Assistant Store Manager

Sprouts Farmers Market • Murray, UT

13d • Onsite

About The Position

At Sprouts Farmers Market, the Assistant Store Manager directs business processes at an assigned store and delivers positive results. The role requires competence across perishable and non-perishable departments to ensure teams execute programs and processes that drive sales and efficiency. The Assistant Store Manager inspires and motivates a team to provide superior customer service in a fast-paced, friendly environment while complying with company safety, labeling, health, and weights and measures standards. The role oversees the entire store when the Store Manager is absent and drives store sales, team member engagement, and customer advocacy through leadership focused on people, processes, partners, and performance.

The Assistant Store Manager leads approximately ten people, including all Department Managers and Receivers, and supports inventory, labor, expenses, sales execution, customer experience, safety, compliance, and store operations. The position exercises independent judgment and discretion in supervising assigned leaders and team members, including directing work, evaluating performance, coaching, assigning responsibilities, identifying development opportunities, and making recommendations on employment and staffing matters.

Requirements

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One to three years of retail experience, or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated success leading perishable and non-perishable department operations, including profit and loss, safety, sanitation, staffing, disciplinary actions, training, developing leaders, performance appraisals, meeting deadlines, inventory and shrink management, sales promotions, and merchandising.
• Professional written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, analytical ability, and solution-focused decisiveness.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, bookkeeping/accounting, time and attendance, and human resources software.
• Flexibility to work a schedule that changes based on business needs, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Must have and maintain Food Safety certification.
• Ability to lift 60 pounds between 15 inches and 70 inches above the ground; lifting heavier items is occasionally required.
• Ability to push and pull merchandise racks and U-boats, with required force ranging from 80 to 100 pounds.
• Ability to stand continuously on hard surfaces, walk up to two miles, reach vertically to access upper levels, and transfer items horizontally.
• Wear task-appropriate PPE, including non-slip closed-toe shoes, long pants, and gloves, which may be latex or cut-resistant.

Nice To Haves

• A degree in business management, marketing, retailing, communications, advertising, or a related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Model Sprouts leadership behaviors and values to positively shape store culture.
• Develop and motivate the store leadership team and team members to deliver an exceptional customer experience.
• Lead approximately ten people, including all Department Managers and Receivers, with courtesy, respect, integrity, and care.
• Celebrate store successes and identify and address opportunities for continual improvement.
• Teach and position team members to exceed customer expectations, and demonstrate advanced product knowledge when assisting customers and training staff.
• Communicate expectations, policy changes, new initiatives, and product knowledge; provide and receive constructive feedback and direction.
• Respond effectively and urgently to emergencies, crises, equipment failures, and other issues.
• Manage inventory, labor, and expenses at appropriate levels and meet targets as a rate to sales.
• Maintain compliance with safety and food safety requirements, including Ecolab and PCR audit standards.
• Identify safety, security, and loss-prevention concerns and work with the BPS team to resolve them.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and company laws, regulations, and standards relating to labor, health, safety, and sanitation.
• Drive sales growth and store experience execution in line with Educate and Enrich standards, including store conditions, ad directives, top-item knowledge, and department schematics.
• Maintain top-item in-stock conditions through fresh-item management, perpetual inventory, and computer-assisted ordering.
• Oversee inventory activities, including ordering, receiving, unloading, breaking down, stocking, facing, and rotating merchandise, with attention to code dates and sanitation.
• Oversee invoices from distribution centers and vendors and report discrepancies to appropriate suppliers.
• Lead Receivers and oversee backroom organization, cleanliness, and safety.
• Help build and maintain sales-floor displays in accordance with company programs and standards.
• Verify products are fresh, labeled, and priced accurately; oversee price changes and stay current on sale prices.
• Supervise Department Managers and assigned team members, including directing work, evaluating performance, coaching, assigning responsibilities, identifying development opportunities, and making recommendations concerning hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, performance management, leadership development, corrective action, and staffing.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Sick time plan for the employee or immediate family members.
• Vacation accrual plan.
• Opportunities for career growth.
• 15% discount on Sprouts purchases for the employee and one other household family member.
• Flexible schedules.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a generous company match.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• Contests and appreciation events with prizes, food, and fun.
• Bonus based on company and/or individual performance, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Affordable medical, dental, and vision coverage, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Health Savings Account with company match, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Company-paid short-term disability coverage, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Paid parental leave for mothers and fathers, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Paid holidays, subject to eligibility requirements.
• DailyPay access for eligible employees, allowing earned wages to be transferred before payday at no extra cost.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED