✦ Luna Orbit — Executive & General Management

STORE MANAGER CANDIDATE in DANVILLE, IL

at Dollar General

📍 DANVILLE, Illinois, United States Unknown Posted April 16, 2026
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Position Details

Type Full-Time
Experience mid
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Executive & General Management

About this role

The Store Manager Candidate role supports the Store Manager in implementing store processes including employee supervision, staffing, inventory management, stocking and receiving, and completing paperwork. It is intended to develop an external candidate for the Store Manager role for a limited period.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist recruiting and staffing activities
  • Support merchandising and correct signing/pricing of merchandise
  • Execute inventory management and prepare inventories
  • Maintain in-stock targets through prescribed ordering practices
  • Ensure financial integrity via safe deposits, cashier accountability, key control, and security/cash control procedures

Technical Overview

This role focuses on store operations execution: merchandising/staging, inventory control (damages, markdowns, register scanning, facility controls), ordering to meet in-stock targets, and financial integrity via cashier accountability, key control, security practices, safe deposits, and cash control procedures.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a retail operations leader who can support Store Manager duties across staffing, merchandising, inventory execution, and store compliance. They can safely manage cash and deposits, run store processes during the Store Manager’s absence, and use operating statements (sales, labor, profitability, inventory turn) to recognize business trends.

Must-Have Skills

Assist in recruiting and staffing activities.Follow prescribed ordering practices to ensure the meeting or exceeding of in-stock targets.Provide superior customer service leadership.Participate in store opening and closing activities.Ensure the safe deposit of all company funds in the designated bank.Assist in ensuring the financial integrity of the store through strict cashier accountabilitykey control and adherence to company security practices and cash control procedures.Operate store in store manager's absence.

Tools & Platforms

cashier accountability processesregister scanningemployee handbookSOP manual

Required Skills

recruiting and staffingstore merchandisingstagingstocking and storage of merchandisesigning and pricing of merchandiseutilizing merchandise fixturesinventory managementdamagesmarkdownsregister scanningpaperworkfacility controlsprepare and conduct inventoriesordering practicesin-stock targetscustomer service leadershiprole model following procedures and policiesemployee handbookSOP manualsafe deposit of company fundsdesignated bankcashier accountabilitykey controlcompany security practicescash control proceduresmaintenance of clean well-stocked storesoperate store in store manager's absenceoperating statements reviewbusiness trends (saleslaborprofitabilityinventory turn)expense control

Hard Skills

recruiting and staffing activitiesstore merchandisingstagingstocking and storage of merchandisesigning and pricing of merchandiseutilizing merchandise fixturesinventory managementexecution of damagesexecution of markdownsregister scanningpaperworkfacility controlsprepare and conduct inventoriesordering practicesin-stock targetscustomer service leadershiprole model by following company procedures and policiesemployee handbookSOP manualcompany communicationsstore opening and closing activitiessafe deposit of all company funds in the designated bankcashier accountabilitykey controlcompany security practicescash control proceduresmaintenance of cleanwell-stocked storesoperate store in store manager's absencereview operating statements to identify business trendssaleslaborprofitabilityinventory turnexpense control

Soft Skills

leadershipcustomer-first focusrole-model behaviorteam supervisionorganizational skillsattention to detailcompliance mindsetproblem-solving (trend review)

Industry & Role

Industry Retail
Job Function Support Store Manager execution of retail store operations and development toward Store Manager responsibilities.
Role Subtype General Manager

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

Must be able to participate in store opening and closing activities, Must be able to ensure safe deposit of company funds in the designated bank, Must be able to operate the store in the store manager's absence

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