Assistant Manager of Store Operations

Hyvee.io; Eagan (MN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Hy-Vee is seeking an Assistant Manager Store Operations, Assistant Manager Perishables, or Assistant Manager Health Wellness Home to supervise activities, coordinate staff, and ensure a superior shopping experience for customers.

The role focuses on leadership, training, merchandising, and maintaining store standards while upholding Hy-Vee values and delivering exceptional service to customers in a fast-paced retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a positive attitude and fosters teamwork.
• Provides prompt, courteous service to customers and sets a good example.
• Greets customers and addresses them by name when possible.
• Oversees training and handles employee issues; coordinates disciplinary procedures when necessary.
• Assists in pricing, displays location, and ensures product quality and availability to meet store needs.
• Ensures store standards for customer service, employee relations and profitability are met.
• Schedules labor in coordination with store director
• Directs store sanitation, safety procedures and compliance with company policies

Skills

Partnerships

Growth mindset

Results oriented

Customer focused

Professionalism

Job description

Additional Considerations (if any):- At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise "a helpful smile in every aisle" and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.

Job Description

Job Title: Assistant Manager Store Operations; Assistant Manager Perishables; Assistant Manager Health Wellness Home

Department: General

FLSA : Exempt

General Function

Supervises and coordinates the activities of employees. Ensures that customer's needs are met.

Core Competencies

• Partnerships
• Growth mindset
• Results oriented
• Customer focused
• Professionalism

Reporting Relations

Accountable and Reports to: District Store Director; Store Manager

Positions that Report to you

All positions except those listed above or designated by the Store Director

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains a positive attitude; creates an atmosphere of friendliness and fun through flexibility and teamwork.
• Generates a friendly atmosphere by encouraging employees to greet and speak to customers; providing prompt, courteous, and efficient service to customers and sets a good example.
• Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store.
• Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee's designated department or elsewhere in the store.
• Makes an effort to learn customers' names and to address them by name whenever possible.
• Assists customers by: (examples include) escorting them to the products they’re looking for
• Securing products that are out of reach
• Loading or unloading heavy items
• Making note of and passing along customer suggestions or requests
• Performing other tasks in every way possible to enhance the shopping experience.
• Answers the telephone promptly and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call.
• Responsible for perpetuating the fundamental values of the Hy-Vee culture. This involves: honesty; integrity; friendliness, and caring for customers and employees; demonstrates sincerity, respect, and high levels of ethics and morals; dedicated to proving the best products and values; shares information; being fair in how customers, suppliers and employees are treated; demonstrates good manners; shows dignity; and is involved in helping the company improve and grow.
• Oversees proper training, handles employee issues, and coordinates disciplinary procedures when necessary.
• Assists management in determining specific pricing and blends.
• Determines location of ad and promotional displays, ensures product quality and quantities to meet customer and store demands and profitability.
• Ensures the store standards for customers service, employee relations, and overall departmental profitability are met.
• Ensures compliance with store accounting procedures and reports potential problems.
• Oversees building/ground maintenance and all store sanitation and cleanliness to ensure they meet with the store directors and company's guidelines.
• Uses and understands all hardware and software technology in the store.
• Assists in forecasting and reviewing the store labor schedule with the store director's guidelines.
• Evaluates employee performance to recommend personnel actions in their respective area such as promotion, transfer, or dismissal.
• Trains and enforces safety procedures to provide a safe and healthy work environment for employees and customers and fills out customer accident forms.
• Works safely to prevent on-the-job injuries, fills out first report of injury, and assigns duties according to restrictions.
• Directs the ordering of merchandise in their respective areas.
• Coordinates compliance of employees with established policy/law, security, sales, and record keeping procedures and practices.
• Assists with replenishing shelf product, designs and constructs displays.
• Confers with employees and assists in solving problems affecting job duties, productivity, and of established policies and procedures.
• Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.
• Reports to work when scheduled and works expected number of hours.

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities

• Determines the motivational needs of employees and provides the appropriate environment.
• Recruits and interviews job applicants to recommend or determine employment, and may be involved with the coordination of orientations.
• Stays current with market trends and information (i.e.; competition, new products, equipment, and merchandising techniques).
• Provides continuous education for existing store employees regarding new and updated company and store policies, procedures, and job duties.
• Recommends additions, deletions and shelf allocation of merchandise to be sold in any department.
• Pursues retail educational opportunities and continuing education whenever possible. Assists in all areas of the store as needed.