Third Person in Charge

Albertsons Companies • San Rafael, CA

6h • $34 • Onsite

About The Position

The Third Person in Charge is responsible for operating the entire store when the Store Director and Assistant Store Director are not present. This role is a classification from which candidates are typically selected for retail leadership development training, which may lead to advancement into store management. The position provides customer service, trains new employees, coordinates hiring needs and interview candidate selection, and assists with store merchandising. The Third Person in Charge also coordinates late-shift activities, assesses daily operational needs, trains personnel, and assists with ordering, receiving, storing, pricing, stocking, and merchandising.

The role works primarily closing shifts and oversees total store operations in the absence of the Store Director and Assistant Store Director. Store assignments may change due to operational needs. The work is fast-paced and may require evening, weekend, and holiday work. The physical environment includes extended periods of standing, walking, or sitting; handling and maneuvering items weighing up to approximately 55 pounds; and using office equipment such as calculators, keyboards, telephones, and computers.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Four or more years of retail experience.
• Proficient customer service and supervisory skills.
• Strong understanding of overall store operations.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, leadership skills, and ability to get along with others.
• High degree of initiative and sense of urgency.
• Availability to work flexible hours, including AM and PM shifts.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to be friendly, courteous, and tactful, and to maintain composure when dealing with customers and coworkers.
• Analytical ability to handle administrative details such as planning, reporting, meeting operational objectives, scheduling, and supervising.
• Ability to judge and react to business activity.
• Knowledge of basic math, weights, and measures.
• Ability to stand and walk for long periods and to sit, stand, or walk for extended periods.
• Ability to reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 55 pounds.
• Ability to push and pull fully loaded hand trucks and pallet jacks.
• Ability to use calculators, keyboards, telephones, computers, and other office equipment as part of the normal workday.
• Ability to stoop, bend, twist, and reach as required to complete job duties.

Nice To Haves

• Retail grocery experience.

Responsibilities

• Run total store operations, primarily on closing shifts, when the Store Director and Assistant Store Director are absent.
• Work with the Assistant Store Director on center-of-store operations and fill in for the Assistant Store Director when needed, including days off, vacation, or when the Assistant Store Director is filling in for the Store Director.
• Manage the total store operation in the absence of the Store Director and Assistant Store Director, including supervising employees and handling customer complaints.
• Initiate corrective action as needed when the Store Director and Assistant Store Director are absent.
• Act as liaison between store leadership and late-shift operations to support smooth store operations.
• Promote enthusiastic customer awareness and fast, friendly, courteous service; use suggestive selling and other sales techniques; and handle customer relations issues.
• Perform ordering, receiving, storing, pricing, stocking, and merchandising duties.
• Coordinate with late-shift employees and department leads to plan, organize, and direct daily store operations and special sales or advertising needs.
• Help implement company and division merchandising policies and Store Director instructions.
• Prepare task lists for night stockers in coordination with the Assistant Store Director, and prepare task lists for day stockers for day or mid shifts.
• Perform receiving-clerk duties when the Inventory Control Clerk is absent, as needed.
• Build and execute store marketing and merchandising plans with Head Clerks, PICs, and Food Clerks.
• Order display merchandise and work with day stockers to minimize out-of-stocks.
• Support store leadership in executing strategies to improve product placement, profit, sales, store standards, and other key metrics.
• Train Head Clerks and PICs for possible promotion to Third Person in Charge.
• Support the Store Director in maintaining the company’s safety culture and safety programs to provide a safe work environment and shopping experience.
• Coordinate with the Store Director and Head Bookkeeper/In-Store Recruiter to assess hiring needs, ensure positions are posted, schedule candidate interviews for store leaders, and support onboarding after hiring decisions.
• Ensure required web-based and mandatory training is provided to new and newly promoted employees, and that required paperwork and policy acknowledgments are completed and maintained in personnel files.

Benefits

• Diverse and inclusive work culture.
• Competitive pay with weekly payroll.
• Access to up to 50% of earned wages before payday through a partnership with Stream.
• Associate discounts.
• Comprehensive benefits for eligible associates, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick leave, subject to eligibility.
• Training, career growth, and development support from leaders.
• Benefits may include disability and life insurance, sick pay, PTO/vacation pay or flexible time off, paid holidays, bereavement pay, and retirement benefits such as pension and/or 401(k) eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED