Store/Night Asst Dept Leader

Kroger•Mountlake Terrace, WA

About The Position

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service and establish and maintain a safe, clean, and fresh environment that encourages customers to return. Help achieve department sales and profit goals and monitor and control quality assurance standards. Direct and supervise department functions, duties, and activities in the absence of the night department leader, and support day-to-day Grocery Operations. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Requirements

At least 18 years of age.
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 weighing up to 50 pounds throughout the shift.

Nice To Haves

Management experience.
Grocery experience.

Responsibilities

Follow all 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 to them.
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 in meeting inventory, stocking, CAO, and Key Retailing standards.
Welcome and assist customers by sharing information about specials, answering product questions, and making product suggestions.
Develop and implement a department business plan to achieve desired results.
Create and execute sales promotions and ensure merchandising standards are met throughout areas of responsibility.
Inform and educate department associates about current, upcoming, and special in-store promotions, especially those affecting the Grocery department.
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 are maintained in cases and coolers and that temperature logs are kept.
Operate equipment safely and efficiently.
Reinforce safety programs by following safety procedures, identifying unsafe conditions, and notifying store management.
Inspect equipment for preventive maintenance and notify the appropriate department or store manager of items needing repair.
Report safety risks or issues, customer or employee accidents, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft, or fraud.
Perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.