Assistant Store Manager: Customer-First Leadership & Growth

Dollar General Corporation; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 24,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Paid vacation

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Dollar General Corporation is seeking an Assistant Store Manager to help maintain a clean, customer-focused store and lead a team under the Store Manager's direction.

You will assist with scheduling, training, merchandising, inventory control, and deposits, while ensuring profitability and loss prevention. This role requires strong communication, detail orientation, and reliable cash handling in a fast-paced retail environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent strongly preferred.
• One year retail experience with at least six months supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide superior customer service leadership; greet and assist customers, and operate cash register and scanner to itemize the customer's purchase.
• Open and close the store a minimum of two days per week.
• Assist Store Manager with scheduling employees, providing adequate training for employees, conducting safety meetings, and ensuring employee compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Follow company work processes to manage merchandise, including receiving, unpacking, stocking, restocking and rotating merchandise on shelves and building merchandise displays.
• Assist in maintaining accurate inventory levels by controlling damages, markdowns, scanning, paperwork, and facility controls.
• Assist in implementation and maintenance of planograms; ensure merchandise is presented according to established practices and Store Manager direction.
• Assist in ensuring financial integrity of the store through strict cashier accountability, key control, adherences to company security practices and cash control procedures; authorize and sign for refunds and overrides, count register tills, and deposit money in bank.
• Assist with management of the store in the Store Manager's absence.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Cash handling

Inventory knowledge

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Dollar General Corporation is seeking an Assistant Store Manager to help maintain a clean, customer-focused store and lead a team under the Store Manager's direction.

You will assist with scheduling, training, merchandising, inventory control, and deposits, while ensuring profitability and loss prevention. This role requires strong communication, detail orientation, and reliable cash handling in a fast-paced retail environment.