What are the responsibilities and job description for the HBC/GM Department Manager position at Coborn's Inc?
We are hiring for a friendly, passionate, and creative leader to join our team as the HBC/GM Department Manager. This position is responsible for the Health & Beauty Care and General Merchandise departments of the store. As the key leader accountable for department performance, you will ensure successful operation of the HBC/GM departments by obtaining maximum sales and gross profits through effective utilization of personnel and resources available. In larger stores, you may lead a team of other HBC/GM team members through ongoing training, influencing, and coaching to ensure remarkable guest service is provided by all while in our smaller stores you will be the subject matter expert on all things HBC/GM.
You will be responsible for directing and coordinating the ordering, receiving, merchandising, and pricing department product. Key responsibilities include: accurate recordkeeping, guest service, employee relations, labor, gross profit, expense control, inventory, shrink, public relations, stocking, rotating and removing out-of-stock merchandise, directing the workload of team members, conducting performance evaluations and accountability conversations and ensuring all company safety practices are understood and followed.
The ideal candidate for this position:
- is at least 18 years of age;
- has previous retail experience;
- a self-motivated and enthusiastic people person who is a guest service rock star;
- has a strong sense of pride in ensuring their work area is clean and tidy;
- is excellent with multi-tasking; and
- doesn't mind a fast-paced work environment in varying temperature conditions – including indoors and outdoors.
At Coborn's, Inc. we go all out to “Be Remarkable”. Our culture celebrates employee ideas and encourages creative innovations. We're growing, learning, and overflowing with energy. In a dynamic atmosphere that welcomes diversity, we are investing in our employees, along with the growth of our company. Join our grocery teams and connect with guests in a fast-paced retail position with advancement opportunities where you are encouraged to shine as you use your guest service skills. If you're friendly and dependable and you like to work with terrific guests, we'd love to talk about an opportunity on our team.
Coborn's, Inc. is a fast-growing employee-owned grocery retailer located in the Midwest. Our grocery store formats include Coborn's, Cash Wise, Marketplace Foods, Hornbacher's, and we offer unique online grocery home delivery services through our CobornsDelivers and Cash Wise Delivers locations. Coborn's, Inc. also owns and operates liquor stores under the Coborn's Liquor, Cash Wise Liquor and Captain Jack's brands. Additionally, our fuel and convenience division, in-house grocery warehouse and distribution center, in-house Central Bakery, and Tops Cleaners are significant assets to our operations. We also have a handful of other retail entities in the markets where the fit is right: Little Dukes, Holiday Stationstores, Ace Hardware, Caribou Coffee, Dunn Bros Coffee, Subway and Erbert and Gerbert's.
Our remarkable employees strive to inspire happiness, healthy living and simplicity one guest at a time. With a vibrant and fun work environment, ongoing opportunities for career growth, and generous benefit packages, Coborn's offers a bright future for all employee owners.
Here's a list of some of the many benefits that we offer to part time team members:
- Vacation
- Pay
- Holiday and Sunday Premium Pay
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- 401(k) plans
- Voluntary Benefits
- Additional benefits available based on employment status
Because we value our people and know our employees enjoy shopping our stores, we offer an employee discount on a variety of private brand items when employees use their MORE Rewards account at the checkout of your local Coborn's-owned grocery store.
Because we know everyone needs a coffee break to recharge from time to time, employees who work in a store with a coffee shop receive a discount on their purchase!
In addition to this list, we also offer flexible scheduling. We understand that many of our employees are trying to juggle school, practice, family time, errands and personal hobbies, all with only about 16 hours of awake time in a day.
We celebrate a culture of recognition, encouraging employees to recognize and thank one another for remarkable behavior. We even have an app for that!
We're always looking for motivated, high-potential employees who want to be part of our next generation of leaders! There are opportunities to grow within our company to positions you may not yet even know exist. Coborn's, Inc. offers a variety of development programs for employees who want to grow their careers with us.
Finally, we believe that building a team of people with different backgrounds, beliefs, experiences and perspectives inspires fresh thinking and opens us up to new possibilities. We are an EEO/AA Employer - All qualified individuals, including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.