Full-Time Assistant Store Manager

ALDI•Harrisonburg, VA

10d

About The Position

The Assistant Store Manager supports store leadership by supervising day-to-day store activities and helping ensure overall store performance. The role includes managing schedules, developing operational action plans, identifying training opportunities, and helping develop the team. The position is full-time, averages 38 hours per week, and starts at $25.00 per hour, increasing to $26.00 per hour in Year 2. The Assistant Store Manager helps maintain operational standards, customer service, inventory, merchandising, store cleanliness, and team performance. The role also involves physical store work, including stocking merchandise and operating specified equipment. Duties must be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
At least 3 years of progressive experience in a retail environment.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
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 set goals and guide employee performance to ensure quality and completion of 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/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 pay attention to detail.
Meet applicable state and local requirements for handling and selling alcoholic beverages.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Prior management experience preferred.

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.
Understand, communicate, and model company strategy and core values.
Monitor the community’s competitive environment and inform the direct leader of needed adjustments.
Provide product feedback and recommend products to add or discontinue.
Participate in interviewing store personnel.
Communicate weekly information, team milestones, developments, and concerns.
Ensure personnel follow inventory procedures, product handling guidelines, and cash control policies.
Resolve operational customer concerns appropriately in the direct leader’s absence.
Identify and correct hazards, ensure proper ergonomics, and maintain store equipment.
Maintain store cleanliness and proper signage.
Help maintain stock levels through appropriate product ordering.
Merchandise products neatly to maximize sales.
Ensure product quality and freshness and accurate product signage.
Help achieve store payroll and total loss budgets, conduct inventory counts, and train new employees.
Supervise day-to-day team operations and escalate issues when necessary.
Ensure direct reports complete assigned responsibilities promptly and effectively to provide a high level of customer service.
Comply with company policies and procedures while protecting the security and confidentiality of documents and data.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Stock merchandise from receiving to shelving, including placing products weighing up to 45 pounds on shelving at various heights.
Regularly sit, stand, bend, reach, push, pull, lift, carry, and walk around the store.
Operate a cash register and equipment including an electric/manual hand jack, floor scrubber, and cardboard baler; perform general cleaning duties.