Retail Supervisor

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Hornby PAK’nSAVE in Christchurch is seeking a Retail Supervisor with supervisory FMCG experience to lead a busy, positive team. The ideal candidate stays calm under pressure, fosters a strong culture, and drives performance by leveraging individual strengths. You’ll need solid leadership, organizational and communication skills, with SAP or inventory knowledge a plus and full training provided. A First Aid certificate and Liquor Manager’s Licence are required or understood. Reporting to the Merchandising Manager, Retail Co-Manager and Duty Manager, you’ll work Sundays to Thursdays 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm (42.5 hours), non-negotiable, with occasional extra hours. Please send an up-to-date CV and a cover letter outlining your fit and your approach to people-centred excellence.

The opportunity is now available for someone with self motivation and drive to fill the position of Retail Supervisor with us at Hornby PAK’nSAVE! There's always exciting things happening at Hornby, plenty of variety and a team of amazingly dedicated individuals.

We’re pretty lucky with the personalities we have on our Retail team so we’re looking for a pretty unique individual to help guide them through the day. Adding to and building on our positive culture is critical, so an upbeat outlook on the day regardless of how busy we are is absolutely imperative. A cool head under pressure, a customer focused people person and someone constantly driving their team to excel, and who can identify and utilize the strengths of each individual are our key drivers for the successful applicant. We love Rockstars!

This position requires superior leadership and organizational skills and the ability to effectively communicate at all levels. You must have had previous Supervisory experience in the FMCG industry as a minimum – 1 year. Some SAP / Inventory knowledge would be an advantage but full training will be given in that aspect.

You will be required to either currently hold or understand that the position will require you to hold a First Aid Certificate and Liquor Managers Licence.

Further skills and attributes required for this position include:

• Continuous improvement focus
• Leadership and relationship skills
• High level of integrity, reliability, honesty and personal presentation
• Proven interpersonal skills, experience handling staff welfare issues and on the job mentoring
• Attention to detail
• Flexibility and vision in relation to the ever-changing retail environment
• Drive a people focused culture of business excellence

Reporting to our Merchandising Manager, Retail Co-Manager and Duty Manager, you will be assisting with the day to day operation of the Retail departments in our bustling store.

The days and hours are Sunday to Thursday 1.00pm to 10.00pm for 42.5 hours per week. These days and hours are not negotiable. Some additional hours. days may be required to cover absences.

Please include your up to date CV. A cover letter letting us know a bit more about yourself is also required. We look forward to meeting with you.