Grocery Assistant Manager

About the position

The Grocery Assistant Manager at Stew Leonard's is responsible for assisting with the overall operations, sales, and profit goals of the Grocery Department. This role involves supervising team members, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, and maintaining high standards of customer service in a family-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure displays throughout the store are merchandised and appropriate signage is visible
• Ensure displays are full and product is rotated appropriately
• Ensure prices are accurate with 4 day and weekly ad changes
• Place orders with vendors and transfers, when needed
• Show and sell and cross merchandise whenever possible
• Review sales and commodity reports to identify opportunities to achieve goals
• Conduct periodic price surveys to ensure pricing remains competitive
• Participate in monthly, quarterly and yearly department inventories ensuring appropriate turnover and less waste
• Attend department BASH and Strategy meetings
• Respond to industry trends by attending trade shows and one idea trips
• Assist in hiring, promoting, and training team members
• Provide timely feedback by completing and delivering comprehensive 90 day and mid-year Performance Chats
• Provide feedback to department manager for Annual Performance Appraisals
• Create schedules and enter them into HRIS system for team members to access at least 2 weeks in advance
• Ensure team member time cards are accurate for weekly payroll processing
• Conduct and/or actively participate in monthly department communication meetings
• Address disciplinary issues in a timely fashion
• Ensure compliance with all employment laws
• Ensure the department is in compliance with all health codes, sanitation and safety regulations
• Ensure representation is present at all monthly Safety Committee Meetings
• Conduct/oversee daily/periodic department cleaning
• Any other projects, as needed

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 1 to 3 years' experience in a grocery or retail environment
• Ability to safely operate pallet jack and other equipment
• Great customer service skills
• Good computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook
• Basic knowledge of HRIS, purchase order/transfer, and item maintenance systems
• Good communication skills, both written and oral
• Good organizational skills
• Ability to delegate tasks and give clear directions
• Ability to multi-task

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with grocery store operations
• Knowledge of shell scripting
• Experience with Ceridian and Dayforce systems

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance