Job Location : New York,NY, USA
**Duane Reade Shift Leader**
**Location** 1430 BROADWAY , NEW YORK, NY Duane Reade is seeking a dynamic, flexible and motivated team player to join our team of management professionals as a Shift Leader. Duane Reade offers a fast-paced and challenging work environment. We provide our Shift Leaders with the tools, training and support they need to be successful in leading a Duane Reade store; focusing on being a store that has a uniquely rewarding flare for our customers. The Shift Leader will assume general responsibility for the store in the absence of the assistant manager.
**Essential Duties and Primary Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:**
* Manage and track store financial performance, cash control, inventory, safety, customer service and management of entire staff.
* Support assistant manager in the execution of all company initiatives.
* Lead by example and ensure the entire staff is providing superior customer service.
* Ensure price integrity is maintained to comply with weights and measures.
* Ensure compliance to applicable labor laws, legal requirements, company policy, and the collective bargaining agreement.
* Maintain positive working relationships with direct reports, peers, vendors, union officials, and corporate office personnel.
* Ensure marketing initiatives, plano-grams, and store conditions are compliant with the corporate standard.
* Prioritize, plan and coordinate work activities for the entire staff using effective time management skills.
* Ensure store is well stocked and product is rotated accordingly using a state of the art replenishment system.
* Establish and maintain a friendly hospitable harassment-free work environment.
* Motivate and lead others to perform a variety of tasks that all lead to one common objective.
**Basic Qualifications**
* Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English.
* Six months of prior work experience with Duane Reade, with a performance evaluation on file or one year of prior retail work experience as a retail key carrier or shift leader (external candidates).
* Willingness to work flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours.
* Achieves expectations rating on last performance review.
**Preferred Qualifications**
* Prefer the knowledge of store inventory control.
An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. Location