Assistant Manager of Perishables- Salary

Hy-Vee•Raytown, MO

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Manager of Perishables is responsible for supervising and coordinating the activities of employees within the Perishables department. This role ensures that customer needs are met by maintaining a positive and friendly atmosphere, providing excellent customer service, and overseeing product quality and quantities to meet store demands and profitability. The position also involves training employees, handling employee issues, coordinating disciplinary procedures, and ensuring compliance with store accounting procedures, sanitation, and cleanliness guidelines. The Assistant Manager must be proficient in using store hardware and software technology and assist in forecasting and reviewing labor schedules.

Requirements

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 with a variety of variables and limited standardization.
Ability to interpret instructions.
Ability to do arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals, and percentages.
Ability to interview to obtain basic information.
Ability to guide people and provide basic direction.
Ability to follow technical manuals.
Increased contact with people.

Nice To Haves

Supervisory experience including instructing, assigning work, reviewing work, planning the work of others, maintaining standards, allocating personnel, and coordinating activities.
Experience assisting with selecting new employees and acting on employee problems.
Experience with recommending and approving employee transfers, promotions, discipline, discharge, and salary adjustments.
Knowledge of market trends and information (e.g., competition, new products, equipment, merchandising techniques).
Experience providing continuous education for employees.
Experience recommending merchandise additions, deletions, and shelf allocation.
Pursuit of retail educational opportunities and continuing education.

Responsibilities

Maintains a positive attitude and 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.
Provides prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern, and patience in all customer interactions.
Learns customers’ names and addresses them by name whenever possible.
Assists customers by escorting them to products, securing out-of-reach products, loading or unloading heavy items, and noting/passing along customer suggestions.
Answers the telephone promptly and provides friendly, helpful service.
Perpetuates the fundamental values of the Hy-Vee culture, including honesty, integrity, friendliness, caring, sincerity, respect, ethics, morals, dedication to best products and values, sharing information, fairness, good manners, dignity, and involvement in company improvement and growth.
Oversees proper training, handles employee issues, and coordinates disciplinary procedures.
Determines location of ad and promotional displays, ensures product quality and quantities to meet customer and store demands and profitability.
Ensures store standards for customer service, employee relations, and departmental profitability are met.
Ensures compliance with store accounting procedures and reports potential problems.
Oversees building/ground maintenance and all store sanitation and cleanliness.
Uses and understands all hardware and software technology in the store.
Assists in forecasting and reviewing the store labor schedule.
Evaluates employee performance to recommend personnel actions such as promotion, transfer, or dismissal.
Trains and enforces safety procedures to provide a safe and healthy work environment.
Works safely to prevent on-the-job injuries 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.
Assists with replenishing shelf product and designs and constructs displays.
Confers with employees and assists in solving problems affecting job duties, productivity, and 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 coordinate orientations.
Stays current with market trends and information (e.g., competition, new products, equipment, 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.
Pursues retail educational opportunities and continuing education.
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.
Sells merchandise to company employees, customers, or issues merchandise upon requisition.
Handles cash registers.
Performs other job-related duties and special projects as required.