Grocery Store Manager in Training

FOOD GIANT SUPERMARKETS INC; Bay Springs (MS); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Houchen’s Food Group, Inc. is hiring an Assistant Store Manager for their grocery department. You will assume full store responsibilities in the Store Manager’s absence and supervise a team across multiple departments.

The role focuses on operations, staffing, budgeting, and customer service to maintain high standards. Responsibilities include directing staff, ensuring compliance with policies, training personnel, and optimizing sales while maintaining accurate records and inventory control.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)
• Management experience necessary
• Microsoft Office and basic computer knowledge

Responsibilities

• Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers, and responding to customer inquiries and complaints in a professional manner.
• Monitor sales activities to ensure that customers receive satisfactory service and quality goods.
• Assign employees to specific duties.
• Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers.
• Inventory stock and reorder when inventory drops to a specified level.
• Keep records of purchases, sales, and requisitions.
• Enforce safety, health, and security rules.
• Examine products purchased for resale or received for storage to assess the condition of each product or item.
• Hire, train, and evaluate personnel in sales or marketing establishments, promoting or firing workers when appropriate.
• Perform work activities of subordinates, such as cleaning and organizing shelves and displays and selling merchandise.
• Establish and implement policies, goals, objectives, and procedures for their department.
• Instruct staff on how to handle difficult and complicated sales.
• Formulate pricing policies for merchandise, according to profitability requirements.
• Estimate consumer demand and determine the types and amounts of goods to be sold.
• Examine merchandise to ensure that it is correctly priced and displayed and that it functions as advertised.
• Plan and prepare work schedules and keep records of employees' work schedules and time cards.
• Review inventory and sales records to prepare reports for management and budget departments.
• Observe scheduled shift hours.
• Confer with company officials to develop methods and procedures to increase sales, expand markets, and promote business.
• Perform specific tasks as assigned by the store manager.
• Plan budgets and authorize payments and merchandise returns.

Skills

Management experience

Education

High School graduate or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Houchen’s Food Group, Inc. is hiring an Assistant Store Manager for their grocery department. You will assume full store responsibilities in the Store Manager’s absence and supervise a team across multiple departments.

The role focuses on operations, staffing, budgeting, and customer service to maintain high standards. Responsibilities include directing staff, ensuring compliance with policies, training personnel, and optimizing sales while maintaining accurate records and inventory control.