Full-Time Assistant Store Manager

ALDI•Ada, OK

20d

About The Position

The Assistant Store Manager supports store leadership by assisting with day-to-day store activities and overall store performance. The role includes managing schedules, developing operational action plans, identifying training opportunities, and helping develop the team. This is a full-time position averaging 38 hours per week, with a starting wage of $25.00 per hour and a wage increase to $26.00 per hour in Year 2. The Assistant Store Manager helps supervise employees and store operations, supports customer service, inventory, merchandising, cleanliness, and loss-prevention standards, and assists with payroll, budgeting, ordering, and training. Duties may be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years old.
Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
Ability to provide and lead others in providing prompt, courteous customer service.
Ability to develop rapport, trust, and open communication with direct reports.
Ability to interpret and apply company policies and procedures.
Ability to establish goals and guide employee performance to ensure quality and completion of work assignments.
Ability to evaluate and drive personal and team performance.
Ability to understand and apply management principles related to budgeting, personnel costs, and expenses.
Ability to operate a cash register efficiently and accurately.
Ability to safely and properly operate an electric or manual hand jack, floor scrubber, and cardboard baler, and perform general cleaning duties to company standards.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to stay organized, multitask professionally and efficiently, follow instructions, and attend to detail.
Meet applicable state and local requirements for handling and selling alcoholic beverages.
A minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in a retail environment.
Ability to stock merchandise from receiving to shelving and place products weighing up to 45 pounds on shelves at various heights.
Regularly sit, stand, bend, reach, push, pull, lift, carry, and walk about the store.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Prior management experience preferred.
Equivalent knowledge may be provided through a combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

Assist the direct leader with developing and implementing action plans to improve operating results.
Establish and communicate job responsibilities and performance expectations to direct reports.
Identify training and development opportunities for direct reports.
Communicate and model company strategy and core values to promote teamwork and employee membership.
Monitor the competitive environment in the community and inform the direct leader of necessary adjustments.
Provide product feedback and recommendations about items to carry or discontinue.
Participate in interviewing store personnel.
Communicate weekly information, team milestones, developments, and concerns.
Ensure store personnel follow inventory procedures, product handling guidelines, and cash control policies.
Resolve operational customer concerns appropriately when the direct leader is absent.
Identify and rectify hazards, ensure proper ergonomics, and maintain store equipment in proper working order.
Maintain store cleanliness standards and proper signage.
Assist with maintaining stock levels through appropriate product ordering.
Merchandise products neatly to maximize sales.
Ensure product quality and freshness and the accuracy of product signage.
Assist with store payroll and total loss budgets, inventory counts, and training new employees.
Supervise day-to-day team operations and escalate issues when necessary.
Ensure direct reports complete assigned responsibilities in a timely and effective manner to provide a high level of customer service.
Comply with company policies and procedures and protect the security and confidentiality of documents and data.
Perform other duties as assigned.