Grocery Department Manager

The successful candidate will have the following responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities:

• To deliver the budgeted KPI plan for the department and any subsequent forecasts
• To deliver the Dunnes Stores principles of operations and customer service.
• Lead the team, in a manner appropriate to the Brand, to deliver the agreed business strategy
• Ensuring all relevant trading safely and legal policies being in place and adhered to
• Maximising sales through analysing sales data, department trading patterns and pre-empting customer needs and demands
• In conjunction with senior management, maintaining stock accuracy and ensuring the department has the right choice and levels of product to drive sales
• Demonstrating through role modelling how to deliver excellent customer service ensuring the “Dunnes Stores Experience” customer service programme is delivered
• Monitor and address any variations to the cost base of the department on a week to week basis
• Be constantly on the lookout for innovative ideas inside & outside the business
• Setting and implementation of the department brand standards ensuring they are achieved through regular monitoring within the agreed operating framework
• To ensure that the Department complies with the layouts and adjacencies
• Responsible for training your team in line with the brand training programme
• Coaching your team to be passionate and knowledgeable about sales, product availability, stock control, merchandising & display standards, variation prevention, pricing, ticketing, inventory, hygiene and most importantly customer service.
• Ensuring all process and business changes are implemented as per the business requirement and on time
• Provide feedback to senior managers on performance, key customer service developments and operational issues 

Requirements:

• Good communication, coaching and leadership skills.
• Customer focussed
• Organisational and time management skills
• Commercial mind-set and appropriate product knowledge
• Problem solving & decision making
• Merchandising skills
• People management skills
• IT skills
• Department or team leader level experience in a fast paced retail environment & customer focused business is preferable but not essential

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