Store Manager at Gables Search Group
Joliet, IL
About the Job
What You'll Do
You are the store leader and example setter of exemplary hospitality to our customers and team members. Providing extraordinary service and for ensuring that all team associates do the same. You are also accountable for driving success at your store and helping to sustain growth. As such, you will:
· Educate team associates and guests on products and services.
· Work with Department Managers and Assistant Store Manager to ensure that all key operational processes and merchandising plans are consistently executed.
· Drive success by analyzing sales reports, P&L reports, and other metrics to establish and execute the action plan.
· Establish and maintain open effective lines of communication with all team associates, ensuring transparency at all levels.
· Forecast and maintain store teams in the sourcing, selecting, and hiring of new team members.
· Train, develop and coach Assistant Managers and team members.
· Manage the store, the inventories, and the teams for minimization of product loss.
· Ensure that your team associates are adhering to standards and policies.
· Ensure department adherence to all safety requirements and protocols including food safety, sanitation, and risk practices per policies, and per law.
Availability:
This position requires the willingness to work a flexible schedule, including weekends, days, evenings, and holidays.
Qualifications
At a minimum, what you will need:
· Must have a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of at least 5 years of experience as a retail store manager in relevant traffic, volume, and unit intensity.
· Strong working knowledge of MS Office; Word, Excel, and Outlook
· Proven oral and written communication skills that allow for productive communication with your team, management, and guests.
· Ability to read, understand, and follow policies and procedures.
· Ability to read, understand and follow planograms, layouts, and schematics of the department for merchandising
Preferred Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree
· Perishable, Hospitality, and/or Grocery Retail experience
Physical and Work Conditions
· Repetitive hand/arm movements, grasping, bending, reaching, ability to lift, push or pull up to fifty pounds by oneself, exposure to extreme temperatures.
· Ability to use tools and equipment: knives, ladders, stepstools, box cutters, pallet jacks, and other equipment (unless under the age of 18)
· Required to spend extended periods of time on foot and stand or walk without a break (for up to 4 hours or as required by law)
· Required to wear an approved hat, hair net, and/or beard guard, and personal protective equipment