Grocery Department Leader: Drive Sales & Service

Albertsons Companies, Inc.; Bozeman (MT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Associate discounts

Health benefits

Paid time off

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Albertsons Companies, Inc. seeks a Grocery Department Manager to lead the department's daily operations, drive sales, and maintain in‑stock, pricing accuracy, and high merchandising standards.

This hands‑on leadership role emphasizes customer service and teamwork to deliver a premier shopping experience. You will manage staffing, training, and coaching of grocery associates while ensuring compliance with safety policies and company standards, and you will lead efforts to optimize planograms,

Qualifications

• Strong customer-service focus with a visible team presence.
• Effective communication, coaching, and team-building skills.
• Strong organization, prioritization, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Grocery merchandising and planogram execution.
• Inventory management, ordering, and shrink control.
• Labor planning, scheduling, and performance management.
• Operational standards, food safety, and compliance execution.
• Grocery product flow, rotation, and inventory control.
• Retail merchandising and promotional execution.
• Store systems and ordering tools.
• Ability to analyze sales, labor, and inventory data to drive results.
• Ability to train, coach, and develop associates.
• Ability to lift, push, pull, and carry products and work in coolers and freezers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations of the Grocery Department with a focus on customer service, sales, and department readiness
• Deliver friendly, prompt, and knowledgeable customer service and resolve customer concerns professionally
• Ensure shelves, displays, and aisles are clean, full, front-faced, and merchandised to company standards
• Execute planograms, promotional sets, seasonal transitions, and weekly ad merchandising
• Manage ordering, inventory levels, product rotation, and backroom organization
• Monitor shrink and implement procedures to reduce waste and loss
• Ensure compliance with food safety, sanitation, safety, and operational standards
• Hire, train, coach, schedule, and develop grocery associates while fostering a positive team environment

Skills

Customer service

Coaching & team-building

Organization & prioritization

Multitasking

Job description

Albertsons Companies, Inc. seeks a Grocery Department Manager to lead the department's daily operations, drive sales, and maintain in‑stock, pricing accuracy, and high merchandising standards.

This hands‑on leadership role emphasizes customer service and teamwork to deliver a premier shopping experience. You will manage staffing, training, and coaching of grocery associates while ensuring compliance with safety policies and company standards, and you will lead efforts to optimize planograms,