Store Manager

Overview

Looking for a company that treats associates with respect, understanding, and appreciation? Looking for a company that is passionate about teamwork and the growth of it's associates and communities? That's WEIS!

Job Description:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Store Manager is responsible for the functions below, in addition to other duties as assigned:

• Enables the store to effectively meet sales and profit goals, as well as changing customer demands. Promotes cross merchandising between departments and executes weekly and seasonal display changeovers while maintaining price accuracy.
• Communicates effectively with customers and store associates. Focuses on continuously improving programs and methods to enhance the customer experience. Motivate associates by improving morale, teamwork, and engagement. Empowers associates to resolve customer issues promptly and professionally. Conducts daily associate huddles and weekly management meetings to discuss information, priorities, goals, accomplishments, directives, and changes.
• Maintains all aspects of store conditions, presentation, and appearance. Ensures adequate product varieties and quantities to meet customer demand while ensuring freshness and minimizing shrink. Controls and organizes backroom inventory to allow for maximum efficiency and productivity.
• Promotes diversity and equal opportunity employment in a respectful workplace environment. Leads by example to ensure that associates favorably represent Weis Markets. Sets standards to provide a positive, safe and engaging work environment.
• Enhances community relations by involving the store in local events and organizations.
• Complies with federal, state and local laws governing store operation as well as company policies and procedures. Ensures safety, sanitation, proper use, and maintenance of facilities and equipment. Also ensures food safety, freshness and quality. Communicates expectations, investigates complaints, and performs physical inspections to ensure compliance with government regulations and company standards. Maintains established security procedures to protect associates, customers, and company assets.
• Manages controllable expenses including payroll within budgeted expectations.
• Performs daily store walks of the entire store and exterior property to identify successes and opportunities, provide direction and feedback, and be visible and accessible to associates and customers.
• Cooperates with internal and external stakeholders on business events and activities. Informs upper-level management of competitor information.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Accountability for all departments, associates, and customers in the store(s).

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, the Associate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without an accommodation. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required:

Minimum requirement of a high school education or general education degree (GED) and four (4) years of retail store experience. Bachelor's degree in business or related field desirable.