Assistant Manager

The Service Station/Gas Station Assistant Manager position is a hands-on position which involves actively overseeing the day-to-day operations of the service station, working directly with the Manager and Managing Director. The successful individual must work at least six days each week.

The Assistant Manager position is a hands-on position which involves actively overseeing the day-to-day operations of a fuel service station located in the East-West corridor and working directly with the Manager and Managing Director. The applicant must be able to climb the delivery Road Tank Wagon, must possess a valid driver’s permit to drive manual transmission vehicles, must be able to work at least six days each week and be on call 24 hours daily. 
 

Operational

• Ensuring overall standards for safety, quality, productivity and customer satisfaction are achieved.
• Ensuring adherence to the company’s cash handling and accountability processes.
• Ensuring compliance to  policies and procedures
• Performing daily monitoring and reporting fuel and inventory stock levels.
• Reviewing daily reporting paperwork to ensure accuracy and prepare detailed summaries and analyses of same
• Validating vendor deliveries and reporting variances.
• Preparing requisitions for replenishment of stock.
• Ensuring successful adherence to budgetary allocations.
• Conducting performance appraisals, performing approved hiring and staffing functions and processing payroll.
• Performing sales analyses and meeting sales targets
• Periodically performing cashiering duties and holding shift if as required.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Essential Functions

• Must be able to perform the following minimum physical behaviours: standing, walking, lifting, stretching and climbing Road Tank Wagons, squatting and performing physical labour.
• Must be able to monitor and analyse market trends, effectively communicate key findings, identify and proactively address gaps and identify opportunities to increase market share.
• Ability to carry out written or oral instructions and possess strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and independently.
• Maintaining good and professional employee relations with all employees.

Applicant must:

• Possess and demonstrate strong leadership, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, and customer service skills.
• Possess at least 2-3 years of supervisory experience
• Must have a valid driver's permit and a reliable vehicle. 
• Demonstrate strong work ethic. 
• Possess strong analytic and problem solving skills.
• Value accuracy in reporting and attention to detail.
• Demonstrate advance proficiency in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
• Have excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Hold a Bachelor’s Degree in the field of Business, Finance or Marketing or the equivalent supervisory/managerial experience.