Longlife Manager

**Joining Countdown Balclutha is more than just taking on a new job. You’ll be joining a tight-knit and friendly team and as our new Longlife Manager you’ll be leading the grocery division to success
**We offer a number of benefits to staff including**
- Training and development
- Opportunities for career progression
- Work close to home
- Grocery discount card
- Discounted online shopping delivery
- Diverse and inclusive team environment
- Gym and insurance discounts

**The hours and days for this Longlife Manager position are Sunday
- Wednesday 0800-1730 and Thursday 1200-2130
**At Countdown no two days are the same but in this role overseeing all facets of the Longlife department, you could expect to**:

- Motivate, manage and guide the Longlife, Perishables and Nightfill teams
- Train and develop team members in your Department
- Sales planning, rostering, ordering of stock, maintaining merchandise standards and implement promotional planning
- Champion Occupational Health and Safety and Food Safety practices to ensure a safe working environment for customers, staff and contractors
- Ensure a proactive approach to all compliance requirements, keeping these records up to date and adhered to
- Ensure the store is at peak capacity for daily trading

**In our next Longlife Manager we are looking for**:

- Demonstrated knowledge and success in a retail environment
- A strong customer focus and excellent communication skills
- Previous experience with ordering, stocktake, rostering and budgets
- Previous people leadership experience in a retail environment
- The ability to obtain a first aid, general managers and food safety certificate as well as a forklift licence and LQC

Whether we are giving Kiwi kids free fruit, giving to our local food banks and communities, reducing waste or celebrating diversity, we are committed to making Kiwi’s lives a little better every day.

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