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STORE MANAGER CANDIDATE IN MOORE SC

Dollar General · Moore, SC · 1 mo ago
On-siteBusiness DevelopmentFull-time
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    - Job Qualifications: includes Knowledge and Skills, Work Experience/Education, COMPETENCIES. Could be split into Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. But we need to decide. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have multiple of those. We have knowledge and skills (list). Work experience/education (maybe Requirements). Competencies (maybe Skills). We could map: - Requirements: Work Experience and/or Education (high school diploma, one year experience). Could also include certain location bilingual preference. - Qualifications: Knowledge and Skills (list of abilities). Could be under Qualifications. - Skills: Competencies (list). Could be under Skills. But we must not create thin sections; prefer few substantive sections. Could combine Knowledge and Skills and Competencies into one "Qualifications" section? But we have separate headings allowed. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all details. Let's extract each piece. General Summary text: "The Store Manager Candidate supports the Store Manager in the effective implementation of all store processes including employee supervision, staffing, inventory management, stocking and receiving, paperwork, and store needs. This position is utilized to foster interactive development of an external candidate for the Store Manager role and is to be held for a limited period." Duties list (many). Let's extract each sentence separated by periods or semicolons. I'll list them: - Assist in recruiting and staffing activities. - Assist with store merchandising by facilitating and/or participating in staging, stocking and storage of merchandise; ensuring that merchandise is presented according to established practices and store manager direction; and properly utilizing merchandise fixtures, signing and pricing of merchandise. - Assist in all aspects of inventory management (including proper execution of damages, markdowns, register scanning, paperwork and facility controls); prepare and conduct inventories. - Follow prescribed ordering practices to ensure the meeting or exceeding of in-stock targets. - Provide superior customer service leadership. - Act as a role model by following company procedures and policies as outlined in the employee handbook, SOP manual and company communications. - Participate in store opening and closing activities. - Ensure the safe deposit of all company funds in the designated bank. - Assist in ensuring the financial integrity of the store through strict cashier accountability, key control and adherence to company security practices and cash control procedures. - Assist in the maintenance of clean, well-stocked stores; provide a safe environment for customers and employees. - Operate store in store manager's absence. - Review operating statements to identify business trends (including sales, labor, profitability, and inventory turn), expense control opportunities, potential shrink, and errors. - Complete all paperwork and documentation according to guidelines and deadlines. That's duties. Job Qualifications: Knowledge and Skills list: - Ability to read and interpret documents such as diagrams, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals. - Ability to perform mathematical calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages. - Knowledge of cash handling procedures including cashier accountability and deposit controls. - Ability to learn and perform IBM cash register functions, including those necessary to generate reports. - Knowledge of inventory management and merchandising practices. - Knowledge of cash, facility and safety control policies and practices (deposits, store keys, SAFE and STARS programs, etc.) - Knowledge of recruiting, interviewing, hiring, counseling, and termination practices including legal compliance and internal processes. - Effective oral and written communication skills. - Effective interpersonal skills. - Effective organization skills with attention to detail. - Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of situations where limited standardization exists. - Certain store locations may give preference to bilingual Spanish speakers. Work Experience and/or Education: - High school diploma or equivalent strongly preferred. - One year of experience in a retail environment preferred for external candidates. COMPETENCIES list: - Aligns motives, values and beliefs with Dollar General values. - Supports ownership by tapping into the potential of others. - Acts as a liaison between the Store Support Center and store employees. - Fosters cooperation and collaboration. - Interacts tactfully yet directly with employees and maintains an open forum of exchange. - Demonstrates responsiveness and sensitivity to customer needs. - Applies basic principles of retail (i. e., ordering cycles, peak inventories, merchandise flow, etc.). - Provides continuous attention to development of staff. - Recruits, hires and trains qualified applicants to fulfill a store need. - Ensures store compliance to federal labor laws and company policies and procedures. Working Conditions and PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: - Frequent walking and standing. - Frequent bending, stooping and kneeling to run check out station, stock merchandise and unload trucks. - Frequent handling of merchandise and equipment such as hand-held scanners pricing guns, box cutters, merchandise containers and carts, two-wheel dollies, and U-boats (six-wheel carts). - Frequent and proper lifting of up to 40 pounds; occasional lifting of up to 55 pounds. - Occasional climbing (using ladder). - Occasional driving/providing own transportation to make bank deposits, attend management meetings and to other Dollar General stores. - Fast-paced environment; moderate noise level. - Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. - Note: This position requires some travel with limited overnight stays. We have no explicit Pay, Benefits, Schedule info. So we should not create those sections. Thus we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe combine Work Experience/Education and bilingual preference?), Qualifications (Knowledge and Skills), Skills (Competencies), Working Conditions (maybe as a section? Not in list but we could add as a heading? The instruction only gave examples but didn't forbid other headings? It says use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It implies those are the allowed headings? It says "e.g." meaning examples, not exhaustive. But we should stick to those to be safe. Working Conditions not in list; maybe we can incorporate into Requirements or Qualifications? Could be part of Requirements? But it's about physical demands. Could be under Requirements? Might be okay to add a section "Working Conditions" but not in examples. Safer to avoid creating a heading not in examples. Could we incorporate physical requirements into a

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    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use those headings. We can put physical requirements under Requirements as part of that section. Thus sections: - About the role (General Summary) - Responsibilities (Duties) - Requirements (Work Experience/Education + Physical Requirements + bilingual preference) - Qualifications (Knowledge and Skills) - Skills (Competencies) We must not create thin sections; each has substantive content. Now format: For each section,

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              for physical requirements. But we must not repeat headings. Let's craft. Requirements section:

              High school diploma or equivalent strongly preferred. One year of experience in a retail environment preferred for external candidates. Certain store locations may give preference to bilingual Spanish speakers.

              Then physical requirements list. Thus:

              Requirements

              High school diploma or equivalent strongly preferred. One year of experience in a retail environment preferred for external candidates. Certain store locations may give preference to bilingual Spanish speakers.

              • Frequent walking and standing.
              • Frequent bending, stooping and kneeling to run check out station, stock merchandise and unload trucks.
              • Frequent handling of merchandise and equipment such as hand-held scanners pricing guns, box cutters, merchandise containers and carts, two-wheel dollies, and U-boats (six-wheel carts).
              • Frequent and proper lifting of up to 40 pounds; occasional lifting of up to 55 pounds.
              • Occasional climbing (using ladder).
              • Occasional driving/providing own transportation to make bank deposits, attend management meetings and to other Dollar General stores.
              • Fast-paced environment; moderate noise level.
              • Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
              • Note: This position requires some travel with limited overnight stays.
              Qualifications (Knowledge and Skills) list.

              Qualifications

              • Ability to read and interpret documents such as diagrams, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals.
              • Ability to perform mathematical calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages.
              • Knowledge of cash handling procedures including cashier accountability and deposit controls.
              • Ability to learn and perform IBM cash register functions, including those necessary to generate reports.
              • Knowledge of inventory management and merchandising practices.
              • Knowledge of cash, facility and safety control policies and practices (deposits, store keys, SAFE and STARS programs, etc.)
              • Knowledge of recruiting, interviewing, hiring, counseling, and termination practices including legal compliance and internal processes.
              • Effective oral and written communication skills.
              • Effective interpersonal skills.
              • Effective organization skills with attention to detail.
              • Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of situations where limited standardization exists.
              Skills (Competencies) list.

              Skills

              • Aligns motives, values and beliefs with Dollar General values.
              • Supports ownership by tapping into the potential of others.
              • Acts as a liaison between the Store Support Center and store employees.
              • Fosters cooperation and collaboration.
              • Interacts tactfully yet directly with employees and maintains an open forum

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