Assistant Store Manager

6 months ago


Kitchener, Canada Canadian Tire Full time

Are you ready to join Canada's most-shopped general merchandise retailer, with over 500 stores from coast to coast?

Canadian Tire offers customers a unique mix of products and services through three specialty categories in which the organization is the market leader - automotive parts, accessories and service; sports and leisure products; and home products.

Canadian Tire offers competitive compensation packages including; benefits, potential for profit sharing, extensive training, and career opportunities from within and across the country at the Canadian Tire Retail stores.

**Summary**:
The Store Manager contributes to success in the store by providing a consistent retail floor presence and direct support to the Department Managers. He/she is responsible for ensuring that the retail floor consistently meets performance expectations in terms of customer experience and retail execution. This role involves a close working relationship with the Dealer, General Manager and Department Managers.

**Main Responsibilities and Tasks**:

- Encourages and maintains a culture that values an excellent customer experience to all customers through effective training, supervision, coaching and performance management.
- Constantly reinforces the need to prioritize customers and sets up realistic expectations on task delivery through retail metrics.
- Provides a strong floor presence and interfaces regularly with customers to assess customer experience.
- Leads by example by consistently delivering an excellent customer experience.
- Responds to formal complaints in order to maintain customer loyalty at the highest possible level.
- Maintains community relations in order to build and enhance the image of Canadian Tire.
- Holds team members accountable for providing an excellent customer experience and recognizes those who excel in it.
- Recruits, develops, motivates, recognizes and holds the Management Team accountable to meet established objectives and targets for sales and profitability in their respective departments.
- Monitors and improves the productivity of the Management Team through strong communication, motivation, team building and effective scheduling.
- Plans, organizes, delegates and follows up on work and projects on the retail floor in order to achieve and measure team goals.
- Is accountable to achieve sales goals, productivity and customer experience targets set by the Associate Dealer and/or General Manager.

**Requirements**:

- Leadership and senior managerial experience in the retail or similar industry.
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of retail and financial principles.
- Excellent knowledge of market trends and competition in the retail and automotive service industry.
- Proven track record in retail sales, retail execution and operations in a management role is required.
- Ability to understand and operate POS and inventory computer systems is considered an asset.
- Experience in a Canadian Tire store is considered an asset.
- Strong orientation towards customer service excellence.
- Entrepreneurial and results-oriented individuals who possess solid organizational skills.
- Ability to lead and manage a team to achieve common goals in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to motivate and coach others as well as provide feedback.
- Ability to plan, organize, delegate and follow up on team's activities and projects.
- Proactive problem-solving skills and ability to make ambiguous decisions.
- Ability to multitask, adapt and cope with challenging situations.

**More about the position**:
**Potential Career Opportunities**
- Next levels: General Manager and Associate Dealer.

**Physical Demands and Working Conditions**
- Standing/walking for 8 hours.
- Lifting and/or carrying of merchandise items, as required, on a regular, frequent and unassisted basis. Merchandise items may vary in weight from "light" to "heavy".

**Our offering includes**
- Competitive compensation and benefit package
- Potential for Profit Sharing
- Employee Shopping Discounts
- Flexible work hours
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Scholarships
- Reward and Recognition Program
- A culture of performance & accountability
- A supportive and positive team environment

**Background Check Requirements**:

- Reference Check
- Employment Verifications
- Criminal Background Check
- Credit Check

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to ensure fair and equitable access throughout the recruitment and selection process.

High-School or Equivalent



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