Director Center Store

Albertsons Companies, Inc.; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Associate discounts

Health and financial well-being

Career development

Inclusive environment

Job summary

Albertsons Companies seeks a Director, Center Store in Boise, ID to align priorities and streamline center store processes across Grocery, Frozen, Dairy, NOSHE and GM/HBC. You will lead strategic direction, drive efficiency, and eliminate redundancies to improve market performance.

The role focuses on developing merchandising programs, pricing strategies, and vendor relationships while collaborating with Corporate Marketing, operations and procurement to achieve local goals.

Qualifications

• 15+ years retail merchandising experience or related experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of grocery retail processes and category knowledge.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to convey messages to diverse groups.
• Proven ability to collaborate across the company to drive efficiencies.
• Champions new ideas and values different perspectives to support innovation.
• Strong computer aptitude and proficiency with MS Office and new systems.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop sales and merchandising programs aligned with national strategy and local relevance.
• Validate and forecast metrics by category including sales, gross profit, shrink, and allowances.
• Direct promo strategy execution to meet market go-to-market goals.
• Provide input on planning and layouts to ensure local needs and competitive product mix.
• Contribute to Plan-o-grams; ensure assortment and presentation in stores.
• Approve pricing strategies and work with ASMs to implement them.
• Oversee vendor relations for Center Store in partnership with ASMs.
• Lead partnerships with Corporate Marketing/Merchandising, retail operations, procurement, and distribution.

Skills

Retail merchandising

Cross-functional leadership

Negotiation

Strategic planning

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Why choose us?

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand!

At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who’s not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving.

Why choose us?

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand!

At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who’s not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving.

This position is in Boise, Idaho. As the Director, Center Store you will be an integral member of the team by aligning priorities and simplifying center store processes to create efficiencies and eliminate redundancies. You will be responsible for leading the strategic direction of Center Store including Grocery, Frozen, Dairy, NOSHE and GM/HBC.

Main Responsibilities

• Develop sales and merchandising programs to support the overall merchandising strategy which promotes the efforts of the national team while ensuring local relevance to the Mountain West Market.
• Ensure all metrics by category, including sales, gross profit, shrink, and allowances are validated and accurately forecasted.
• Direct the execution of the promo strategy and ensure alignment to meet the go-to-market strategies of the market.
• Provide feedback to Corporate Merchandising in planning and execution for all new, remodeled, and existing layouts to ensure local needs are met and product mix is competitive within market.
• Give input into Plan-o-grams and ensure execution of assortment and presentation plans have the right products in the right stores.
• Approve pricing strategies and work with ASMs to execute pricing strategies that are competitive within market.
• Oversee and align vendor relations for all Center Store categories in partnership with ASMs to support local programs.
• Lead and influence effective partnerships with Corporate Marketing/Merchandising, retail operations, procurement, and distribution.

We Are Looking For Candidates Who Possess The Following

• 15+ years retail merchandising experience or other related experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of and expertise in grocery retail processes, merchandising methodologies and practices with a greater depth of category specific knowledge.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to effectively deliver important messages across a diverse group of associates and senior business leaders
• Proven ability to work successfully across all areas of the company to build efficiencies and collaboration amongst teams.
• Champions new ideas and values different perspectives to create an environment that supports innovation.
• Well developed computer aptitude with proficient skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to adapt and learn new and specified systems and processes quickly.
• Confidence in negotiations to gain maximum advantage for costs and vendor funding opportunities.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA is preferred

We Also Provide a Variety Of Benefits Including

• Competitive wages paid weekly
• Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
• Associate discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
• Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit myACI Benefits
• Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
• An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve

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ACI Values

About Albertsons

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. We have a new vision: forging a retail winner that is admired for national strength with deep local roots, that offers an easy, fun, friendly, and inspiring experience, no matter how a customer chooses to shop with us. We want talented individuals to be a part of this journey!The organization includes 2,230 stores, 27 distribution facilities, and 20 manufacturing plants with over 250,000 employees across 34 states and the District of Columbia. The company is publicly owned with supermarkets across the country that include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Carrs, ACME, Jewel-Osco, Lucky, Shaw's, Star Market, Super Saver, United Supermarkets, Market Street, and Amigos.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by associates assigned to this job classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified.

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