Dairy Supervisor-Ellicott City

Albertsons • Ellicott City, MD

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Dairy Supervisor assists the Grocery Manager in directing the operation of the Dairy Department, including supervising and training personnel. The role supports ordering, receiving, storing, stocking, inventory control, merchandising, and display building, while maintaining product quality and department standards. The supervisor helps organize regular and seasonal merchandise needs and special sales, and may assist with grocery operations and cashiering.

The position emphasizes enthusiastic customer awareness and safe, friendly, courteous service. It includes suggestive selling, coaching employees on dairy stocking and conditioning standards, managing backroom inventory and standards, and supporting the reclamation process. Work takes place in a temperature-controlled store environment, with exposure to cold cases, coolers, freezers, loading and receiving areas, cleaning chemicals, and occasional outdoor temperatures. This is identified as a safety-sensitive position.

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 demeanor and ability to take initiative.
• Ability to judge and react to business activity.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics and ability to learn inventory control, pricing, merchandising, and shipping and receiving procedures.
• Ability to comply with company policies, including attendance, grooming standards, and dress codes.
• Ability to perform repetitious work accurately and maintain mental alertness for safe and accurate work.
• Frequently reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects weighing 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 to bend, stoop, twist, and turn frequently; may climb ladders.

Responsibilities

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• Process and discard outdated or spoiled products and prevent the sale of out-of-code products.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

Benefits

• Competitive wages paid weekly
• Access to up to 50% of earned wages before payday through a partnership with Stream
• Associate discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates, including medical, dental, and 401(k)
• Time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick pay
• Training, career growth, and development
• Inclusive work environment

What This Job Offers

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