Assistant Store Manager — Lead Store Ops & Growth (DailyPay)

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.; Pearland (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Sick time plan

Vacation accrual plan

Career growth opportunities

15% employee discount

Flexible schedules

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

401(K) with company match

Company paid life insurance

Contests and appreciation events

Job summary

Sprouts Farmers Market in Pearland, TX seeks an Assistant Store Manager to direct all store operations, drive sales, and lead a ten-person team across perishable and non-perishable departments. You will uphold safety, labeling, and sanitation standards while inspiring superior customer service in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires strong leadership, retail experience, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and HR systems.

Qualifications

• Be at least 21 years of age.
• High school diploma or equivalent; a degree in business management, marketing, retailing, communications, advertising, or related field preferred.
• 1-3 years of retail experience; or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated success leading non-perishable and perishable department operations with integrity, including profit and loss, safety, sanitation, staffing, disciplinary actions, training, developing leaders, conducting performance appraisals, meeting deadlines, managing inventory and shrink, executing sales promotions, and merchandising.
• Professional communication skills, both written and verbal, along with attention to detail, analytical, and solution-focused decisiveness.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, bookkeeping/accounting, time and attendance, and HR software.
• Flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Food Safety certification.
• Ability to lift 60 pounds with occasional heavier items; push/pull 80–100 pounds; stand/walk long hours.

Responsibilities

• Positively shape the culture in the store by modeling the leadership behaviors aligned to Sprouts values.
• Develop the store leadership team to deliver an exceptional customer experience by motivating and engaging team members.
• Lead a team of approximately ten people (all Department Managers and Receivers) with courtesy, respect, integrity, and care.
• Motivate and develop the management team by embracing, leading, advocating, and consistently modeling Sprouts leadership behaviors.
• Celebrate store successes and identify/address opportunities for perpetual improvement.
• Consistently evolve customer satisfaction by positioning and teaching team members to exceed customer expectations.
• Demonstrate advanced product knowledge when assisting customers and training store team members.
• Communicate expectations, policy changes, new initiatives, and product knowledge.
• Provide and receive constructive feedback and direction for effective communication and collaboration within store teams and store support area partners.
• Confidently and effectively address emergencies, crises, equipment failures, and resolve issues with urgency.
• P&L ownership - manage inventory, labor, and expenses at optimum levels and meet targets as a rate to sales.
• Maintain compliance with all safety and food safety recommendations and requirements, as measured through audits.
• Identify safety, security, and loss prevention concerns and address with the BPS team to resolve.
• Ensure federal, state, and company regulations and standards are met or exceeded for labor, health, safety, and sanitation.
• Drive sales growth and store experience execution anchoring on Educate and Enrich standards with top item knowledge and department schematics.
• Master top item in stock conditions through effective fresh item management, perpetual inventory, and computer assisted ordering.
• Oversee inventory management including ordering, receiving, unloading, stocking, facing, and rotating merchandise with attention to code dates and sanitation.
• Oversee invoicing from distribution centers and vendors; report discrepancies to suppliers.
• Lead Receivers and backroom organization, cleanliness, and safety.
• Help build and maintain displays on the sales floor, compliant with programs and standards.
• Verify products are fresh, labeled, and priced accurately; oversee price changes.

Skills

leadership

customer service

communication

problem solving

flexibility

physical stamina

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Business/Management/Marketing/retail/communications degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

bookkeeping/accounting

time and attendance

HR software

Job description

Sprouts Farmers Market in Pearland, TX seeks an Assistant Store Manager to direct all store operations, drive sales, and lead a ten-person team across perishable and non-perishable departments. You will uphold safety, labeling, and sanitation standards while inspiring superior customer service in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires strong leadership, retail experience, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and HR systems.