Western Cape: Store Manager – One on York, George (New Store) posted by Dis-Chem Pharmacies

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Store Manager to join our team at One on York in George, Western Cape. As a key member of our store management team, you will be responsible for ensuring the overall profitability and compliance with our brand values.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with budget preparation and maintenance within the store.
• Allocate store funds and define financial objectives.
• Maintain statistical and financial records.
• Manage all banking functions related to the store, including making bank deposits, filling change requirements, etc., including all cash held on site.
• Optimize the store’s profitability.
• Participate in daily operational and sales activities to achieve customer service and business growth objectives.
• Oversee pricing and stock control.
• Ensure all expense-related items are controlled and managed within budget.
• Ensure all expense-related stock is adjusted to the correct GL accounts on a monthly basis.
• Manage and ensure the daily ordering of stock and maintain correct stock levels.
• Oversee the preparation, coordination, and management of stock takes on a Bi-annual basis.
• Manage and oversee the management of store inventory, including planning, implementation, investigation, and reporting on all store inventory counts.
• Manage and ensure the daily ordering of stock and maintain correct stock levels.
• Oversee the Investigation of negative GP values in the store and take appropriate actions to identify and rectify controllable errors.
• Investigate and verify manual purchases processed against the business unit.
• Minimise, investigate, correct, and report on business unit negative stock on hand.
• Analyse dormant stock reports for heads of department to investigate and rectify.
• Ensure the physical stock in all storage locations balances with the inventory ledger in SAP.
• Daily management of out-of-stock, to ensure maximum stock on the shelves.
• Manage goods in transit as directed by standard operating procedures.
• Ensure store achieves set sales targets, including but not limited to health, beauty and FMCG.
• Work closely with all head of departments to ensure targets are met.
• Ensure promotions are effectively executed.
• Coordinate with other stores to share knowledge, plan promotional activities, or achieve goals.
• Maintain awareness of market trends in the retail industry, understanding forthcoming customer initiatives and monitoring what local competitors are doing.
• Determine all profit and sales objectives and design effective strategies to maintain inventory levels at all times and manage all work according to store policies and procedures.
• Propose innovative ideas to senior management to increase market share.
• Develop business strategies to raise our customers pool, expand store traffic, and optimise profitability.

Requirements

• Grade 12/ Matric Minimum of 5 years Retail Store Management experience
• Computer literate MS Office
• Willing and able to work retail hours

Qualifications

• Diploma or Advanced Certificate in Management or BCom Degree (advantageous)
• Retail Management Diploma or relevant Commercial qualification (advantageous)
• Minimum 2 years experience in Unisolv / SAP / Qlikview (advantageous)
• Previous experience with Kronos (advantageous)

Salary & Benefits

• Market related salary
• Medical aid
• Provident fund