Str Mgmt/Overnight Asst Store Leader
About The Position
The Assistant Store Leader has primary leadership responsibility for delivering optimal total store conditions every morning. This role focuses on creating an overnight store environment that prioritizes associate experience, customer experience, total store in-stock and conditioning, friendly and caring behaviors, and retention. The Assistant Store Leader acts as a subject matter expert for effective displays, signage, ad execution, rotation, conditioning, sales events, and pricing, aiming to create an uplifting environment for associates and customers. This role involves building high-performance work teams through engagement, rewards, coaching, and development, while demonstrating the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- Effective interpersonal communication and customer service skills
- Ability to recognize and protect highly confidential information
- Successful completion of applicable division management training program
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to identify areas of improvement and provide corrective guidance
- Ability to lead and develop others
- Ability to handle stressful situations
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's Degree
- Any retail management experience
- Ability to lead teams effectively
- Financial responsibility including budget preparation and management
Responsibilities
- Deliver a customer-ready store every morning to the 1st shift store team.
- Confirm total store conditions meet standards by conducting effective store walks.
- Assist associates in providing a positive customer shopping experience and increased sales.
- Oversee 3rd shift team engagement and communication on best ways of working.
- Ensure 3rd shift associates understand and are productive in using best practices and in-stock processes.
- Instruct and train 3rd shift associates in proper ordering, execution of sales plan, and implementation of product mix to support consistent sales, profit, and tonnage growth.
- Assist in leading teams in the planning, implementation, and execution of merchandising and operations initiatives to achieve inspired and companion selling throughout the store.
- Encourage department leaders and associates to identify improvement opportunities and collaboratively develop solutions and implementation action plans.
- Evaluate merchandising standards and ensure displays are effectively showcased to drive sales.
- Achieve/exceed weekly, period, and annual sales budgets and other targeted goals.
- Drive sales by working with 3rd shift associates to improve each department's conditions.
- Oversee all aspects of processing deliveries, including handling mispicked items and product shortages.
- Ensure that required methods of handling, receiving, storing, conditioning, pricing, stocking, and rotating products are implemented by coaching and training associates.
- Serve as liaison and provide feedback to the store manager, district manager, and coordinators on the effectiveness of merchandising and operations plans/programs.
- Provide timely feedback to department leaders and associates on individual and department performance.
- Identify and correct unsafe conditions that affect safety and food safety.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws and company policies.
- Supervise and coach direct reports on the performance of duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
High school or GED
