Market Manager Savannah

Circle K Stores Inc. is hiring a Market Manager to oversee retail store performance and operations. The role focuses on sales, profitability, compliance, and developing and directing store managers.

Responsibilities:

• Maximizes store sales through excellent customer service, product availability, and merchandising and exceptional store image inside and out
• Provides information to store management by recapping promotional activity; reporting business opportunities, results, trends and competitive information
• Manages controllable costs by educating managers on procedures for controlling merchandise variation, managing salaries, overtime, cash, repair and maintenance costs
• Collaborates with Marketing team to ensure promotions and new product introductions are fully implemented. Provide feedback to category managers regarding stock issues
• Partners with vendors to ensure product is available. Timely execution of monthly promotions. Ensure vendor's performance and behavior is professional
• Ensures store operations are profitable by managing cash and merchandise variation, salaries, and other controllable expense lines on the P&L
• Ensures compliance with requirements by enforcing adherence to policies and procedures, and government regulations; enforces and monitors restricted sales policies; advises management of needed actions
• Protects employees, customers and company assets by maintaining a safe and secure working environment; enforcing safety practices; providing safety communication and training
• Achieves financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions
• Provides leadership and direction to store managers, including assistance in recruiting, selection, and orientation processes, assists with employee development and training programs; planning, monitoring and appraising job results. Establishes job expectations. Provides coaching to develop action plans for issue resolution. Administers counseling notices; initiates corrective actions. Implements non-discriminatory related management skills while hiring, training, counseling, motivating and separating employees
• Adheres to the Company Operating Policy of Legal, Ethical, and Moral practices
• Enhances professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reading professional publications; establishing personal networks; or participating in professional societies
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company plan guidelines

Requirements:

• Other combinations of job related experience and education that meet the requirements may be substituted
• Must have demonstrated leadership ability, good communication skills, be self-directed, self-motivated and customer service oriented
• Ability to communicate (orally and in writing) in English
• Ability to supervise and train Store Managers in use of store equipment, tools and materials
• Ability to supervise and manage the functions listed in the SM job description
• A current valid driver's license is required to operate a company vehicle
• Bachelor's degree in business or related field preferred
• Three to five years of retail business experience or more preferred; including minimum of two years of management responsibility
• Expertise with MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word preferred