Dairy Manager

Albertsons Companies • Shelton, WA

7h • $18 - $25

About The Position

The Dairy Manager performs a range of dairy department responsibilities while working with and reporting to the Grocery Manager. The role assists in directing dairy operations, supervising and training personnel, ordering merchandise, and maintaining inventory, product quality, merchandising, and backroom standards. It also supports grocery department operations, including order writing, stocking, conditioning, and display building. The position promotes safe, friendly, courteous customer service and may provide backup cashier coverage.

The job requires frequent physical activity, including lifting and maneuvering objects weighing up to approximately 80 pounds, pushing and pulling loaded hand trucks and pallet jacks, standing and walking for extended periods, and bending, stooping, twisting, and turning. The work takes place in a temperature-controlled store, with exposure to cold cases, coolers, freezers, cleaning chemicals, loading and receiving areas, and occasionally outdoor temperatures.

Requirements

• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Good leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to remain composed when dealing with customers, vendors, and coworkers.
• Friendly and courteous manner, with initiative.
• Ability to judge and react to business activity.
• Ability to comply with company policies, including attendance, grooming standards, and dress codes.
• Ability to frequently reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 pounds, from floor level to overhead.
• Ability to push and pull fully loaded hand trucks and pallet jacks.
• Ability to stand, walk, and move rapidly for long periods, and bend, stoop, twist, and turn frequently; may need to climb ladders.
• Mental alertness to complete work safely and accurately, including repetitive work.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics and ability to learn inventory control, pricing, merchandising, and shipping and receiving procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Grocery Manager in directing dairy department operations, including supervising and training personnel.
• Assist with ordering, receiving, storing, stocking, inventory control, and building displays.
• Promote customer awareness and safe, friendly, courteous service; use suggestive selling and other sales techniques.
• Assist the Grocery Manager in planning regular and seasonal merchandise requirements and special sales needs.
• Rotate and face products, clean and dust shelves, and process and discard outdated or spoiled products to prevent the sale of out-of-code products.
• Order dairy merchandise.
• Train, teach, and coach dairy stocking and conditioning standards.
• Assist with dry grocery order writing.
• Assist with grocery stocking and conditioning.
• Work on new items.
• Assist with the reclamation process.
• Manage backroom inventory, conditions, and standards.
• Assist with grocery department merchandising and building displays.
• May act as a backup cashier.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Sick pay accrued based on hours worked
• PTO or vacation pay accrued based on hours worked, or Flexible Time Off
• Paid holidays (8–9 days annually, depending on the terms that apply)
• Bereavement pay
• Retirement benefits, including pension and/or 401(k) eligibility
• May be eligible for a quarterly bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed