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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!
As the Assistant Store Director, you’ll be the heartbeat of our Center Store, bringing exceptional customer service to every interaction. You’ll lead the charge in managing the Center of the Store —covering Frozen, Dairy, and Liquor/Beer—while inspiring your team to meet and exceed sales and profit goals. Your insights and recommendations will play a key role in shaping our operations, directly influencing our store’s success.
What You’ll Do:
- Customer Service Champion: Foster a culture of outstanding customer service that resonates throughout the store. You’ll lead by example, ensuring we not only meet but exceed customer expectations.
- Operational Leadership: In the absence of the Store Director, you’ll take the reins of total store operations, guiding associates and department managers alike to keep everything running smoothly.
- Inventory Management: Oversee daily operations of the center of the store, including dairy and frozen sections. Conduct daily inspections to ensure top-notch product quality and compliance with standards.
- Inventory Guru: Keep our shelves stocked and organized while maintaining high standards for cleanliness and safety. You’ll be responsible for pricing and implementing company policies to minimize merchandise shrink.
- Team Development: Motivate, train, and lead associates, ensuring they’re equipped with the knowledge and skills to succeed. You'll play a crucial role in hiring and advancing top talent.
- Sales and Performance Monitoring: Regularly communicate sales goals and department performance to your team, driving them to achieve great results. You’ll keep an eye on daily logs, purchase reports, and labor costs to ensure everything stays on track.
- Customer Engagement: Handle incoming calls and customer inquiries with professionalism and care, addressing any complaints effectively and reporting to the Store Director when necessary.
Physical and General Requirements:
- You’ll need a strong retail background, ideally with management experience, and a deep understanding of company policies and procedures.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills are essential, along with the ability to handle customer interactions with composure.
- Proficiency in basic math and accounting is necessary, and you should be comfortable navigating computer software and financial statements.
- While your primary responsibilities are managing operations, you’ll also roll up your sleeves for manual tasks like setting up displays or assisting at the cash register.
- Physical stamina is key—you’ll be standing, walking, and occasionally lifting to 50 lbs.
Work Environment:
- Expect to work in a temperature-controlled store environment, with occasional exposure to various temperatures while handling products.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Completion of ASD Training Program or a similar leadership development program.
- 1 year of experience as an Assistant Manager in a retail, hospitality, or service environment, or 2 years as a Department Manager.
- A High School Diploma is required; a college degree is preferred.
- Strong customer service and supervisory skills are a must.
We also provide a variety of benefits including:
- Competitive wages paid weekly
- 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
A copy of the full job description can be made available to you.
Pay Transparency: Starting rates will be no less than the local minimum wage and may vary based on criteria such as location, experience, and qualifications. Candidates with unique qualifications may be considered for compensation above this range. Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay, PTO/Vacation Pay or Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401k eligibility). [If applicable:] Associates in this position may be eligible for a quarterly bonus.
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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Pay Transparency:
Starting rates will be no less than the local minimum wage and may vary based on criteria such as location, experience, and qualifications. Candidates with unique qualifications may be considered for compensation above this range. Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay, PTO/Vacation Pay or Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401k eligibility). Applications will be accepted on an on-going basis. [If applicable:] Associates in this position may be eligible for a quarterly bonus.
