Store Manager / Assistant Store Manager

The Store Manager is accountable to the District Manager and is responsible for directing and managing store staff to protect company assets, maintaining store conditions, presentation, maximizing sales and gross profits, customer relations, associate relations through proper controls such as sanitation, merchandising, payroll and record keeping.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

 

· Maintains store conditions per company standard.

· Maximizes store sales.

· Develops and maintains a team concept to improve associate morale, communication, and ultimately, working conditions.

· Maximizes store profits and gross profit margins.

· Achieves or surpasses productivity and payroll goals in each department.

· Controlling and executing shrink standards.

· Complies with company and governmental sanitation standards.

· Ensures proper inventory levels and controls.

· Establish and maintain a working relationship with all support staff and supervisors.

· Manages the recruitment, development, training and counseling of all associates.

· Manages others and adhere to company human resource and personnel policies as well as state and federal laws.

· Maintain an ongoing awareness of competitive activity in the immediate marketing area.

· Demonstrate and support a high level of integrity,

· Ensure proper usage compliance and handling of all supplies.

· Ensures proper maintenance and safe use of equipment.

· Establish community involvement.

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage, supervise and provide leadership to approx. 100-125 team members in the store.  Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training associates; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining associates; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

 

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or associates of organization.

 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.  Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

 

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

 

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

None required.

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.  The associate frequently is required to sit and taste or smell.  The associate must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.