Store Manager

Musgrave

Employer Location: ANTRIM

Job description

To manage the daily operation of a company owned store or number of stores ensuring policies, procedures and brand are implemented effectively. This will include but is not limited to; managing colleagues and assets, ensuring legal compliance and levels of service to our customers as well as maximisation of sales and net profit. Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.

Responsibilities

Achieve, improve and work to stretch your agreed KPI targets.
Maximise store sales through stock positioning, managing and co-ordinating in-store and national promotions whilst ensuring full brand and range guideline adherence.
Maximise gross margin by active management of store layouts, range, and own label participation as per the company procedures.
Management, planning and organising of quarterly stock takes.
Set and control overhead costs including rostering, ensuring controllable costs are within agreed targets, and proactively work on cost savings.
To achieve and maintain consistently high overall store standards in line with auditing standards.
Keep, customers, colleagues and third parties safe by ensuring legal compliance in store through management of food safety, council and health and safety compliance.
Attract and retain talent through effective recruitment campaigns with the support of resourcing, ensuring fair employment compliance throughout all processes.
People management of your colleagues including but not limited to; maintaining a colleague base to agreed levels, company policy and procedure adherence, absence management, performance management etc.
Engagement and motivation of your colleagues, using effective communication, coaching and leadership to unlock their potential. Whilst ensuring action is taken to maintain and/or improve store annual engagement survey.
Work to achieve and maintain links with local communities and charity partners, keeping things local and at the heart of the community.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

A minimum of 2 years recent experience in convenience store at Store Manager level and or at least 2 years recent management experience in a supermarket environment at Store Manager level.
GCSE Maths and English, Grade C or above (or equivalent) and or further education in related discipline e.g. management/supervisory qualification.
Proven experience in the areas of stock control, people management, cost control, local marketing, HACCP implementation, and security.
Demonstrate managing a team.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel packages.

Desirable Skills