Assistant Deli Manager

Weis Markets; Stafford (VA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Weis Markets in Stafford, VA is hiring for a Deli/Department supervisor role focusing on customer service, merchandising, and staff management. The position requires overseeing daily deli operations, ensuring product quality, and maintaining compliance with sanitation and safety regulations.

The role calls for strong leadership, scheduling, and coordination with the Deli Manager to drive sales and stock freshness while delivering an excellent shopping experience.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum 2 years of management experience in retail/restaurant/supermarket.
• Ability to follow company policies and sanitation guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers, assist, offer alternatives, and thank shoppers.
• Ensure fresh merchandise with proper handling; minimize losses.
• Support Deli Manager with merchandising, ad execution, and staff engagement.
• Coordinate department stock levels and monitor competitor activity.
• Oversee inventories through weekly sales reports and orders.
• Review schedules and control labor costs; train and develop staff.
• Enforce sanitation, safety, labeling, and compliance with regs.
• Maintain smooth workflow and continuous improvement.
• Perform other duties as needed by management.

Skills

Customer service

Leadership

Food safety

Inventory control

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Looking for a company that treats associates with respect, understanding, and appreciation? Looking for a company that is passionate about teamwork and the growth of its associates and communities? That's WEIS!

Location Address: 50 Foreston Woods Drive 109

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follow company guidelines for providing quality customer service by greeting customers with a smile, offering assistance, suggesting alternatives when necessary and thanking them for shopping. Always maintain a positive and friendly attitude. Answer customer questions.
• Ensure fresh quality merchandise by using proper product handling techniques. Assist with controlling damages and minimizing product losses according to company procedures and standards.
• Assist Deli Manager in day-to-day functions of deli operations such as merchandising, ad execution, associate engagement, and customer service. Coordinate sales and merchandising plans for the department to ensure proper stock levels and freshness. Monitor competitor activity concerning merchandising, pricing, quality, and comparison signage.
• Oversee department inventories by tracking weekly sales reports, product orders and supplies to ensure successful period-end physical inventory.
• Review schedules, work assignments and control labor costs. Assist with training, recognize performance, and develop potential associate talent.
• Must be familiar with company policies and procedures with respect to operations including daily checklists and reporting. Audit department procedures for receiving, pricing, stock levels, freshness, and quality. Enforce proper record keeping. Evaluate and enforce sanitation practices.
• Ensure compliance with company, state, and federal regulations for proper sanitation, food handling, health regulations, safety, weights and measures requirements, and labeling laws. Complete required product logs. Adhere to safety guidelines while utilizing equipment and utensils.
• Ensure smooth workflow within department by cooperating with co-worker sand superiors. Strive to continuously improve job performance.
• Perform staff duties as required, and complete other job duties as requested by management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervises associates within the department in partnership with or absence of the department manager.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, the Associate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without an accommodation. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required:

Education and/or experience:

• Completed or working towards a high school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Minimum (2) years' experience in management in retail/restaurant/supermarket environment.

RATE OF PAY AND BENEFITS

The hourly rate for this position starts at $16.00 and goes up to $26.00.

Weis Markets offers a competitive salary with access to a variety of benefits and resources such as minimum essential coverage (MEC) Plan includes 100% in-network coverage for all preventative care services required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and have two supplemental medical plan options, the Advantage and Elite plans, dental, vision, short term disability, term life and AD&D, and voluntary insurance such as hospital indemnity, critical illness, 401(k) retirement savings plans, scholarship program and associate discount programs, auto and home insurance, employee assistance program, pet insurance, purchasing power and paid time off and sick pay provided the eligibility and criteria specific to the position is met.

Weis Markets is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Weis Markets is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of actual or perceived age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, familial status, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with a disability may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the ways things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Weis Markets.