Store Manager - South Pacific Region

Key Accountabilities

• Provide supervision and overall leadership to the store.
  • Ensure Best Practice standards are communicated to, and adhered to by store staff
  • Communicate, implement, and support on all direction from corporate office, regional manager, and field support personnel.
  • Monitor compliance with Federal, State, Territory, and local regulations that impact our daily business operations.
  • Monitor all expense lines, providing guidance to local staff on “best business practices” and put controls into place to reduce cost, improve productivity, and improve bottom line profits.
  • Control local purchases to insure tight inventory turns and control inventory dollars.
  • Communicate to procurement staff and regional manager competitive issues, merchandising opportunities, product lines to ensure our customers get the right items, at the right price, items are in stock, and customers can easily find the items in our stores.
  • Develop, communicate, and implement effective monthly operational plans that are aligned with the regional programs and objectives (NWCI), including financial and fiscal responsibilities.
  • Report on all tax, duty, rate changes to corporate office as soon as available
  • Contribute to the development of the store’s operating plan and capital budget.
  • Communicate plans to management and junior staff.
  • Achieve the performance targets set out in these plans
  • Report on any variances to plan as shown on monthly financial statements
  • Provide effective and timely communication to the operational staff and to the Regional/Corporate office.
  • Cook up those activities which require inter-departmental input with the appropriate person or department, such as procurement, maintenance, advertising, human resources, Assist Category Managers in continually communicating, improving, and refining the product mix being offered.
  • Communicate merchandise problem areas, recommending promotions, markdowns, pricing that will ensure consistent inventory turns and clarity of offering.
  • Aid the Accounting department in proper coding of expenses so that expenses hit the correct line items on financial statement. (manual check log)
  • Communicate with logistics using proper reporting structure to identify discrepancies and assist in keeping inventory reports accurate.
  • Report on going issues to regional.
  • Submit all monthly reports as required within time deadlines.
  • Provide operational and merchandising training to operational staff following programs and techniques.
  • Mercantilize to train store personnel in the area of product familiarity, proper adjacencies, merchandising standards, housekeeping, and signing to achieve sales and profit targets.
  • All managers trained to provide a safe and sanitary environment for our customers and employees
  • Operational and financial standards to reduce shrink
  • Understanding of efficiency of operation as a low cost model driving bottom line profits
  • Staff Development to Manager and Junior staff
  • Identify individuals capable of becoming managers (all levels) within current staff
  • Develop individualized training program to achieve capabilities to move to next level
  • Report on progress and capability of managers/supervisors in training program
  • Recommend individuals for promotion based on successfully completing training program
  • Communicate managers available for transfer to other locations

Desired Skills & Experience

• Prefers college degree - Minimum 12th grade education
• 5 year Experience in managing large retail store or big box preferred
• Familiarity with US product mix
• Strong oral and written communication
• Good Business acumen
• Illustrate the abilities to multi-task
• Problem solving capabilities
• Computer skills Excel, Word, Windows