Assistant Manager of Health Wellness Home

Hy-Vee, Inc.•Blue Springs, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Supervises and coordinates the activities of employees. Ensures that customer’s needs are met. Responsible for perpetuating the "helpful smile in every aisle" culture by demonstrating honesty, integrity, friendliness, and caring for customers and employees. This role involves overseeing training, handling employee issues, coordinating disciplinary procedures, and ensuring store standards for customer service, employee relations, and departmental profitability are met. The Assistant Manager also oversees building/ground maintenance, sanitation, and cleanliness, and is responsible for using and understanding all hardware and software technology in the store. They assist in forecasting labor schedules, evaluating employee performance, and enforcing safety procedures to provide a safe and healthy work environment. This role directs the ordering of merchandise, coordinates employee compliance with policies and laws, and assists with replenishing shelf product and designing displays. They also confer with employees to solve problems affecting job duties and productivity, and adhere to company policies and store guidelines.

Requirements

Must be 18+
High School or equivalent experience.
One year or more of retail experience including performing the duties of an Assistant Manager.
Ability to solve practical problems; variety of variables with limited standardization; interpret instructions.
Ability to do arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals, and percentages.
Possess the ability to interview to obtain basic information; guide people to provide basic direction; follow technical manuals and have increased contact with people.
Must be able to physically perform medium work: exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and 20 pounds of force frequently, and 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Visual requirements include vision from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet with or without correction, depth perception, color vision, and field of vision.
Must be able to perform the following physical activities: Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen.

Nice To Haves

Supervisory Responsibilities (Direct Reports): Instructing, assigning work, reviewing work, planning the work of others, maintaining standards, allocating personnel, and coordinating the activities of others.
Assists with selecting new employees and acts on employee problems.
Has the authority to recommend and approve employee transfers, promotions, discipline, discharge, and salary adjustments.

Responsibilities

Supervises and coordinates the activities of employees.
Ensures that customer’s needs are met.
Maintains a positive attitude; creates an atmosphere of friendliness and fun through flexibility and teamwork.
Generates a friendly atmosphere by encouraging employees to greet and speak to customers; providing prompt, courteous, and efficient service to customers and sets a good example.
Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store.
Answers the telephone promptly and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call.
Oversees proper training, handles employee issues, and coordinates disciplinary procedures when necessary.
Assists management in determining specific pricing and blends.
Determines location of ad and promotional displays, ensures product quality and quantities to meet customer and store demands and profitability.
Ensures the store standards for customers service, employee relations, and overall departmental profitability are met.
Ensures compliance with store accounting procedures and reports potential problems.
Oversees building/ground maintenance and all store sanitation and cleanliness to ensure they meet with the store directors and company’s guidelines.
Uses and understands all hardware and software technology in the store.
Assists in forecasting and reviewing the store labor schedule with the store directors guidelines.
Evaluates employee performance to recommend personnel actions in their respective area such as promotion, transfer, or dismissal.
Trains and enforces safety procedures to provide a safe and healthy work environment for employees and customers and fills out customer accident forms.
Works safely to prevent on-the-job injuries, fills out first report of injury, and assigns duties according to restrictions.
Directs the ordering of merchandise in their respective areas.
Coordinates compliance of employees with established policy/law, security, sales, and record keeping procedures and practices.
Assists with replenishing shelf product, designs and constructs displays.
Confers with employees and assists in solving problems affecting job duties, productivity, and of established policies and procedures.
Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.
Reports to work when scheduled and works expected number of hours.
Determines the motivational needs of employees and provides the appropriate environment.
Recruits and interviews job applicants to recommend or determine employment, and may be involved with the coordination of orientations.
Stays current with market trends and information (i.e.; competition, new products, equipment, and merchandising techniques).
Provides continuous education for existing store employees regarding new and updated company and store policies, procedures, and job duties.
Recommends additions, deletions and shelf allocation of merchandise to be sold in any department.
Pursues retail educational opportunities and continuing education whenever possible.
Assists in all areas of the store as needed.
Works with department heads and other designated personnel regarding schedules, labor issues, product purchasing, and merchandising to meet their specific goals.
Sells merchandise to company employees, customers or issues merchandise upon requisition by authorized personnel (inter-store transfers).
Handles cash registers.
Performs other job-related duties and special projects as required.