Convenience Store Manager

Job Title: Convenience Store ManagerReports To: Petroleum ManagerJob Summary:To direct, promote, and coordinate the convenience store in a manner that will optimize the cooperative's market share and savings, improve the cooperative's efficiency, help achieve the cooperative's mission and goals, and result in outstanding customer service.Key Responsibilities:The Convenience Store Manager's responsibilities involve supervision, marketing, profitability and sales, reporting, purchasing, resale pricing, inventory, service, maintenance, and other duties as assigned by management.The Convenience Store Manager will maintain a positive attitude that promotes team work within the cooperative and a favorable image of the cooperative.SupervisionSupervision involves establishing and communicating store goals and results to employees, staffing the store and delegating the workload, actively supporting employee growth, and upholding cooperative policies.Establish and communicate store goals and results to employees:• Establish store goals with assistance from managementStaff store and delegate work load to meet market requirements:• Establish and update job descriptions for all positions within the store• Recommend selection of employees based on job requirements• Staff and adjust work force to fit seasonal needs with a minimum of unproductive labor costs• Employ seasonal work-sharing arrangements to minimize layoffs and unemployment compensation costsActively support employee growth:• Schedule and supervise orientation for new store employees• Update employees regularly on new product knowledge• Supervise activities of employees• Identify in writing annually training needed for individual employees• Discuss performance annually with each store employee• Complete and administer a yearly merit review with each store employee followingmanagement approval• Stimulate and develop positive morale and team spirit that leads to high productivity• Actively work to increase personal skills and knowledgeUphold cooperative policies:1.

Uphold all cooperative policies2.

Uphold and enforce dress codes3.

Ensure that store facilities and equipment meet all federal, state, and OSHAregulations4.

Inform all customers of safe product handling5.

Develop and update a regular maintenance schedule for all store facilities andequipmentMarketingMarketing involves developing and implementing an annual marketing plan, directing storemarketing activities, developing an annual sales and promotion program and performing propermerchandising.Direct store marketing activities• Review store sales goals with store employees each month• Review the following marketing activities with store employees each month:o Sales call reportso Market share reporto Sales analysis reporto Strategy review reporto Competitive pricing analysis reporto Sales promotional effortso Plans for the following monthDevelop an annual sales and promotion program• Establish an advertising ex...