Assistant Grocery Manager

Albertsons Companies • Garland, 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 position assists with department operations and provides leadership in the Grocery Manager’s absence. It supports stocking and merchandising, ordering and replenishment, inventory management, customer service, associate development, loss prevention, and the maintenance of a clean, safe, and compliant department and backroom.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the overall operation of the Grocery Department 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 support 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, including company merchandising plans, resets, promotions, and seasonal displays.
• Maintain department appearance and presentation standards and identify opportunities to improve product placement, availability, and department conditions.
• Help ensure advertised and promotional merchandise is available and properly displayed.
• Provide direction and support to Grocery Department associates; assist with training, delegate tasks, and follow up on assignments.
• 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, follow loss-prevention practices, and 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 company safety, sanitation, food-handling, and loss-prevention procedures; ensure associates follow policies and operating procedures.
• Promptly address or report potential 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 a 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
• Leaders invested in associate training, career growth, and development
• Inclusive work environment with colleagues who reflect the communities served

What This Job Offers

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