchandise is presented according to established practices and store manager direction; and properly utilizing merchandise fixtures, signing and pricing of merchandise.
• Assists in all aspects of inventory management (including proper execution of damages, markdowns, register scanning, paperwork and facility controls); prepare and conduct inventories.
• Follows prescribed ordering practices to ensure the meeting or exceeding of in-stock targets.
• Provides superior customer service leadership.
• Operates store in store manager’s absence.
• Reviews operating statements to identify business trends (including sales, labor, profitability, and inventory turn), expense control opportunities, potential shrink, and errors.
• Completes all paperwork and documentation according to guidelines and deadlines.

Skills

Staff supervision

Staffing

Inventory management

Merchandising

Customer service leadership

Cash handling

Recruiting & interviewing

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Leadership/Management experience

Retail grocery experience

Tools

POS systems

Job description

Dollar General Store Manager Candidate supports the Store Manager in the effective implementation of store processes, including employee supervision, staffing, inventory, stocking, paperwork, and store needs.

The role fosters interactive development of an external candidate for the Store Manager role and is to be held for a limited period, with emphasis on recruiting, merchandising, inventory control, and cash handling.