In this newly created position, The Senior Manager, Customer Experience plays a critical role supporting the development and delivery of AFCA’s Customer Experience strategy. The Senior Manager will develop and drive our Customer Experience strategy whilst leading our current Member & Customer Experience team members. This is a newly created opportunity and exciting chance to have a real impact on our Customer Experience journey at AFCA.

Working closely with the Head of Membership Services, this role will support the creation and successful delivery of operational excellence customer experience best practice. The role will lead a team of skilled customer experience professionals and support teams by leading the development of the customer experience framework for consumers and members. The Senior Manager role will identify, support and drive process recommendations, end to end reviews and support AFCA to identify opportunities for improvement always with a focus of best practice customer experience.

Typically, in this role you will:

• Lead the development of the Customer Experience Strategy at AFCA
• Develop, facilitate and collate Consumer and Member research and feedback activities including surveys, focus groups, and other voice of customer inputs.
• Use this data to inform best practice and prioritisation of activities across AFCA, working closely with Operational Excellence, Operational Delivery, Rules and Decision makers
• Work closely with external stakeholders, industry groups and regulators
• Create and execute a body of work to drive customer excellence, being data driven, curious and focused on what it means to provide customer experience best practice
• Create and maintain a calendar of events for member engagement, including forums, webinars, roadshows
• Lead the content development for consumer and member engagements as above, plus newsletters and other communications
• Project management and coordination that is required to seamlessly deliver these engagements
• Change management with members and internal stakeholders helping drive execution of suggested recommendations
• Build and maintain strong relationships with operational teams and work closely with an aligned approach to building value for our customers

Start your leadership journey with ALDI! From driving sales, to serving customers and supervising staff, our Duty Managers always lead from the front.

Your purpose is ensuring our store runs smoothly during your shift. You'll be supporting and guiding team members, handling customer inquiries and working collaboratively as part of the store management team. All the while, you'll be honing your leadership skills and truly making a difference for your team and our customers.

The specifics? Here's what you’ll be doing:

• Opening and closing the store and supervising shifts
• Offering feedback to the team that's clear, constructive, and inspiring
• Assisting in training and onboarding team members
• Being a customer service superstar and serving customers at the registers with a smile
• Keeping shelves stocked with products so that our customers can find all their favourites
• Keeping a keen lookout for any incidents or hazards to keep everyone safe

Are you a self-starter, ready to kick start your leadership journey with ALDI? A Duty Store Manager is a great first step to build on your knowledge and skills!

Location & Hours:  

• Location: ALDI Flagstone - 1 Bushman Drive, Jimboomba, QLD, 4280 
• 35 hours per week Contract

Salary:   Enjoy a fantastic hourly rate of $32.72 + shift allowances

What we need from you?

Knowledge

• Successful completion of the RSM Pathway preferred

Skills

• Maintains the highest standard of compliance, safety and cleanliness
• Handles cash with the utmost care and aims to achieve 100% till accuracy at all times
• Efficiently merchandises stock, ensuring correct rotation to minimise loss
• Ensures all controls, policies, procedures and guidelines are followed
• Accurately checks off store deliveries where required
• Proactively identifies and reports incidents, hazards and near misses
• Proactively identifies and recommends improvements to safety and security procedures
• Ability to provide verbal feedback in the form of praise and constructive criticism

Behaviours

• Uses initiative to control, manage and continually improve the quality and efficiency of work
• Communicates effectively with colleagues at all levels
• Consistently acts professionally, fairly and responsibly when dealing with customers and staff
• Demonstrates ability to handle a heavy workload and manages conflicting work demands appropriately
• Acts as a role model for teamwork and actively promotes team spirit
• Provides effective, polite, and courteous customer service

Lead our teams giving our customers a good different experience. From driving sales targets to owning the training and development of a close-knit team, the role of an ALDI Store Manager is diverse and dynamic.

Be a part of a leading international retailer as a Store Manager! You will be fully responsible for the day-to-day operations of your store and for managing and leading a team every day. Lead by training, developing, and giving formal feedback and performance reviews for your team members. Set the stage for your store and drive the performance across all financial, customer, people, and compliance results.

As the Store Manager you’ll:

• Ensure your store runs smoothly, helping to keep our customers Australia’s most satisfied
• Help to develop the next generation of leaders in our stores by training and coaching team members to be their best
• Keep your store looking top-notch, upholding the highest standards of safety and cleanliness
• Manage stock, keeping an eye on inventory, and minimising losses
• Work alongside your team on registers, filling shelves and merchandising special buys when needed
• Identify opportunities for improvement - we love a good idea!
• Manage resources effectively, hitting goals without compromising quality.
• Conduct interviews for potential new team members to assist the Area Manager in selecting the right people for your team

At ALDI, you're not just joining a company - you're joining a cause. We’re committed to sustainability for our planet, positively impacting our communities, having healthy options for our customers and supporting our farmers and suppliers. Here, you'll make a real difference to real people, and that's something to be proud of.