Director Center Store

Albertsons Companies • Boise, ID

5d

About The Position

The Director, Center Store is based in Boise, Idaho, and leads the strategic direction of Center Store, including Grocery, Frozen, Dairy, NOSHE, and GM/HBC. The role aligns priorities and simplifies center store processes to create efficiencies and eliminate redundancies. It develops locally relevant sales and merchandising programs, ensures category metrics and forecasts are accurate, directs promotional execution, contributes to store layouts and plan-o-grams, approves pricing strategies, and oversees vendor relations. The Director also builds effective partnerships with corporate marketing and merchandising, retail operations, procurement, and distribution.

Requirements

• 15+ years of retail merchandising experience or other related experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in grocery retail processes, merchandising methodologies, and practices, with greater depth of category-specific knowledge.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to deliver important messages effectively to diverse associates and senior business leaders.
• Proven ability to work across company areas to build efficiencies and collaboration among teams.
• Ability to champion new ideas and value different perspectives to support an innovative environment.
• Well-developed computer aptitude, proficient Microsoft Office skills, and ability to adapt to and learn new systems and processes quickly.
• Confidence in negotiations to gain maximum advantage for costs and vendor funding opportunities.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop sales and merchandising programs that support the overall merchandising strategy and national team while maintaining local relevance to the Mountain West Market.
• Validate and accurately forecast category metrics, including sales, gross profit, shrink, and allowances.
• Direct promotional strategy execution and ensure alignment with market go-to-market strategies.
• Provide feedback to Corporate Merchandising on planning and execution for new, remodeled, and existing layouts to meet local needs and maintain a competitive product mix.
• Contribute input to plan-o-grams and ensure assortment and presentation plans place the right products in the right stores.
• Approve pricing strategies and work with ASMs to execute pricing strategies that are competitive within the market.
• Oversee and align vendor relations for all Center Store categories in partnership with ASMs to support local programs.
• Lead and influence effective partnerships with Corporate Marketing and Merchandising, retail operations, procurement, and distribution.
• Align priorities and simplify Center Store processes to create efficiencies and eliminate redundancies.

Benefits

• Competitive wages paid weekly.
• Access to up to 50% of earned wages before payday through the company’s 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.
• Inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities served.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director