General Merchandise Manager
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Meijer (store leadership) is hiring a General Merchandise Manager. The Area Leader is responsible for overall team member engagement, driving recognition, feedback, coaching, performance management, training, development, and succession planning. This role directs Leads and Team Leaders, while being accountable for area operations and financials, including shrink, productivity, safety, scheduling, staffing, and conflict resolution. The leader identifies and implements process improvements and serves as a steward of the Meijer culture.
Key focus areas include Engage with team members to ensure appropriate onboarding, training, development, coaching, and feedback., Identify talent and engage in career discussions to support staffing and diversify talent pipeline., and Involve in candid discussions with team members to uphold Meijer standards and foster growth..
Successful candidates bring Bachelor's Degree Or Equivalent Experience and Retail/Grocery Or Customer Service Experience. Important skills include Industry Leading Service, Clear And Precise Direction, Proactive/Creative Thinking, Seasonal And Diverse Merchandising, Business Acumen, and Innovative Attitude. Preferred (not required): Team Member Engagement, Recognition, Feedback And Coaching, and Performance Management.
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As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!
Meijer Rewards
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Weekly pay
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Scheduling flexibility
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Paid parental leave
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Paid education assistance
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Team member discount
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Development programs for advancement and career growth
Please review the job profile below and apply today!
The Area Leader is responsible for overall team member engagement for those in span of care. The leader will be responsible for driving recognition, feedback and coaching, performance management, training and development, and succession planning. The Area Leader will direct Leads and Team Leaders, while ultimately being accountable for area operations and financials (shrink, productivity, safety, scheduling & forecasting staffing needs, and team member and customer conflict resolution). The Area Leader will work to identify and implement process improvements as well as serve as a steward of the Meijer culture.
What You’ll be Doing:
- Engages with team members in span of care to ensure they are receiving appropriate onboarding, training and development, and coaching and feedback to be successful in all they do.
- Identifies talent and engages in career discussions to support overall store staffing and ensure a diversified talent pipeline strategy for team member as well as leadership roles.
- Involvement in candid discussions with team members to ensure Meijer standards are upheld and team members have the ability to grow within the organization.
- Accountability for area operations and financial results by overseeing the execution of corporate plans to ensure all services and products are effectively managed in order to maximize sales and productivity ultimately owning budget line items in the P&L.
- Drives safety and compliance throughout the store in addition to overall condition management as well as responsibility for following all compliance procedures in the store.
- Ensures the Team Leaders and Leads are providing guidance and assigning daily work assignments for team members as well as any training needs.
- This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.
What You Bring with You (Qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 4+ years of retail/grocery or customer service experience.
- Progressive leadership experience preferred.
- A passion to provide industry leading service.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate with team members in a way that provides clear and precise direction.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze financial and statistical information and use that information to make informed decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to lead an organization that practices working safely at all times.
- Demonstrates proactive/creative thinking and applies it to the business.
- A thorough understanding of seasonal and diverse merchandising which leads to meeting the needs of our customers/community and gaining sales and market share.
- A strong business acumen.
- An innovative attitude to help Meijer set the industry standard.
- A commitment to fostering an inclusive environment where all team members and vendors feel valued and supported.
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