Assistant Grocery Manager

$28,080 - $28,080/Yr

Homeland Stores - Oklahoma City, OK

Part-time - Entry Level

Oklahoma City, OK

Food and Beverage Retailers

About the position

The Assistant Grocery Manager plays a crucial role in managing the grocery department to maximize sales and profits while ensuring optimal store conditions. This position involves supervising staff, maintaining inventory, and providing excellent customer service in a fast-paced environment. As an employee-owned company, the focus is on quality service and supporting local producers.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers and respond to their questions, requests, and complaints courteously.
• Assist in hiring, firing, discipline, promotion, and evaluation of grocery department personnel.
• Orient and train new grocery department employees and retrain existing employees as necessary.
• Supervise and order grocery products and supplies to minimize out-of-stocks and maintain desired inventory turns.
• Oversee the preparation of the backroom for merchandise receipt and check for shortages or overages.
• Sort cases for stocking and ensure proper stocking of merchandise on shelves and displays.
• Maintain cleanliness of store floors, check lanes, carts, restrooms, and shelves.
• Supervise the loading of stocking carts and transportation of cases to the sales floor.
• Ensure safety procedures are followed in operating equipment like balers and pallet jacks.
• Count and record inventory items and perform manual price-marking of merchandise without UPC codes.
• Manage the movement of damaged or unsalable products to the backroom and sort them accordingly.
• Perform miscellaneous tasks assigned by the Grocery Manager and substitute for absent workers.

Requirements

• Ability to give and receive complex verbal instructions regarding store policies and procedures.
• Stable work and educational history.
• Ability to read and write in English.
• Capability to read instructions, merchandise labels, and reports.
• Good judgment in merchandising, employee scheduling, and operational policies.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Prior experience in a grocery department.
• Prior supervisory experience.

Benefits

• Employee ownership opportunities
• Support for local farmers and producers
• Career development and training opportunities