General Manager in Training - Love's Travel Stops

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores•Leavenworth, IN

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About The Position

General Manager in Training at Love's Travel Stops supports and oversees daily operations to drive efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction. The role has hands-on responsibility for multiple business operations, potentially including a retail store, fuel, restaurant, fresh kitchen, and truck care. It assists the General Manager with task execution, scheduling, cash integrity, and reporting, while helping grow sales and meet organizational goals. The position helps maintain a safe, clean, and well-maintained facility; manages ordering, stocking, inventory, and merchandising; reviews financial reports and profit-and-loss statements to identify opportunities; and collaborates with managers on talent acquisition. Love's describes the role as an opportunity for driven individuals to make an impact in a supportive team environment.

Requirements

At least 2 years of management experience in retail, travel stops or convenience stores, big box, grocery, or department stores.
At least 2 years managing operations with annual sales volume of $2 million or more.
At least 2 years affecting and interpreting budgets and profit-and-loss statements.
At least 2 years supervising and training 5–10 or more employees.
Intermediate computer skills, including Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, and Excel.
Ability to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer-satisfaction focus.
Strong customer service, rapport-building, salesmanship, organizational, multitasking, attention-to-detail, and teamwork skills.
Ability to work varying shifts, including days, afternoons, evenings, nights, occasional overnights, weekends, and holidays.
Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including frequent lifting or moving of items weighing over 75 pounds.

Responsibilities

Oversee hands-on operations across multiple business areas, potentially including retail, fuel, restaurant, fresh kitchen, and truck care.
Ensure the facility is safe, clean, and well maintained, including restrooms, showers, facilities, equipment, and safety checks.
Drive sales through efficient ordering, stocking, inventory management, and merchandising.
Assist the General Manager with task execution and completion, scheduling, cash integrity, and daily, weekly, and monthly reporting.
Understand financial reporting, analyze profit-and-loss statements, and implement changes to capture opportunities.
Collaborate with managers on talent acquisition.
Lead and support employees while delivering customer satisfaction and meeting organizational goals.