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Job Description
Why choose us?
Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand!
At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who’s not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Assistant Grocery Manager supports the Grocery Manager in the daily operation of the Grocery Department, including customer service, merchandising, inventory management, product availability, associate supervision, and department conditions. This position helps ensure the department is properly stocked, organized, clean, and operated in accordance with company standards.
The Assistant Grocery Manager provides day-to-day direction to associates, supports department sales and operational goals, and assumes additional department leadership responsibilities in the Grocery Manager’s absence.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Leadership & Customer Service
- Provides leadership, direction, and support to Grocery Department associates.
- Promotes excellent customer service and responds to customer questions and concerns.
- Assigns daily tasks and follows up to ensure work is completed accurately and timely.
- Coaches associates on department procedures, customer service, merchandising, and operational expectations.
- Supports a positive, professional, and team-oriented work environment.
- Assists with training and development of new and existing associates.
- Communicates department priorities, promotions, and operational expectations to associates.
Grocery Operations
- Assists with the daily operation of the Grocery Department.
- Ensures shelves, displays, endcaps, and promotional areas are properly stocked and maintained.
- Monitors department conditions and addresses stocking, recovery, and merchandising needs.
- Supports receiving, breaking down loads, stocking, backroom organization, and product rotation.
- Ensures products are properly faced, rotated, and maintained.
- Helps maintain a clean, organized, and safe sales floor and backroom.
- Supports opening and closing responsibilities as assigned.
- Assumes department leadership responsibilities in the Grocery Manager’s absence.
Inventory & Product Availability
- Monitors inventory levels and product availability throughout the department.
- Helps identify out-of-stocks, inventory discrepancies, and ordering opportunities.
- Supports accurate ordering and inventory management processes.
- Maintains proper product rotation and helps reduce product loss and shrink.
- Ensures backstock is properly organized and worked to the sales floor.
- Supports inventory counts and other inventory-control activities as assigned.
Merchandising & Sales
- Executes merchandising plans, promotional programs, and seasonal displays.
- Ensures promotional merchandise and displays are properly stocked, signed, and maintained.
- Supports department sales and merchandising objectives.
- Monitors product movement and identifies opportunities to improve sales and product presentation.
- Ensures pricing and promotional signage are accurate.
- Maintains department presentation standards throughout the shift.
Associate Supervision & Scheduling
- Assists the Grocery Manager with associate scheduling and daily work assignments.
- Helps ensure staffing aligns with workload and business needs.
- Provides coaching and feedback to associates regarding performance and department expectations.
- Communicates attendance, performance, or conduct concerns to appropriate store leadership.
- Helps maintain productivity and effective utilization of scheduled labor.
Safety, Sanitation & Compliance
- Ensures associates follow company safety policies and procedures.
- Maintains clean and safe working and shopping conditions.
- Supports proper lifting, stocking, equipment-use, and backroom safety practices.
- Ensures products are handled, stored, and rotated appropriately.
- Reports safety, maintenance, product-quality, and compliance concerns to appropriate leadership.
- Supports shrink prevention, asset protection, and inventory-control procedures.
We also provide a variety of benefits including:
- Competitive wages paid weekly
· Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
- Associate discounts
- Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
- Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit myACI Benefits
- Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
- An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve
Our Values – Click below to view video: ACI Values
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About Us
Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. Committed to innovation and fostering a culture of belonging, our team is united with a unique purpose: to bring people together around the joys of food and to inspire well-being. We want talented individuals to be part of this journey!
Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) is a leading food and drug retailer in the U.S. We operate over 2,200 stores, 1,732 pharmacies, 405 fuel centers, 22 distribution facilities, and 19 manufacturing plants across 34 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw’s, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, United Express, Randalls, Albertson’s Market, Pavilions, Star Markets, Market Street, Carrs, Haggen, Lucky, Amigos, Andronico’s Community Markets, King’s, Balducci’s, and Albertson’s Market Street.
Our vision is to be a retail leader admired for national strength with deep local roots, offering an easy, fun, friendly, and inspiring experience, no matter how customers choose to shop with us. We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities we serve, and strive to create a workplace where everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources, and can fully contribute to their and our company’s success.
Bring your flavor
Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job and are not the official job description for the position. All employees must comply with Company, Division, and Store policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties, and skills of personnel may vary within store and/or from store to store and the official job description will be provided during the application process.
Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer
This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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