Grocery Department Lead

Safeway; Goodyear (AZ); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Safeway in Goodyear, AZ seeks a Grocery Department Supervisor to assist in directing daily store operations, supervise staff, and support the Grocery Manager. You will oversee ordering, receiving, stocking, pricing and merchandising, and may act as back-up for front-end duties when needed.

Candidates must have extensive retail management experience, strong communication and leadership skills, and the ability to train and supervise employees while maintaining policy compliance and excellent

Qualifications

• Requires extensive retail background with prior management experience in retail operations.
• Requires thorough understanding of company practices, policies and procedures.
• Requires strong written and oral communication, leadership and interpersonal skills, ability to manage and develop people, and maintain composure with customers, vendors and co-workers.
• Knowledge of employment laws and workplace practices; compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Friendly, courteous, takes initiative, maintains composure with customers, co-workers and vendors; ability to work with little supervision.

Responsibilities

• Champions customer service programs to meet or exceed goals and handles customer relations.
• Performs ordering, receiving, stocking and merchandising; assists in planning and directing day-to-day grocery operations.
• May act as back-up cashier; engages in suggestive selling and other sales techniques.
• Responsible for proper accounting of sales, cash handling and balancing registers.
• Prepares to-do lists for night stockers, closes out discontinued items and implements price changes; controls shrink.
• Opens and closes the store; ensures compliance with safety and sanitation policies.
• Implements emergency procedures for equipment or software malfunctions.
• Oversees overall store operation in absence of Store Director and Grocery Manager.

Skills

Retail management

Customer service

Leadership

Team supervision

Communication

Job description

Safeway in Goodyear, AZ seeks a Grocery Department Supervisor to assist in directing daily store operations, supervise staff, and support the Grocery Manager. You will oversee ordering, receiving, stocking, pricing and merchandising, and may act as back-up for front-end duties when needed.

Candidates must have extensive retail management experience, strong communication and leadership skills, and the ability to train and supervise employees while maintaining policy compliance and excellent