The Department Champion reports to the Long Life/Fresh Food Manager. This role is classified as Level 3, 4 or 5 in the GRA dependent on how many people work in the team. In the absence of the Long Life/Fresh Food Manager the Department Champion reports to the Store Manager. The Department Champion is responsible for the store staff in their department (MEAT). Responsibilities include, but are not limited to; 1. Maximise sales by providing optimum availability of good quality, well-merchandised products in a clean, safe environment, served in a prompt and friendly manner. 2. Help develop, lead and motivate a capable team of store staff of the highest quality and standard. 3. Minimise costs by tightly controlling inventory losses and maximising productivity. 4. Maintain the highest standard of cleanliness and safety. 5. Use initiative to control, manage and continually improve the quality of work in the areas of responsibility. 6. Be a constructive team member in the store. 7. day to day inventory control of stock to ensure availability to customers is satisfactory, including stock take process and automatic ordering systems. 8. Assisting other team members in other areas of the store as required. RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Manage the store resources effectively and monitor staff execution of tasks. 2. Assist with the induction and training of new employees and further development and training of existing employees. 3. Ensure all Routine Cards are followed by the Store Team. 4. Communicate to the Store Manager all incidents, damages, operational problems, or suggestions. 6. Ensure all stock is of good quality and within date by rotating according to the rotation schedule. 7. Training and maintaining merchandising standards across entire store. MEAT department to be presented full, ticketed, and clean. 8. Ensure that correct stock take/stock adjustment process is occurring in all departments, accurate receival of goods and the accurate updating of invoices to give an accurate inventory. 9. Ensure information essential for Team Members to carry out their responsibilities is communicated to them. 10. Ensure all controls, policies, and procedures (e.g., WH&S, Employee Handbook, Product Recall, Food Safety, Due Diligence, Handling of Payments etc) are followed. 11. Perform any special tasks as specified by the Store Manager that is in the nature of the role.
