Assistant Front Store Manager

About the Role

Become part of a locally owned and operated Shoppers Drug Mart store dedicated to delivering health, beauty, and convenience services within your community, while keeping customers as the central focus of all activities.

Responsibilities

• Support the Front Store Manager (FSM) in overseeing the store's human, physical, and financial resources to meet store goals.
• Optimize product movement from the backroom to the sales floor to enhance overall store operations.
• Maintain store standards to enrich the customer experience, increase foot traffic, and boost profitability.
• Collaborate with the management team to enforce store standards consistently throughout the store, including backroom areas.
• Assist in managing labor scheduling alongside the FSM, utilizing Work Force Management tools to improve labor efficiency.
• Ensure appropriate staffing levels to run store operations smoothly.
• Compliance with Human Resources policies and standards.
• Participate in the hiring process for all departments except Pharmacy in partnership with FSM.
• Administer wage management in line with company guidelines.
• Promote company culture and values, engaging and motivating staff through leadership based on core principles.

Qualifications

• Proficient planning, judgment, and decisiveness skills to manage inventory and control expenses effectively.
• Provide leadership and continuous mentoring to staff, fostering their professional growth.
• Strong time management with the ability to prioritize rapidly amidst changing demands.
• Well-developed organizational and planning capabilities.
• Prior retail management experience is essential.
• Ability to lead by example, drive business objectives, and implement corporate initiatives.
• Effective collaboration with the management team.
• Excellent interpersonal, coaching, and communication skills.
• Broad business insight and financial understanding.
• Establish strong relationships with key internal stakeholders and external partners.

Additional Information

Each store operates under an Associate-Owner model, providing a local business ownership feel combined with support from a national brand. Benefits include employee purchase discounts, flexible scheduling, competitive compensation, and access to online training through the company Academy.

The company embraces diversity to better serve its communities and strives for inclusivity in products, hiring, and store culture. Accommodation is available for applicants and employees with disabilities.

Compliance with laws and ethical conduct underpin company operations, reflecting expectations from customers and stakeholders.

Compensation

Hourly pay ranges from $18.85 to $21.85, adjusted depending on experience and geographic location. This role fills an existing vacancy. Artificial intelligence is utilized in the screening and selection process.