General Manager in Training - Retail
Love's Travel Stops · Newton, IA · 1 mo ago
SalesFull-time
Benefits
- Fuel Your Growth with Love's - company funded tuition assistance program
- Paid Time Off
- Flexible Scheduling
- 401(k) – 100% match up to 5%
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance after 30-days
- Competitive Pay
- Career Development
- Quarterly Bonus Program
Responsibilities
- Leading a team
- Managing processes
- Executing strategies to grow sales and meet organizational goals
- Hands-on responsibility of multiple business operations up to and potentially including retail store, fuel, restaurant, fresh kitchen, and truck care
- Ensuring a safe, clean, and well-maintained facility through restroom and shower cleanliness, facilities, equipment maintenance, and safety checks
- Driving sales of products and services through efficient ordering, stocking, inventory management, and merchandising standards
- Aiding the General Manager with proper task execution and completion, schedule and cash integrity, and completing daily, weekly, and monthly reporting
- Understanding financial reporting to include analyzing profit and loss statements and affecting change to capture and capitalize on opportunities
- Collaborating with managers in the efforts of talent acquisition
Requirements
- 2+ years in retail, travel stop or c-store, big box, grocery, or department store management
- 2+ years managing operations with an annual sales volume of $2+million
- 2+ years affecting and deciphering budgets and P&L statements
- 2+ years supervising and training 5-10+ employees
- Intermediate level computer skills including Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, and Excel
Skills and Demands
- Ability to work various shift times to include days, afternoons, evenings, nights, occasional overnights, weekends, and holidays
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer satisfaction focus
- Exceptional customer service, positive rapport building, expert salesmanship, and ensuring satisfaction by managing operations and employee-vehicle deployment
- Strong organizational and multitasking abilities with attention to detail
- Effective teamwork skills
Physical Demands
- Regular talking and hearing
- Active involvement requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing
- Frequent lifting/moving of items over 75 pounds