Full-Time Assistant Store Manager

ALDI•Springdale, AR

About The Position

The Assistant Store Manager assists with supervising day-to-day store activities and ensuring overall store performance. The role includes managing schedules, developing operational action plans, and identifying training opportunities to help develop and grow the team. The position averages 38 hours per week and starts at $25.50 per hour, with a wage increase to $26.50 per hour in Year 2. The Assistant Store Manager supports the direct leader in improving operating results, setting expectations for direct reports, developing employees, maintaining inventory and product standards, and meeting payroll and loss budgets. The role supervises daily team operations, supports customer service, and helps maintain a safe, clean, well-stocked, and properly merchandised store. Duties may be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
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 establish 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 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, follow instructions, and attend to detail.
Meet applicable state and local requirements for handling and selling alcoholic beverages.
High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
At least 3 years of progressive experience in a retail environment.
Equivalent knowledge may be gained through a combination of education and experience.
Ability to stock merchandise and place products weighing up to 45 pounds on shelving at various heights.
Regularly able to 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.

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 and communicate company strategy and model organizational core values.
Monitor the community’s competitive environment and inform the direct leader about needed adjustments.
Provide product feedback and recommend items 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 when the direct leader is absent.
Identify and rectify hazards, ensure proper ergonomics, and maintain store equipment in working order.
Maintain store cleanliness standards and proper signage.
Assist the direct leader with maintaining stock levels through product ordering.
Merchandise products neatly to maximize sales.
Ensure product quality and freshness and accurate 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 work promptly and effectively 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.