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Store Manager
Lead our store team, manage staffing and inventory, and drive sales while creating a welcoming customer experience.
Location
Fort Worth, TX
Employment type
Full-time
Expected hours
Typically 40–45 working hours per week across five days
Compensation
$65,000–$70,000 annually
Department
Store Operations
Openings
1
Start date
September 28, 2026
Application deadline
September 21, 2026
About the role
Swedish Candy Culture is looking for a hands-on Store Manager to take responsibility for daily store operations. You’ll oversee staffing, scheduling, inventory, ordering, cleanliness, and sales performance while regularly working alongside the team on the sales floor and register.
Your product responsibilities begin when deliveries arrive at the store: ensuring products are checked, unpacked, accurately recorded in inventory, and organized. You’ll keep shelves and candy bins stocked and make sure new products reach the sales floor promptly.
You’ll work closely with the owners on hiring, store priorities, and performance, while taking ownership of everyday decisions and keeping the store ready for business.
Responsibilities
- Staffing and team leadership
- Create, publish, and maintain schedules for all store employees using Homebase, accounting for employee availability, business needs, and approved labor budgets.
- Ensure every shift has appropriate coverage, including opening preparation, customer-facing hours, closing, and employee breaks.
- Coordinate time-off requests, shift swaps, and call-outs, and arrange backup coverage when needed.
- Plan staffing ahead of holidays, events, promotions, and special occasions.
- Partner with the owners on hiring needs, interviews, and candidate selection.
- Train and coach employees, assign daily responsibilities, and follow up on performance.
- Develop dependable shift leads who can oversee the store when the manager is off.
- Inventory and ordering
- Oversee receiving, check deliveries against orders, and report shortages, damage, or discrepancies.
- Ensure deliveries are unpacked, counted, entered into inventory, and stored correctly.
- Keep backstock organized and shelves, bins, and displays replenished.
- Place new candy into appropriate bins and displays promptly, with accurate pricing and product information.
- Conduct inventory counts, monitor freshness, rotate stock, and reduce waste.
- Order candy, packaging, cleaning products, and other supplies through established purchasing channels within approved budgets.
- Anticipate stock and supply needs for holidays, events, and busy periods.
- Store readiness
- Maintain a clean, organized, welcoming store, including the sales floor, bins, checkout area, storage areas, and employee spaces.
- Ensure opening, closing, cleaning, and food-handling procedures are completed consistently.
- Keep the store supplied with everything needed for daily operations.
- Address maintenance and equipment issues and involve the owners when needed.
- Sales and customer service
- Take responsibility for meeting store sales goals, tracking performance, and implementing improvements.
- Communicate goals and coach the team on product knowledge, attentive service, and relevant product recommendations.
- Plan displays, inventory, and staffing to support promotions and special occasions.
- Regularly work the sales floor and register, serve customers, process transactions, and replenish products.
- Resolve customer concerns professionally.
- Keep the owners informed about results, staffing needs, and recurring operational issues.
Required qualifications
- At least 3 years of relevant retail experience, including supervising or leading a team.
- Experience scheduling employees and managing shift coverage.
- Strong organization, follow-through, and communication skills.
- Experience with inventory, replenishment, and ordering.
- Comfort using point-of-sale, scheduling, inventory, and spreadsheet tools.
- Ability to coach employees, handle customer concerns, and take responsibility for results.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Reliable commute to Fort Worth.
Preferred qualifications
- Store Manager or Assistant Store Manager experience.
- Experience in candy, specialty retail, grocery, or food service.
- Experience meeting sales goals and managing labor budgets.
- Familiarity with Homebase scheduling and timekeeping.
Schedule and availability
This position typically works 40–45 working hours per week across five days.
The schedule generally includes Mondays for inventory, ordering, scheduling, and planning while the store is closed, plus Saturdays and a mix of opening preparation and closing shifts. Two days off are normally scheduled each week. Sunday, holiday, and event shifts may be required, with the weekly schedule adjusted accordingly.
Current customer hours are Tuesday–Saturday, noon–8 p.m., and Sunday, noon–5 p.m.; the store is closed to customers on Mondays. Work extends beyond customer hours, including approximately 2–3 hours of opening preparation and 30 minutes of closing work. The manager coordinates coverage for these periods across the team.
Physical requirements
Ability to work on the sales floor, operate the register, unpack deliveries, stock products, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds, with reasonable accommodation as applicable.
Additional requirements
Background check required.
Obtain and maintain required food-handler certification.
Benefits & perks
- Paid time off.
- 15% employee discount.
- Work directly with the owners and help shape the store’s team and customer experience.
What you'll need to apply
- Résumé / CV (required) — .pdf, .doc, .docx
- Cover letter (required) — .pdf, .doc, .docx
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