Hybrid Multi-Unit Manager – Area Leader

at Kroger

• Job title: Multi-Unit Manager – Area Leader
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: High School Diploma
• Tech skills: React
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Lima, United States

About the role

• Multi-Unit Manager leading store operations and management teams to exceed sales and profit goals. Responsible for coaching management teams and implementing operational initiatives across multiple locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead store management in the planning, implementation and execution of merchandising and operations initiatives
• Work with store management to identify opportunities in the assigned store, develop solutions and action plans to ensure implementation
• Achieve and exceed revenue and profit budget, as well as targeted goals and financial glide paths
• Drive cost effective sales through store managers to produce and maximize sales and profits, reduce shrink and improve each store's contribution
• Regularly discuss store-level financial performance including developing budgets and other targeted goals with store management
• Achieve return on investment on approved capital projects and assist in identifying potential capital projects opportunities in geographic area of responsibility
• Understand and react to the competitive landscape within the area and division
• Utilize store managers to enable stores to achieve their financial goals and ensure communication, implementation and execution of division plans
• Work with store managers to implement, support and follow up on merchandising, operations, and other change management initiatives
• Provide upward feedback on the communication and effectiveness of company merchandising, operation and change management initiatives to division and corporate staff
• Promote and support strong store relationships with the community
• Act as a company representative in litigation matters
• Facilitate interactions between store managers and division staff
• Demonstrate inclusionary leadership, expect inclusive behavior from team members, and support the inclusionary efforts of the store, district, and division
• Counsel and assist store managers in the development of management team and other store team members
• Identify talent and develop successors for all level positions to include store, division and G.O.
• Work with appropriate HR teams to ensure the adequate recruiting, hiring, training, development and evaluation of store management and all team members
• Travel up to 75% to stores within the division
• Supervise and coach direct reports on the performance of their duties, complete performance reviews, and provide feedback to direct reports
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Any experience in a store or company management
• Effective communication and reading skills
• Any merchandising experience
• Leadership skills training