Assistant Store Manager - Yonkers, NY
About The Position
Assistant Store Managers support the Store Manager in developing and coaching the store team while helping deliver Lidl’s customer shopping experience. They take ownership of store performance, use a proactive leadership style to address operational and personnel challenges, manage multiple tasks and projects, identify training needs, and prioritize employee development. The role focuses on providing customers with high-quality, low-price, and hassle-free shopping. The Assistant Store Manager helps lead daily store operations and team performance, including customer service, KPI improvement, promotional store sets, re-merchandising, cash management, stocking, cleaning, and other essential store functions. The position also helps maintain a safe, positive, and productive work environment in accordance with company and legal policies and procedures. The role requires daily participation in physical store work.
Requirements
- Must be at least 21 years old.
- 1–2 years of management experience or a bachelor’s degree.
- Experience leading and developing a team in a fast-paced environment.
- Determination to complete tasks on time, meet store targets, and maximize productivity.
- Excellent customer service skills, including patience and the ability to de-escalate tense situations.
- Willingness to participate daily in physical store operations, including stocking, cleaning, and operating the register.
- Ability to lift, move, carry, or slide products weighing over 50 pounds.
- Ability to reach above the head to heights greater than 10 inches.
- Ability to obtain and maintain ServSafe certification.
Responsibilities
- Work with the Store Manager to lead and motivate the team to perform to its full potential.
- Provide excellent customer service throughout the store and serve as the main point of contact for customer needs.
- Monitor and drive continuous improvement of store Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Lead team projects, including weekly promotional store sets and routine re-merchandising.
- Provide hands-on support for operational tasks, including cash management, stocking, cleaning, and other essential store functions.
- Help ensure a safe, positive, and productive working environment in accordance with company and legal policies and procedures.
- Develop and coach team members and identify and prioritize employee training needs.
Benefits
- Starting pay of $30.50 per hour, with potential to earn $35.00 in the future.
- 10% employee-only discount on purchases at Lidl stores.
- Medical and prescription coverage.
- Dental coverage.
- Vision coverage.
- Paid holidays and paid time off for sickness or vacation.
- Dedicated training plan.
- 401(k) plan with a 5% company match.
- Voluntary term life and AD&D insurance.
- Total Well-Being Program.
- Employee referral bonus programs.
- For full-time employees: group term life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, voluntary critical illness and/or accident insurance, parental leave at 100% pay for birth mothers and non-birth parents, and additional paid time off and sick time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
