Assistant Grocery Manager

Albertsons Companies • Fort Worth, TX

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About The Position

The Assistant Grocery Manager supports the Grocery Manager in overseeing the daily operations of the Grocery Department. The role assists with driving sales, maintaining appropriate inventory levels, ensuring product availability and presentation, controlling shrink, and providing excellent customer service. It also supports the supervision, training, and development of department associates while ensuring company standards, policies, and procedures are followed.

The Assistant Grocery Manager helps lead department operations, merchandising, inventory management, associate development, customer service, financial controls, safety, sanitation, and compliance. The position may provide leadership for the department in the Grocery Manager’s absence.

Responsibilities

• Assist with overall Grocery Department operations and provide leadership in the Grocery Manager’s absence.
• Ensure shelves, displays, endcaps, and promotional areas are stocked, organized, rotated, and maintained.
• Monitor product availability and assist with ordering and replenishment to meet customer demand.
• Maintain accurate pricing, signage, tags, and promotional displays.
• Assist with receiving, stocking, backroom organization, and inventory management.
• Ensure proper product rotation and adherence to FIFO practices.
• Monitor inventory levels and help identify overstocks, out-of-stocks, and inventory discrepancies.
• Support department sales and merchandising initiatives; execute merchandising plans, resets, promotions, and seasonal displays.
• Maintain department appearance and presentation standards and identify opportunities to improve product placement, availability, and conditions.
• Help ensure advertised and promotional merchandise is available and properly displayed.
• Provide direction and support to Grocery Department associates; assist with training on department procedures, customer service, stocking standards, and safe work practices.
• Delegate tasks and follow up to ensure assignments are completed accurately and on time.
• Promote teamwork and a positive, professional work environment; provide coaching and feedback as needed.
• Assist department leadership with staffing and scheduling needs.
• Provide friendly, responsive, and professional customer service; help customers locate products, answer questions, and resolve concerns.
• Assist with inventory counts and department inventory processes; monitor shrink and follow loss-prevention practices.
• Help identify causes of inventory discrepancies, damaged merchandise, and excessive product loss.
• Support department productivity and expense-control expectations.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe department and backroom; follow safety, sanitation, food-handling, and loss-prevention procedures.
• Ensure associates follow established policies and operating procedures, promptly address or report safety hazards, and maintain equipment and work areas according to company standards.

Benefits

• Competitive wages paid weekly
• Access to up to 50% of earned wages before payday through the company’s partnership with Stream
• Associate discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates, including medical, dental, and 401(k)
• Time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick pay, subject to eligibility requirements
• Training, career growth, and development
• Inclusive work environment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed