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At Nutters Everday Naturals, our vision is to become the first-choice retailer for natural specialty and wellness products. We are committed to fostering a healthier world by providing high-quality, sustainable solutions that support individuals in achieving their wellness goals. If you are driven by a passion for health, wellness, and helping others lead their healthiest life—naturally—we invite you to explore our current career opportunities below.

Assistant Manager – Okotoks, Alberta

REPORTS TO: STORE MANAGER

Why does this role exist?  To support the Store Manager to successfully carry out the Mission, with a primary focus on Grocery, Produce, and Bulk Foods departments, by creating a wonderful shopping experience and ensuring a balance of products that are well merchandized.  Secondly, to ensure that staff are well trained, and to manage the store in the absence of the Store Manager.

Core Accountabilities:

Inventory Management:  Responsible for the stores overall inventory by ensuring the store is fully stocked on a regular basis with top/efficient moving products, while reducing and eliminating slow moving and non-moving inventory.  Ensure on-hand integrity of the store through consistent follow-up on SOP’s. Ensure proper purchasing to assist with increasing/maintaining department margin.

Merchandising:  Responsible for the ensuring the store is merchandized effectively by executing the flyer specials, doing end cap planning and set-up, signage and organizing promotional deals.

Staffing & Administration: Review sales and inventory reports with store manager.  Ensure all receiving is completed and up to date prior to stocking and assist with store scheduling.  Guide and train team members to provide high-quality customer service, and support effective teamwork. Consistently review department margins and pricing to ensure the departments continuously meet company goals.

Store Operations: Ensure overall cash operations and handling in the store are in line with operating procedures.  Responsible for scheduling cashiers and all cashier duties.  Ensure successful execution and adherence to store policies and OH&S.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Store Operations:

• In collaboration with the Store Manager, begin each day with a store walk and then determine or delegate team member duties.
• To work with team members to make sure the store is maintained in a clean, neat and organized manner. This applies to both the general retail, produce and bulk sections, tea and coffee section, vitamin, supplement and natural foods, packaging, shipping/receiving and storage areas.
• Finalizing with Store Manager work schedule (ensuring appropriate members are present to operate store, in an efficient manner without compromising customer service).
• To maintain adequate till float/change and to anticipate seasonal and promotional fluctuations.
• Responsible for opening and closing procedures (and ensure other key team members are trained to do this in their absence)
• To prepare daily cash reports and processing of store cash receipts for daily deposit.
• Ensure the team member (public washroom) bathroom is to be kept clean and store cleaning supplies well stocked and organized. As well, to keep the staff lunch area clean and organized daily.

Inventory Management:

• Ensure all products are labeled and correctly priced.
• To ensure seasonal and regular stock is price reduced or cleared before becoming unsaleable (following company guidelines for stock clearance).
• Be proficient in Auto Star Point of Sales and Inventory Management Software, and train staff as required
• Responsible for product and supplies ordering functions and to delegate and monitor these functions with key team members (produce, natural foods, dairy, bulk foods, etc.). Note: Vitamin Manager is responsible for inventory management of the vitamins and personal care products.
• To ensure all pricing information is correctly implemented i.e. price changes, seasonal specials, clear-outs, etc.

Staff Management & Administration:

• Ensuring team members comply with employment policies, i.e., dress code, coffee breaks, parking, etc.Supervising the retail area, including team member supervision, training and performance evaluations.  Will discuss issues or concerns with Store Manager before taking any corrective action.

• Supervision of inventory, shipping/receiving and packaging areas, ensuring that proper stock levels are maintained, minimizing surplus stock and over-ordering; provide assistance as required on unloading freight and that proper procedures are communicated to team members on processing incoming and outgoing shipping documents.
• Run sales reports as specified by head office and Store Manager, complete analysis of reports and react to results of reports as required; in consultations with Store Manager, make changes
• In collaboration with Store Manager, conduct regular scheduled meetings with staff to discuss new products, upcoming promotions, resolve any operating problems, review customer service, to gather ideas, suggestions and input from team members
• Electronically transmitting all necessary sales, pricing and customer data as required by Head Office.

Merchandising & Promotions

• Responsible to work with the team to make sure that the store is well merchandised, signed and properly stocked; and adequately prepared and displayed at the opening and through each business day, i.e., all retail areas and merchandising units are properly faced and displayed.
• Implement franchise and corporate advertising programs as provided by Head Office.
• Implement corporate or store specific merchandising and product variations as directed by the Store Manager and/or requested by head office.
• To provide feedback to staff on promotional or sale results.
• Responsible to ensure there is an adequate till float/change and to anticipate seasonal and promotional fluctuations.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Customer Orientation – Quickly and effectively solves customer problems; talks to customers (internal or external) to find out what they need and how satisfied they are with what they are getting; ensures store employees provide excellent customer service.
• Solid interpersonal and collaboration skills – Promote teamwork and collaboration with others; maintains interdependent relationships with team members; and, works successfully across all areas of the business.
• Fosters Teamwork – Shares knowledge and skills to accomplish team objectives; supports others to achieve success; recognizes and encourages the behaviors that contribute to teamwork.
• Well-developed communication skills – ensures team members understand work plan, goals and expectations; seeks to understand others and communicates effectively; listens actively and with an open mind; seeks out and responds effectively to feedback; listens well to others. .
• Good organizational skills – understands store and corporate office priorities; can effectively plan the work of self and others; can problem solve effectively.
• Professional – is credible, demonstrates integrity, works with others to solve issues and can makes good decisions
• Self-starter – Identifying what needs to be done and doing it before being asked or before the situation requires it. Demonstrates motivation and encourages it in others.

This is an Alberta-based role, operating from a corporate home-store.

Subject: Assistant Manager – Okotoks Based Position

We kindly request that applicants submit both a cover letter and resume for consideration for the Assistant Manager position. Please ensure that the job title is included as the subject line of your email and you can send your resume and cover letter to  hiring@nutters.com  This is an in-store role, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.