Multi Store Gm

Join Total Tools - the Booming Large Specialty Tool & HW Retailer
- Own the P&L's. Have full GM accountability across multiple sites
- Fab Package inc car & NO WEEKEND WORK. Hardware/Tools exp not essential

**What’s in this for you?**
- **The privilege**:to be fully empowered and accountable for some of the most historic stores within the brand nationally
- **The culture**: Its vibrant, customer obsessed, 'down to earth', authentic and inclusive and it values its most important asset, ‘its people’
- **Its growth focused**: The appetite is strong for further business expansion and growth. Take the store group from ‘great’ to ‘greater’
- **An extraordinary role**:that will take your career experience to a whole new level as well as build your profile right across the broader organisation
- **Endless career possibilities**:Due to the size and continual growth of this retailer and the greater organisation Metcash, the potential career opportunities are endless
- **Rewards**:The package is generous & includes many benefits inc a car and bonus. It’s set to attract and retain one of the markets best
- **No set weekend work**:just to remain contactable in case of the odd escalated issue, that needs resolving

**Your prospective employer**:
Well established in prime locations right across the country, Total Tools are THE retailer to watch. Thriving and highly respected, this ‘big box’ specialty hardware and tool retailer continues to tackle its market opponents head-on, with its differentiated model, diverse and exclusive ranges, service excellence and robust back-end support programs. Their results continue to be phenomenal: tracking well above market norms with fantastic sales growth and performance. Buoyed by this level of success and consumer recognition; they have attracted some of the market's best business minds and leaders. The Multi-Site Store GM is an incredibly high-profile role that makes a powerful commercial contribution to the success and growth of a cluster of stores located in the South East, through first-class leadership, support, guidance and influence. This could be one of your most career defining moves

**Your role**:

- Operating at the helm in this GM level role, you will have full responsibility for the stores P&L and their strategic development. Taking a lead role in presenting in the Group Board meetings, on KPI’s, results, strategic plans and governance will also form an important part of your remit
- Working to your strengths, you will leverage the national strategy of the broader organisation and then translate and localise it for your store group. Influencing and managing key financial indicators to effectively maximise profitability through margin and cost control will be key as will accelerating each stores growth
- The nature of this role will see you ‘front and centre’ bringing the vision and ‘know how’ and for developing and delivering the strategic initiatives and performance-based strategies that will take the stores and teams from ‘great’ to ‘greater’
- Working hand in hand with your leaders to improve current systems, processes, governance and control measures will be critical as will developing robust merchandise and marketing programs at a store level and creating synergies with systems, processes and learnings across the store network and other store groups
- Driving business compliance and ensuring to continue to raise the bar on best practice initiatives will be key as will ensuring the consistent delivery of operational excellence across the stores
- In this very hands on role, you will empower, influence, motivate, develop and inspire your teams to deliver an exceptional and faultless retail experience, that will ensure customers keep coming back, every time

**Here’s what it will take**:

- **Experience working in a tools or hardware retailer is a ‘nice to have’ however not at all essential**:It’s the talented ‘big-box’ retailer and leader, we are looking for vs the product expert
- **Your stakeholder and relationships management skills are ‘next level:’ **You have an innate ability to leverage these strengths to influence, deliver and drive outcomes
- **Leadership ability**: You inspire with ease, and you can drive and lead change, with people and partners, always on your journey
- **You are driven**: You have endless drive, determination and commitment that inspires others, and you are always ‘in it for the team’
- **Sound business acumen**: You have owned and managed significant P&L’s and understand financial levers across all areas
- **Brilliant communication skills**: You naturally translate the ‘vision’ into day-to-day operational performance
- **You are a change agent**:You can transform key operational aspects and people elements to ensure sustainability, future viability, growth and profitability
- **You have strong exposure to market influences **and inhabit a strong knowledge of demographics,