Dairy Supervisor-Ellicott City

Albertsons Companies • Ellicott City, MD

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About The Position

The Dairy Supervisor assists the Grocery Manager in directing the Dairy Department’s operations, including supervising and training personnel. The role supports ordering, receiving, storing, stocking, inventory control, merchandise planning, and display building. It helps maintain an enthusiastic customer-service environment focused on safe, friendly, and courteous service, including suggestive selling.

The position also supports grocery department operations, including dry grocery order writing, stocking and conditioning, new-item work, reclamation, backroom inventory standards, and merchandising. It maintains dairy product rotation and shelf conditions, removes outdated or spoiled products, and helps prevent the sale of out-of-code products. The role may provide backup cashier coverage.

This is a safety-sensitive position. Work takes place in a temperature-controlled store and may involve cold cases, coolers, freezers, loading and receiving areas, and occasional outdoor exposure to varying temperatures. The work includes exposure to cleaning chemicals and requires frequent physical activity, including lifting and maneuvering objects up to approximately 80 pounds.

Requirements

• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Good leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to maintain composure when dealing with customers, vendors, and coworkers.
• Friendly and courteous demeanor, initiative, and composure when dealing with customers, coworkers, and vendors.
• Ability to judge and react to business activity.
• Ability to use cleaning supplies, chemicals, and safety cutters as needed.
• Comply with Company policies, including attendance, grooming standards, and dress codes.
• 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; frequently bend, stoop, twist, and turn; and possibly climb ladders.
• Mental alertness to complete work safely and accurately and perform repetitive work accurately.
• 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 and supervising and training personnel.
• Assist with ordering, receiving, storing, stocking, inventory control, and building displays.
• Promote enthusiastic customer awareness and provide safe, friendly, courteous service; use suggestive selling and other sales techniques.
• Assist the Grocery Manager with planning regular and seasonal merchandise requirements and special sales needs.
• Rotate and face products; clean and dust shelves; process and discard outdated or spoiled products; 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

• 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, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Training, career growth, and development support.
• Inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities served.
• Benefits may include vision, disability and life insurance, PTO/Vacation Pay or Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401(k) eligibility).
• Associates in this position may be eligible for a quarterly bonus.

What This Job Offers

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