Store Manager in Training

The store manager in training is responsible for traveling to different stores in the designated area for training to be able to successfully operate a store. This includes achieving satisfactory sales and profits as set forth by a specific operating budget. The store manager also directly supervises sales workers in the grocery department. Other duties may include but are not limited to management functions, such as purchasing, budgeting, accounting, and personnel work, in addition to supervisory duties.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers and responding to customer inquiries and complaints. 
• Monitor sales activities to ensure that customers receive satisfactory service and quality goods. 
• Assign employees to specific duties. 
• Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers. 
• Inventory stock and reorder when inventory drops to a specified level. 
• Keep records of purchases, sales, and requisitions. 
• Enforce safety, health, and security rules. 
• Examine products purchased for resale or received for storage to assess the condition of each product or item. 
• Recruit, interview, hire, train, evaluate personnel performance, demote, promote and terminate store employees when necessary. 
• Insure all employees know, understand and follow company policies and standards. 
• Constantly measure performance, evaluate and take corrective action. 
• Instruct staff on how to handle difficult and complicated sales. 
• Assure productivity of employees through example and leadership. 
• Achieve sales and profit objectives through example and leadership. 
• Examine merchandise to ensure that it is correctly priced, displayed and that it functions as advertised. 
• Achieve maximum productivity by planning, developing and maintaining work schedules, records of employees' work schedules, timecards and all other necessary records. 
• Organize, calculate and accurately enter daily sales information and sent to the corporate office. 
• Maintain constant up to date knowledge of local competition. 
• Confer with company officials to develop methods and procedures to increase sales, expand markets, and promote business. 
• Control store expenses 
• Plan budgets and authorize payments and merchandise returns. 
• Provide adequate supervision to reduce loss due to theft. 
• Stay familiar with all emails and memos. 
• Maintain and preserve company property. 
• Prevent overstocks and/or out of stocks through correct product ordering. 
• Develop favorable customer image through cleanliness, attractiveness and employee conduct by providing necessary supervision. 
• Review and monitor all scheduled shift hours. 
• Abide by all city, county, state and federal regulations. 
• Assist in all areas that need attention or assign a person the complete the task. 
• Record all sales at the time of purchase. 
• Accurately record all markups, markdowns, spoilage and store use of merchandise according to company policy. 
• Verify all money from the previous day and calculate the daily deposit and sign off on office count. 
• Prepare end of the week reports accurately or ensure that they are done by trained employees. 
• Properly record all hours worked on the computer, timecard report and sign the time punch report verifying all hours worked. 
• Total time punch report accurately to insure employees are paid correct