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Circle K · 2 hours ago

Market Manager Trainee

Alpharetta, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Circle K is a well-known convenience store chain, and they are seeking a Market Manager Trainee to maximize store sales through excellent customer service and effective merchandising. The role involves managing controllable costs, collaborating with marketing teams, ensuring compliance with policies, and providing leadership to store managers.

Food and BeverageRetailShopping

H1B Sponsor Likely

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

Qualification

Retail business experienceLeadership abilityCommunication skillsMS OutlookMS ExcelMS PowerPointMS WordCustomer service orientedSelf-directedSupervisory skillsTraining skillsBudgeting skillsSelf-motivated

Required

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

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk and/or hear

The employee frequently is required to use his/her hands in order to handle or grasp items of varying weight

The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with both hands and arms

The employee may also be required to occasionally lift and/or carry, up to 60 pounds from ground to waist level for up to 30 minutes of a workday

The employee may also be required to occasionally lift and/or carry up 30 pounds from the ground to overhead up to 30 minutes a workday

The employee may also be required to occasionally lift and/or carry up to 40 pounds from the ground to waist up to 30 minutes a workday

Ability to push and pull with arms up to a force of 20 pounds

Ability to climb a ladder to store or retrieve materials, place and/or replace signage

This position may also require 50% travel by car

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in business or related field preferred. Other combinations of job related experience and education that meet the requirements may be substituted

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

Company

Circle K

Glassdoor3.2

Our mission at Circle K is to make our customers' lives a little easier every day.

Founded in 1951

Laval, Quebec, CAN

10001+ employees

http://www.circlek.com

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