Lowes Foods Grocery Stores

Regional supermarket chain with community concepts

Co-Manager

Retail Store ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeColumbia, SC, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Possess knowledge and skills generally associated with a Bachelor's degree.
Have 1–2 years of supermarket management experience.

Responsibilities

Assist the store manager in implementing an in-store sales-building culture through merchandising programs, weekly sales plans, sales themes, maintaining in-stock conditions, and participating in weekly sales meetings.
Provide guest satisfaction, courtesy, and service throughout the store, with emphasis on the front-end fast service commitment.
Achieve budgeted financial results in the assigned area and assist the store manager in achieving total store results.
Protect merchandise, cash, facilities, and equipment; conduct weekly manager audits on front-end operations, direct store delivery receiving, and pricing; assist with shrink functions; and manage grocery inventory to achieve shrink results at or below 0.40% of sales where applicable to Center Store Co-Managers.
Control store variable expenses, including achieving the budgeted wage percentage.
Assist with store staffing, including forecasting needs, recruitment, and training, and build a talent-planning bench by developing and executing plans for high-potential and promotable individuals.
Ensure direct reports understand performance expectations, hold them accountable for budgeted results, and review performance with them through ongoing and annual performance appraisals.
Monitor and react to store conditions through frequent, detailed store walks.
Train and develop the store management team, especially department managers, and serve as a resource for these leaders.
Ensure sanitation and food safety standards are maintained throughout the store.
Promote positive store morale through effective supervision and recognition, fostering an enthusiastic, guest-focused workforce embedded in a selling culture.
Facilitate effective communications with the store manager, field merchandisers, and store hosts.
Ensure the store operates in compliance with company standards, as measured by ALI audits.
Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local statutes, regulations, and company policies.
Maintain a safe facility for guests and hosts.

Overview

To assure the effective and profitable operation of the assigned retail store including the development of all hosts assigned to that store. To actively pursue self-development and proficiency in the skills necessary to be assigned as senior co-manager.

In addition to being part of a family-owned and growing company, we offer great pay and excellent benefits including Medical, Dental, and Vision, 401K and a Pension Plan, a discount for shopping, paid time off, weekly pay, and more!

Responsibilities

Assists the store manager in implementing an in-store sales-building culture that ensures growth through: execution of company merchandising programs and weekly sales plans in each department, planning and executing weekly sales themes, ensuring in-stock conditions throughout the store and actively participates in weekly sales meetings.

Provides for desired levels of guest satisfaction, courtesy and service throughout the store, with special emphasis on our front-end fast service commitment.

Accountable for achieving budgeted financial results in assigned area of responsibility and assists store manager in achieving total store results.

Protects company assets: merchandise, cash, facilities and equipment. Conducts weekly manager audits on front-end, DSD receiving and pricing. Assists the manager to ensure all required shrink functions are performed. Manages grocery inventory with shrink results =/< 0.40% of sales*.

Effectively controls store variable expenses, including achieving budgeted wage percent.

Assists in the staffing of the store, including forecasting of needs, recruitment and training. Additionally, builds a talent planning bench for the store, including developing and executing development plans for all hi-potential and promotable individuals.

Ensures direct reports understand expectations for performance, holds them accountable to achieve budgeted results and meets with them to review performance and provide feedback (ongoing and annual performance appraisal).

Constant awareness and reaction to store conditions through frequent and detailed store walks.

Effectively trains and develops store management team, especially department managers, to ensure Lowes Foods has the necessary bench for our growth. Acts as a resource for these leaders in their roles.

Ensures sanitation and food safety standards are maintained throughout the store (as measured through internal and external sources).

Creates an atmosphere that ensures positive store morale through effective supervisory treatment and recognition. The workforce should be enthusiastic, guest focused and embedded in a selling culture.

Provides and facilitates effective communications to Store Manager, Field Merchandisers and store hosts.

Ensures stores are run in compliance with company standards (as measured by ALI audits).

Ensures compliance with all federal, state and local statutes, regulations and company policies.

Maintains a safe facility for guests and hosts.

*Applicable to Center Store Co-Manager

Qualifications

Possess the knowledge and skills generally associated with a Bachelor's degree plus 1-2 years supermarket management experience.

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About the Company

Lowes Foods Grocery Stores

Regional supermarket chain with community concepts

Lowes Foods is a regional grocery chain serving North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia with about 100 stores that offer groceries, fresh foods, prepared foods, and fuel at some locations. Its stores use in-house concepts like Chicken Kitchen, SausageWorks, Pick & Prep, and Community Table, along with value formats such as Just$ave, to enhance the shopping experience. It differentiates itself through a community-focused approach and distinctive store concepts developed from customer and manager input, rather than relying only on price. Its goal is to bring community back to the table by delivering quality products, good value, and friendly service through differentiated store formats and experiences.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Winston-Salem, NC
Founded: Not listed

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