Assistant Store Manager - Haines City, FL

Save A Lot • Haines City, FL

19h • $20 - $25

About The Position

The Assistant Store Manager (ASM) creates an excellent shopping experience with a focus on customer service, sales growth, and profitability. The ASM establishes an engaging environment for team members, leads the retail store, and ensures it meets company operational standards. The role includes training, motivating, mentoring, coaching, and developing store team members, while ensuring compliance with company policies and applicable city, state, and federal requirements.

The ASM supports the Store Manager and leads the store in the manager’s absence, including opening and closing. The position oversees daily operations, merchandising, inventory, food safety, sanitation, loss prevention, and administrative processes. The ASM is accountable for key operating metrics and helps maintain a full, fresh, clean, and friendly shopping environment.

The role requires regularly handling physical tasks, working in refrigerated areas and delivery trucks, and working inside and outside the store in varying weather conditions. Candidates must be at least 18 years old, have a high school diploma or equivalent, and have at least two years of management experience.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Basic experience with electronic technology and communications.
• Minimum of two years of management experience.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks effectively.
• Ability to complete administrative paperwork in a timely manner.
• Proficient planning and analytical skills, including comprehension of profit and loss, budgets, and expenses.
• Strong leadership and time-management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to reach, bend, balance, lift, and transport objects weighing 20–50 pounds repeatedly throughout a shift; product may sometimes weigh 50–80 pounds.
• Ability to push, pull, grasp, twist, and use sawing motions for extended periods.
• Ability to stand, walk, and/or move about for extended periods.

Nice To Haves

• Management or leadership experience supervising others, with previous scheduling, merchandising, budgeting, and expense-control experience.
• Leadership and/or management training.
• Bilingual ability, which is an advantage in certain locations.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, coaching, and development to store team members regarding tasks, duties, role requirements, and performance standards.
• Create a safe and positive store environment for team members and customers.
• Assist the Store Manager with creating the weekly team-member schedule.
• Lead the store in the Store Manager’s absence, including opening and closing the store.
• Perform and/or coordinate building maintenance.
• Train, coach, mentor, and develop team members, and support the Store Manager with progressive disciplinary actions as required.
• Communicate effectively with store team members, Store Managers, District Managers, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure the store follows company operational standards in a manner that maximizes sales and profitability and delivers a high-quality shopping experience.
• Maintain excellent daily store conditions, including department operations, food safety, safety policies, power-equipment operation, and sanitation standards.
• Manage key store-operation metrics, including sales, customer counts, labor productivity, and shrink.
• Analyze and use operational and financial data to make appropriate business decisions, independently when responsible for the store or alongside the Store Manager.
• Execute merchandising programs, plan-o-grams, displays, price signs, shelf tags, and loyalty programs.
• Maintain a full, fresh, clean, and friendly shopping environment.
• Manage inventory levels, product quality and freshness, and rotation practices to meet company standards.
• Manage perishable product offerings, in-stock positions and conditions, freshness standards, and shrink exposure.
• Interpret sales data and trends to maintain appropriate ordering and inventory procedures.
• Implement and ensure compliance with policies and procedures covering accounting, cash handling, inventory, loss prevention, payroll administration, sanitation, food safety, documentation, policy violations, and administrative paperwork.
• Obtain food safety certification in accordance with company policies and city/state requirements.
• Provide support to the Store Manager.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health and welfare benefits for eligible full-time team members or team members averaging 30 or more hours per week.
• Paid Time Off.
• Medical Insurance.
• Vision Insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Employee Assistance Programs.
• Team Member Referral Program.
• Wellbeing Program.
• Career development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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