Full-Time Assistant Store Manager

ALDI•La Quinta, CA

15d

About The Position

The Assistant Store Manager supports store leadership by helping supervise day-to-day store activities and ensuring 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, averaging 38 hours per week, with a starting wage of $27.00 per hour and a Year 2 wage of $28.00 per hour. The Assistant Store Manager assists with operational results, employee performance and development, customer concerns, inventory and product ordering, merchandising, payroll and loss budgets, and training. They help ensure compliance with company policies, maintain store standards and equipment, and escalate issues to appropriate support or leadership when necessary.

Requirements

Must be 18 years of age or older.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to provide and lead others in providing prompt and courteous customer service.
Ability to develop rapport, trust, and open communication to support direct reports' growth and job performance.
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 the performance of self and others.
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 and place products weighing up to 45 pounds on shelving 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.

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 support teamwork and employee membership.
Monitor the competitive environment in the community and inform the direct leader of adjustments needed to maintain the company's competitive position.
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 in the direct leader's absence.
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 the direct leader with store payroll and total loss budgets, inventory counts, and training new employees.
Supervise day-to-day team operations and escalate issues when needed.
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 while protecting the security and confidentiality of documents and data.
Perform other duties as assigned.