Store/Night Asst Dept Leader

Kroger•Erie, CO

About The Position

The Store/Night Asst Dept Leader creates an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service and helps maintain a safe, clean, and fresh environment that encourages customers to return. The role supports department sales and profit goals, monitors quality assurance standards, and directs and supervises department functions in the absence of the night department leader. It also supports day-to-day Grocery Operations and demonstrates the company’s values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The position requires following applicable laws, safety and food safety regulations, and company guidelines; communicating with, training, and developing associates; supporting department goals and business plans; and helping customers with product questions, specials, and suggestions. Duties also include register operation and payment processing, expense control, inventory and stocking oversight, price changes, promotional execution, temperature and equipment checks, and reporting safety risks, accidents, and illegal activity. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Minimum age of 18.
Effective communication skills.
Knowledge of basic math, including counting, addition, and subtraction.
Ability to handle stressful situations.
Ability to bend, squat, kneel, and lift or carry objects up to 50 pounds throughout the shift.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Management experience.
Grocery experience.

Responsibilities

Adhere to local, state, and federal laws, safety and food safety regulations, and company guidelines.
Promote trust and respect among associates and communicate company, department, and job-specific information.
Establish department performance goals and empower associates to meet or exceed targets through collaboration and teamwork.
Train and develop associates in performing their jobs and meeting inventory, stocking, CAO, and Key Retailing standards.
Help customers feel welcome and appreciated by sharing information about specials, answering product questions, and making suggestions.
Develop and implement a department business plan to achieve desired results.
Create and execute sales promotions and ensure merchandising standards are met across areas of responsibility.
Inform department associates about current, upcoming, and special in-store promotions, particularly those affecting Grocery.
Operate the register, handle money, process coupons, and tender payments.
Help control department expenses.
Maintain awareness of inventory and stocking conditions and note discrepancies.
Schedule price-change activity, perform price changes, and ensure price integrity.
Assist the night department leader with the inventory process.
Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers and maintain temperature logs.
Operate equipment safely and efficiently.
Reinforce safety programs by following safety procedures, identifying unsafe conditions, and notifying store management.
Inspect equipment for preventive maintenance needs and notify the appropriate department or store manager about repairs.
Report safety risks or issues, customer or employee accidents, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
Direct and supervise department functions, duties, and activities in the absence of the night department leader.
Support the day-to-day functions of Grocery Operations.
Help achieve department sales and profit goals and monitor established quality assurance standards.
Maintain a safe, clean, and fresh environment.