Assistant Store Manager (61952)

Homeland Stores; El Reno (OK); On-site; USD 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Homeland Stores is seeking an Assistant Store Manager in El Reno, OK to oversee daily store operations, drive sales and ensure excellent customer service. You will work with department managers to meet inventory, display and budget targets while maintaining store safety and security standards.

The role requires a high school diploma or equivalent and prior grocery/retail leadership experience. This is a full-time position with open-store hours, focusing on efficient operations and staff

Qualifications

• Able to give/receive complex verbal instructions to/from supervisors and coworkers.
• Must read/write English; read labels, codes, reports.
• Make decisions on merchandise placement, pricing, space allocation and scheduling.
• Good interpersonal communications and knowledge of applicable regulations (Wage & Hour, OSHA, ADA, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Manage store to achieve sales and profit goals while maintaining optimal conditions.
• Ensure prompt, courteous customer service and achievement of budgets.
• Coordinate with Department Managers to meet inventory and display standards.
• Oversee opening/closing procedures and staff training/scheduling.
• Maintain security policies, backroom operations, and safety programs.

Skills

Verbal instructions

Reading & writing English

Decision making

Interpersonal communications

Regulatory knowledge

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job DetailsLevel: ExperiencedJob Location: United Store 401U - El Reno, OK 73036Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: High School Diploma or EquivalentSalary Range: $44,880.00 SalaryJob Shift: OpenJob Category: Store Leadership Positions

ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

To manage store operations to achieve maximum sales and profit while maintaining optimum store conditions.

SIGNIFICANT JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To manage the store so that every customer receives prompt, courteous, and friendly service.
• To attain sales, profit, expense and labor budgets.
• Know the budgeted inventory level of each department and to work with each Department Manager to achieve them.
• Know the standards of performance and productivity for each department in the store, and work with Department Managers to achieve them.
• To complete/review all reports (shrink, productivity, ad markdown, DSD price changes, display performance, out-of-stocks, safety store audit, transfers, credits, reclaim) as required.
• To perform/direct: 1) the ordering of merchandise and supplies on schedule from the warehouse and authorized vendors and 2) the receiving and handling of merchandise and supplies.
• To perform/direct all store opening and store closing procedures.
• Maintain new items and discontinued items program on a weekly basis.
• To maintain: 1) an outstanding store condition program to include floors, windows, shelving, and equipment maintenance; 2) an effective back door and front-end security procedures, including enforcement of store employee purchase policies; and 3) an effective store safety and fire prevention program.
• To direct, through proper supervision, that all DSD products are authorized, checked in properly, recorded in DSD System/Price Book, and SRP update on the front-end systems.
• To assure, through proper supervision, that:
• All merchandise is checked out through the front end at the correct price,
• All price changes are properly completed on the front-end system and shelf tags.
• To assure prompt and accurate service at the front end and service departments by properly supervising the training and scheduling of personnel and to see that all customer requests and/or complaints are handled with courtesy.
• In conjunction with the Store Manager conduct store meetings to review merchandising, sales planning, and operating problems and to keeps employees informed about matters concerning them on their job.
• To perform/supervise selection, hiring, and training of store employees and make effective use of available training programs and materials.
• In conjunction with the Store Managers determine the needs in the store by performing a store walk, at minimum daily, to include the backroom. To communicate the needs of each area (department) of the store to Department Managers.

QUALIFICATIONS:

REQUIRED:

• Able to give/receive complex verbal instructions/descriptions to/from supervisors/co-workers/employees concerning store/department policy/procedures and use of equipment
• The ability to read and write English; able to read instructions, merchandise labels, warehouse order codes, numbers, reports printed paper and forms.
• Make decisions concerning: the placement of merchandise on the shelf/display, pricing, allocation of shelf space, employee scheduling, expense control, order of product/supplies, hiring/supervision of employees, merchandising plans, departments operational policies and procedures and the sales/promotion of merchandise.
• Good interpersonal communications.
• Knowledge of regulations/laws that would apply to operation of the business: Wage & Hour, Family Medical Leave Act, OSHA, ADA, EEO, Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, Nutrition Labeling & Education Act, Weights and Measures etc.

PREFERRED:

1. High school diploma or equivalent.
2. Prior Grocery Store experience.
3. Prior experience as an Assistant Store Manager.

TASKS OF THE JOB -- This position generally involves:

1. Move while conducting training and orientation of personnel, approximately 100 yards. Move to supervise: the receiving of product, movement of product to the floor or storage area, opening/cutting of cases, inspect product quality, sorting of cases/merchandise, building of displays on the shelf and at end aisles, the allocation of space in grocery categories, order merchandise and supplies, cleaning and maintenance, removal of trash/debris from the department, price marking and signage throughout the store, approximately 100 yards. Work on tile or concrete for a maximum of 8 hours in duration.
2. The Assistant Store Manager will perform the same Tasks of the Job as any employee while substituting as part of the work crew or as part of the training program for new employees.
3. Recognize cases, case cutter edge, case strips, shelf location, product size/description/quality, customers, shelf tags, labels on products, stocking carts, knives, scale, wrapper, department production equipment, cooler layout, packaging materials, debris on floor, aisle markers, and signs.
4. Perceive color difference on product and product labels.
5. Recognize cleaning/maintenance equipment, pallet jacks, forklifts, ovens, mixers, slicers, meat grinder, baler controls, etc.
6. Respond to customer, co-workers and vendor questions, comments and responses.
7. Respond to the sound of baler/pallet jack/forklift/cleaning equipment operation.
8. Use and respond to the intercom/phone system.
9. Read case labels/case strips, signs, tags, shelf signs, numbers and aisle markers, department forms, operational forms, reports and employment forms.
10. Read equipment and chemical warning labels.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Inside and outside work with extreme variations in temperature, dust and humidity