Third Person in Charge

Albertsons Companies • Citrus Heights, CA

1d • $34 - $35

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 candidate interviews, assists with merchandising, and works with late-shift employees to direct daily operations. Duties also include ordering, receiving, storing, pricing, stocking, and merchandising products. Store assignments may change due to operational needs.

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 and leadership skills, and ability to get along with others.
• High initiative and sense of urgency.
• Availability to work flexible hours, including morning and evening shifts.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to be friendly, courteous, and tactful, and maintain composure 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 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.
• Ability to perform stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching as required.

Nice To Haves

• Retail grocery experience preferred.

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 during days off, coverage of the Store Director, or vacation.
• Manage the total store operation, supervise employees, handle customer complaints, and initiate corrective action when the Store Director and Assistant Store Director are absent.
• Act as liaison between store leadership and late-shift operations.
• Maintain 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 late-shift and special-sales/advertising operations; and help implement merchandising policies and instructions.
• Coordinate with the Assistant Store Director on task lists for night stockers and prepare task lists for day or mid-shift stockers.
• Perform receiving clerk duties when the Inventory Control Clerk is absent.
• Build and execute store marketing and merchandising plans with Head Clerks, PICs, and Food Clerks.
• Order display products and work with day stockers to minimize out-of-stocks.
• Support store leadership in 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 programs to provide a safe workplace and shopping experience.
• Coordinate with the Store Director and Head Bookkeeper/In-Store Recruiter to assess hiring needs, post positions, schedule interviews, and onboard new hires.
• Ensure new and newly promoted employees receive required web-based and mandatory training, acknowledge required paperwork and policies, and have records 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 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.
• Benefits may include disability and life insurance, sick pay, PTO/vacation pay or flexible time off, paid holidays, bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401(k) eligibility).

What This Job Offers

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