Third Person in Charge

Albertsons • Petaluma, CA

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About The Position

Safeway is hiring a Third Person in Charge to oversee the entire store when the Store Director and Assistant Store Director are absent. This role is a classification from which candidates for retail leadership development training are typically selected; successful completion of training may lead to advancement into store management. The position provides customer service, trains new employees, helps assess hiring needs and coordinate candidate interviews, and assists with store merchandising.

The Third Person in Charge primarily works closing shifts and coordinates late-shift operations, including assessing daily needs, directing employees, and providing training. The role also supports center-of-store operations, performs ordering and receiving tasks, and helps implement merchandising and sales plans. Store assignments may change based on 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 the ability to get along with others.
• High degree of initiative and sense of urgency.
• Availability to work flexible hours, including morning and afternoon/evening shifts.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to remain 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 supervision.
• Ability to judge and react to business activity.
• Knowledge of basic math, weights, and measures.
• Ability to stand and walk for long periods; reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects weighing up to approximately 55 pounds; and push and pull fully loaded hand trucks and pallet jacks.
• Ability to sit, stand, or walk for extended periods and perform stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching.
• Ability to spend extended periods at a desk or computer terminal and use calculators, keyboards, telephones, computers, and other office equipment.

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 when needed.
• Oversee 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.
• Promote enthusiastic customer awareness and fast, friendly, courteous service; engage in suggestive selling and other sales techniques.
• Perform ordering, receiving, storing, pricing, stocking, and merchandising duties.
• Plan, organize, and direct day-to-day late-shift operations and special sales or advertising needs with late-shift employees and department leads.
• Help implement company and division merchandising policies and Store Director instructions.
• Coordinate and prepare task lists for night and day 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 items and work with day stockers to reduce 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 store's safety culture and safety programs.
• Coordinate with the Store Director and Head Bookkeeper/In-Store Recruiter to assess hiring needs, post openings, schedule interviews, and support onboarding.
• Ensure new and newly promoted employees receive required web-based and mandatory training.
• Ensure new-hire 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 Stream, subject to program terms.
• 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 opportunities.
• Benefits may include disability and life insurance, sick pay, PTO or vacation pay or flexible time off, paid holidays, bereavement pay, and pension and/or 401(k) retirement benefits, subject to eligibility.

What This Job Offers

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