Sweetwater Cafe Supervisor

Sweet Water Cafe; Winnebago (NE); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Ho-Chunk, Inc. seeks a store operations assistant to support the store manager in daily activities and supervise staff. This role requires strong organizational and customer service skills, with emphasis on compliance and profitability.

The position involves inventory, scheduling, training new employees, handling payments, and maintaining store appearance to company standards, including ensuring ID checks for tobacco and alcohol where required.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Business Management or related field.
• 2 years related experience preferred; or four years of related experience and/or training.
• Must have a valid Driver’s License and be insurable under company policy.
• Ability to stand for long periods and lift up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the daily operations and management of a retail store.
• Coaches and mentors under-performing staff and reports personnel issues to the Store Manager.
• Receives cash, checks, or processes credit card transactions per policy.
• Orders merchandise or prepares requisitions to replenish stock.

Skills

Computer skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Supervisory experience

Education

Associate degree in Business Management or related field

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

Summary

Summary

Supports the store manager in overseeing the daily operations of the store and its employees. Perform the managerial duties as required.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Assists in the daily operations. Also assists in the management of a retail store that is engaged in the selling of gasoline, liquor, cigarettes and groceries.
• Ability to successfully complete Class C Certification and know what to do in case of fuel spills at your location
• Participates in preparation and execution of inventories.
• Trains or supervises the training of all new employees (openers or closers), follows up retraining if necessary and all documentation.
• Coaches and mentors under-performing staff to improve their skills and reports all personnel issues to the Store Manager immediately for follow up.
• Receives cash or check or completes credit card charge transactions per operating policy.
• Orders merchandise or prepare requisitions to replenish merchandise on hand.
• Assists with sales promotions activities, the pricing and notification to all employees of such activities.
• Assures that all employees are verifying the ID of any person(s) under the age of 30 prior to the purchase of tobacco and/or alcohol sales.
• Responsible for store cleanliness and maintains store appearance and product representation to company standards.
• Ensures customer’s needs are met, resolve complaints, and customer service is the focus of each employee.
• Provides manager with an objective view on employee’s job performance and behaviors.
• Implements strategies to improve customer service, drives store sales, and increase profitability.
• Able to complete all daily paperwork as required and make deposits and fill change box.
• Completes or assists in employee’s scheduling and ensures control of overtime hours.
• Acts as store manager in their absence.
• May be transferred one or more times to different store locations and you will be expected to adapt to these new environments quickly and easily.
• Performs all other job-related duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Customer/Client Focus.
• Teamwork Orientation.
• Communication Proficiency.
• Problem Solving/Analysis.
• Decision Making.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items that weigh more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

Evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Travel

Travel is primarily locally during the business day, although some out of the area travel may be expected.

Experience

• Computer skills (Word, Excel, etc.)
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills and ability to deal effectively with a variety of people and situations
• Ability to stand for long periods of time, must be able to lift up to 50 pounds of force occasionally
• (2) years related experience preferred; or four (4) years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Education

Associate degree (AA) from a two-year college or university with a major in Business Management or related field.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Maintains a valid Driver’s License and be insurable under company insurance provider/program.

Security Clearance

None required for this position

AAP/EEO Statement

Ho-Chunk, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are considered without regard to age, sex, race, national origin, religion, marital status or physical disability. However, preference may be extended to persons of Indian descent in accordance with applicable laws.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.