We’ve been holding the whole store accountable and it’s been working; everyone does their own backstock, and BRLA just crawled it’s way back over 98%. We talk about backstocking at huddles, and quiz the team. ETL log sneaks up on people backstocking and verifies it’s being done correctly. Backroom detail report on greenfield shows who backstocked it again also
I use to do that
Gm etl former log
My store has gained 3 more , 2 are for softlines they also got 2 more leads for softlines beside the two that we already have
They report to whatever General merch TL is the sponsor for transitions
Yeah I know I’m a gm tl . But any planning for plano still get thru former etl log
As I’m counting on my fingers, let me make a correction. Kitchen: 16 aisles plus a focal, and a very long back wall. 5 custom block u boats, plus repacks, average 10-12/day. 1 dedicated business owner who averages 36-38 hours a week. Secondary TM 18-24 hours a week. Stat: 14 plus another long back wall, 2 focals. 3 custom block u boats plus repacks, average 8-12/day. 1 dedicated business owner 36-38 hours a week, secondary TM 12-14 hours a week. Bed and bath: 38 aisles plus back wall of towels, back wall of curtains, back wall of bedding. Also includes curtains and rugs. 5 custom block u boats, plus repacks, average 12-15/day. 1 dedicated business owner, 40 hours a week, secondary TM 16 hours a week. This one is hard. Dec home: hearth and hand flat, home innovation flat, lamp, candles, and picture frames. 3 custom block u boats, 1-2 repacks/day. Lightest workload by far but they spend a lot of time zoning and maintaining the areas; they are VM trained and do the sets, also the bed and bath bookcase vmgs. They help bed and bath as well. 1 dedicated business owner 32 hours a week, secondary TM 10-12 hours a week.
I think that makes more sense then having a GM tl over see it since they have their own responsibility and planning can take up a lot of time with just reading all the notes and auditing everything.
I did all the planning and am overseeing my GM PP2 team doing the entire stationary transition this week. If they want my team to be business owners, they they’re going to get the hours for this stuff rather than payroll be taken out of there areas.
I think it’s definitely doable but as someone who also has to be the planning person and be one of three GM TLs. I think I’d be able to really dig into my work center and be a better GMTL if I had an ETL log (GM) that could do most of the planning. I know it’s doable and I actually enjoy the planning just from an efficiency standpoint it doesn’t make sense. But that can be said for the GMTL that over sees fulfillment or receiving as well
This isn’t me being snarky, but I’m genuinely asking, what the planning and execution of transitions like this would be pulling you away from? We aren’t supposed to be ‘muscling through the push’ etc. My team needs minimal interaction with me if I’m busy, kitchen and stationary and dec home are self sufficient and bed and bath is getting there; the transition planning has actually been a big chunk of my workload lately
Supposed to be a lot of vendor anyways.
I work in a small format with minimal TMs and no ETLs so we split up the floor 4 ways and I do the majority of my push, backstock, zone, manuals and sets. I get a TM or two here and there but I do a lot of the manual labor and have less time to plan than most chain store TLs do. I’m not complaining because I love my job, the guide just does a poor job at laying out small format so it’s kinda learn as we go for everything. I’m at a store where the majority of TMs and leadership are new so I do a lot of babysitting and spend a lot of my day acting as though an ETL would and following up with all my peers (in a respectful way) and helping them throughout their days.
I haven’t seen mine since we started SBT for entertainment. I called the company and they didn’t really have an answer for me besides “it looks like your vendor hasn’t accepted any jobs, I’ll have the DM reach out to you.” That was two weeks ago and still nothing.
