Store Leader (Manager) Trainee (Weyburn)
7-Eleven
Job Title: Store Leader Trainee
Department: Operations
Supervisor Title: Area Leader
Job Summary
As a Store Leader, you will oversee store operations and implement our company’s servant leadership philosophy. You’ll learn about 7‑Eleven’s Retailer Initiative strategy and be trained on our Retail Information System for inventory management and ordering technology. You’ll also assist with managing the store staff – coaching, training, feedback, and scheduling – after completion of the required training and certifications.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure prompt, efficient and courteous guest service for yourself and the store employees.
- Handle escalated customer concerns and emergencies, seeking appropriate resolution while observing company guidelines.
- Maintain positive employee relations and morale by supervising employees and ensuring company policies and procedures are followed.
- Ensure employees perform their responsibilities per their job description.
- Monitor customer and employee safety – follow reporting per company policies.
- Follow all company expectations, guidelines and policies, and comply with federal and local laws.
- Effectively manage all food programs, food preparations, food safety and 7Now programs.
- Forecast, order, stock, and merchandise products. Conduct inventory counts, submit invoices, and reconcile reports.
- Aid in ensuring prompt reconciliation of store operations paperwork and cash/lottery reconciliation.
- Aid in maintaining a clean, guest‑friendly environment in the store; handle liquids and certain cleaning solvents.
- Utilize store metrics, shops/visits and store reporting to positively affect change.
- Hire, train, mentor and coach employees, including disciplinary accountability.
- Commit to work assigned hours of at least 50 hours per week.
- Work flexible hours (night, weekends, holidays, and occasional on‑call duty).
- On‑call duty will require the ability to be contacted outside of scheduled hours.
- Applicable compensation to be applied for hourly positions.
- Stores operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Cover any shift based on the business needs; may include working more than a scheduled 50‑hour work week.
- See Employee Handbook – California Addendum for state‑specific requirements.
Education and Experience
Education: High School/GED
Years of Relevant Work Experience: 1+ years
Years of Management Experience: 1+ years
Certifications / Licenses: Valid driver’s license from the state of residence with automotive liability insurance during the course of employment; current food handlers or food safety certification as required by county.
Specific Knowledge and Skills
- Experience as a Store Leader or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Desire to be part of a performance‑driven team.
- Ability to oversee and provide customer service leadership, training, and coaching for all store employees.
- Demonstrated strength in maintaining high retention by focusing on identifying qualified applicants, developing leaders, empowering employees, and encouraging productivity.
- Ability to implement all food, merchandising, and marketing programs.
- Competency in cash handling, fuel transactions, and promoting our loyalty program. Strong mathematics ability.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain a clean, protected environment by complying with all health and sanitation procedures to ensure the store is presentable and that all products are in‑stock.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills. Proficient computer knowledge.
- Frequent walking and standing with occasional reaching, stooping, and sitting, kneeling, crouching, squatting, and climbing, including climbing ladders.
- Ability to perform repeated bending, standing, reaching, pushing and pulling. Ability to bend at the waist with some twisting. Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling of up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to multi‑task.
- Ability to grasp, reach, and manipulate objects with hands all day; requires eye‑hand coordination and may require bilateral coordination of hands, up to four hours of the workday. Employee performs approximately 95% of work indoors; outdoor work may be required.
- Employee is exposed to intermittent indoor cold temperature extremes when working in the walk‑in cooler and/or freezer.
- Reliable transportation for scheduled shifts; must meet transportation requirements per banking policies.
- Reliable source of communication to be contacted by supervisors and/or store employees.
- High School diploma or GED preferred but not required for candidates with at least one year of retail management experience.
- Authorized to work in the United States.
- Meet the minimum age requirements as defined per company policy.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. All responsibilities listed above are considered essenti