Grocery Manager- EDMONDS

Albertsons Companies•Edmonds, WA

6d•$17 - $33

About The Position

The Grocery Manager assists the Assistant Store Director in directing Grocery Department operations, including supervising and training personnel. The role supports ordering, receiving, storing, pricing, stocking, and merchandising, and may direct the entire store in the absence of the Store Director and Grocery Manager/Assistant Store Director. The position champions customer-service programs, responds to customer concerns, supports department and front-end operations, and helps implement merchandising policies. It may include cashiering, accounting for sales and cash-register records, preparing work lists for night stockers, controlling shrink, preventing the sale of out-of-code products, and opening and closing the store. The role also supports compliance with sanitation, safety, security, and other company policies, and may perform Receiving Clerk duties when needed. The position requires extensive retail experience and prior management experience related to retail operations, along with leadership, communication, personnel-management, operational, product, and equipment knowledge. Work involves standing and walking for extended periods, frequently handling objects up to approximately 80 pounds, and working in a temperature-controlled store as well as cold cases, coolers, freezers, loading areas, and occasionally outdoors. The position is identified as safety-sensitive and may require work at different times of day, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

Extensive retail background and prior management experience related to retail operations.
Thorough understanding of company practices, policies, and procedures.
Strong written and oral communication, leadership, interpersonal, team, and employee-supervision skills; ability to manage and develop people.
Ability to maintain composure and interact effectively with customers, vendors, coworkers, personnel at all levels, the public, and government agencies.
Knowledge of employment laws, workplace practices and policies, and applicable state and federal regulations.
Analytical ability to handle planning, reporting, operational objectives, scheduling, supervision, and hiring or disciplinary recommendations; ability to judge and react to business activity.
Knowledge of basic mathematics, weights and measures, product variety, product location, and perishability.
Ability to work at different times of day, on weekends and holidays, and with little or no supervision.
Thorough knowledge of checkstand scanning and loss-prevention procedures; ability to operate and train others on front-end cash registers and scanning equipment.
Ability to operate ordering equipment and implement emergency procedures for disasters or equipment and software malfunctions.
Ability to stand and walk for long periods.
Ability to frequently reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 pounds; may need to climb ladders.
Ability to stack properly and operate fully loaded hand trucks, six-wheel carts, and pallet jacks; manual dexterity, good eye-hand coordination, and mental alertness.
Ability to use cleaning supplies, chemicals, and safety cutters as needed.
Compliance with company attendance, grooming, and dress-code policies.

Responsibilities

Champion company and division customer-service programs and handle customer concerns positively, including resolving complaints.
Assist with ordering, receiving, storing, pricing, stocking, and merchandising grocery products.
Assist in planning, organizing, and directing grocery department and front-end operations, including recommendations on regular and seasonal merchandise and special sales needs.
Implement company and division merchandising policies and Store Director instructions.
May serve as a backup cashier, use suggestive selling, and perform other sales techniques.
Account for sales, maintain and store cash-register detail tapes, and issue and collect money from checkstands.
Prepare work lists for night stockers, close out discontinued items, implement price changes, control shrink, and prevent the sale of out-of-code products.
Open and close the store.
Ensure compliance with sanitation, safety, security, and other company policies; recommend corrective actions as needed.
Implement emergency procedures in response to equipment or computer software malfunctions.
In the absence of the Store Director and Grocery Manager, oversee store operations, supervise associates, and handle customer complaints.
May perform Receiving Clerk duties in the Receiving Clerk's absence.
Perform job duties accurately, honestly, and with integrity.
Perform other assigned duties and responsibilities.