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Assistant Front Store Manager, Hourly Full Time Flexible Shifts
@ SDM Joseph Howe & Dutch Village (Croggon Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Overview
SDM Joseph Howe & Dutch Village (Shoppers Drug Mart, operated by Croggon Pharmaceuticals Inc) is hiring an Assistant Front Store Manager for a full-time, hourly role with flexible shifts. The role supports the Front Store Manager in running store operations, labour scheduling, staffing and hiring, and improving product flow from the backroom to the sales floor. Previous retail management experience is required.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain store standards, including the backroom, to support customer experience and profitability
- Manage labour scheduling with the Front Store Manager and workforce management tools
- Support hiring for all departments except Pharmacy
- Lead, mentor and develop staff in line with Core Values
- Plan inventory and control expenses
Requirements summary:
- Previous retail management experience
- Strong planning, judgment and decision-making skills
- Superior interpersonal, coaching and communication skills
- Business and financial acumen
- Ability to prioritize quickly amid changing initiatives
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · workday
- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-23
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-11
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-27
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Retail |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day, evening |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Store |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Encouraged to apply | People with disabilities |
| Perks mentioned | Employee discount |
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SDM Joseph Howe & Dutch Village (Croggon Pharmaceuticals Inc)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 8 |
Join a locally owned and operated store to help deliver health, beauty and convenience services in your community, and keep the customer at the centre of everything you do.
Why this role is important?
SUMMARY:
To assist the Front Store Manager (FSM) in managing the human, physical and financial resources of the store and in ensuring that store objectives are achieved by focusing on improving product flow from the backroom to the sales floor.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
OPERATIONS:
Maintains Store Standards to optimize customer experience, drive customer traffic, and positively impact store profitability
Works with Management Team to ensure Store Standards are in effect 100% of the time, including the backroom
To help manage in conjunction with the FSM, labour scheduling and leverages Work Force Management (WFM) to maximize labour productivity
Ensures staffing levels are adequate to effectively operate the business
HUMAN RESOURCES:
Complies with Human Resources Standards
To help with hiring in conjunction with the FSM, Hires and/or supports hiring for all departments, excluding Pharmacy
Maintains wage administration within SLPH guidelines
Drives Blue Culture, engagement, and leads and motivates staff through leading by our Core Values
QUALIFICATIONS:
Planning, Judgement and Decision Making
Planning and preparation for Inventory Management
Use judgment and decision-making skills to control expenses
Provides effective leadership and ongoing mentorship and ensures development of all staff
Efficient time management skills
Able to prioritize activities quickly in response to changing initiatives
Effective organization and planning skills
EXPERIENCE:
Previous retail management experience
Demonstrated ability to drive the business, led by example and support corporate programs
Works effectively with management team
Superior interpersonal, coaching and communication skills
Business and financial acumen
Relationship builder with key internal and external agencies
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Why work in a Shoppers Drug Mart store?
Each store has an Associate-Owner, so you will work for a local business owner while having the support of a national brand. Benefit from a purchase discount program, flexible and varied schedules, competitive pay and online learning through Academy.
Take ownership of your work and find more ways to care about your patients, co-workers, customers and community.
Associate Owners in the Shoppers Drug Mart network recognize Canada's diversity as an opportunity to better serve their communities, and strive to reflect the nation’s evolving diversity in the products they sell, the people they hire, and the culture they create in their stores. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants and colleagues with disabilities.
In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.
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