Kmart Looking for Duty Manager – Papanui, NZ at Papanui, Canterbury Full Time

Brighter Futures Start here

Join the team

Duty managers at Kmart live and breathe the Kmart values and play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of the store by managing the store and leading the team during the span of trading hours in absence of the Store Manager. Our teams are passionate about the work they do and strive to continuously raise the bar!

With over 20 stores operating 24 hours a day and all other stores open during extended trading hours, Kmart is now easily accessible for our customers whenever they choose to shop. To ensure we provide a continued service during these extended trading hours, we have a Duty Manager overseeing the operations of the store.

What you’ll be doing

As a Duty Manager in a Kmart store you will:

• Enjoy leading others
• Play a key role in improving our safety culture and results for the store
• Like variety in your work
• Think on your feet
• Follow policy and clear processes
• Ensure good communication and information sharing with team members
• Adapt to change
• Demonstrate resilience

To be successful in this role you’ll have:

• A solid background in retail, ideally with demonstrated experience working in a supervisory/team leader role
• A passion for delivering results that will motivate your team
• Excellent time management and problem-solving skills
• Values that reflect a high level of commitment to ‘safety’, always thinking ‘customer’ and a belief in constantly motivating your team to ‘reach higher’ every day
• The ability to foster strong relationships with team members, peers, customers, and leaders

Benefits we’ll offer you:

• Great work life balance – our duty managers work a part time rotating roster
• A dynamic learning and support program
• A discount card for Kmart, Target, Officeworks and Bunnings, plus other benefits
• An inclusive, fun recognition program
• Development opportunities across Kmart Group (comprised of Kmart, Target and Catch) as well as the broader Wesfarmers Group.
• A rotating roster

We’re here to make everyday living brighter

From humble beginnings in Burwood East, Victoria, in 1969, we’re now an essential part of 300 communities, and proud of it! From bedding to apparel to kitchenware and beyond. We’re designing and creating the products people reach for every day. In-store, online, or Click & Collect – getting the products we love into the hands of happy customers is what we aim to do best. From the remote outback to coastal towns and big cities, and everywhere in-between. We’re progressive in our pursuit to create seamless customer journeys for satisfied shoppers.

A place you can belong

At Kmart, we celebrate the rich diversity of the communities in which we operate and are committed to creating inclusive and safe environments where all our team members can contribute and succeed. We believe that all team members should feel valued, respected and safe irrespective of your gender, ethnicity, indigeneity, religious beliefs, education, age, disability, family responsibilities, sexual orientation and gender identity and we encourage applications from all candidates.

We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to do well when applying or working at Kmart, therefore we encourage you to share any feedback by emailing [email protected] [link removed] if you would like any adjustments.

If you would like to explore a career with Kmart and this sounds like the perfect role for you – apply now!

Phone screening and interviews will occur prior to the closing date of this advertisement. Candidates interested in this position should apply directly to this advertisement as we are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies. As part of our recruitment process, we will be conducting Pre-Employment Checks with our successful candidates – this will include a police check. Talent Acquisition will provide further updates to candidates as they progress through our recruitment process.

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