Liquor Manager

Albertsons Companies; Buckeye (AZ); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Albertsons Companies in Buckeye, AZ is seeking a Liquor Department Manager to direct and control daily liquor department operations. You will lead staff, ensure outstanding customer service, and maintain product quality and presentation.

You will liaise with vendors, oversee orders, stock, displays, and inventory while enforcing state liquor laws and company policies. Training, scheduling, and performance monitoring are key parts of the role.

Qualifications

• Requires strong communication and leadership abilities.
• Ability to manage people and maintain composure with customers and vendors.
• Experience with customer service programs and policies.

Responsibilities

• Directs liquor department operations to meet service, sales and profit goals.
• Liaises with vendors; orders, receives and rotates inventory; creates displays.
• Operates POS equipment to assist customers and process orders while answering product questions.
• Ensures compliance with state liquor laws and company policies; monitors security and shrink.
• Trains and supervises liquor staff; schedules to meet coverage and budget targets.
• Maintains department records and conducts daily stock inspections.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

People management

Customer service

Attention to detail

Tools

Cash register

Scanner

Inventory software

Job description

PURPOSE

Directs and controls the operation of the liquor department. Supervises and trains liquor personnel. Ensures customer service and product quality, selection and presentation.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Champions Company and Division customer service programs to meet or exceed Division customer service goals. Handles customer relations in a positive manner, including effective resolution of customer complaints. Promotes Albertson's philosophy of personalized service in the liquor department.
• Liaises with vendors. Orders, receives and breaks downloads. Stocks, displays and rotates product in the liquor department to ensure quality, selection, eye-appeal and proper inventory level to meet customer demands. Creates effective displays for mixers, beer, liquor, wine and other related merchandise in the liquor department.
• Operates check stand equipment such as cash register and scanner to process customer orders. Handles customers relations. Assists customers by answering questions on product quality and taking and filling special orders. Makes product suggestions and engages in suggestive selling. Makes intercom announcements.
• Ensures compliance with state and federal liquor sales laws and Company restricted sales and loss prevention policies. Monitors inventory and space security.
• Supervises, motivates, trains and participates in the hiring of liquor personnel. Monitors associate performance and recommends personnel actions such as hiring, firing, layoff and disciplinary action. Schedules personnel to ensure adequate coverage, service level and meeting of budgetary goals.
• Supervises the day to day functions of the liquor department to achieve customer service, and sales and profit objectives.
• Conducts daily inspections of the liquor department and initiates corrective measures to ensure compliance with maintain in stock conditions, sanitation, safety and security requirements.
• Assists with all liquor duties such as: cleaning, stocking, storage and customer service.
• Implements effective promotional and seasonal displays. Controls shrink and expenses. Accurately completes and monitors daily log sheet, purchase report, and sales and labor and other required paperwork and logs. Follows Company transmittal procedures. Maintains records on ad items movement. Takes inventories and maintains accurate department records.
• Maintains and organizes sales area, backroom and cooler.
• Ensures proper merchandising of product by understanding and implementing schematics, merchandising of advertised items, proper signing procedures and monitoring product flow.
• Follows Company policy in pricing and handling reduced-to-clear items.
• Answers and responds to incoming calls appropriately. Receives and appropriately resolves customer complaints and reports to the Store Director as appropriate.
• Reviews MicroStrategy reports to best determine movements on items within subcategories, to make the best business decision on display and shelf qualities.
• Ensures that all associates are trained and instructed in the proper performance of work duties. Monitors associate performance and reports observations to the Store Director. Resolves associate complaints and reports to the Store Director as appropriate.
• Maintains confidentiality concerning associates, store sales and other Company information.
• Responsible for performing all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately and with honesty and integrity.
• Other necessary and required duties.

SKILLS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Requires working knowledge of all job duties within the Liquor Department.
• Requires strong communication skills, good leadership and interpersonal skills, the proven ability to manage people and the ability to maintain composure in dealing with customers, vendors and co-workers.
• Requires knowledge of employment laws and workplace practices.
• Requires a good understanding of Company practices and Liquor Department policies and procedures on storage, safety, sanitation and loss prevention. Requires knowledge of state and federal liquor sales laws.
• Must be able to learn types, nomenclature, alcohol content, uses and care of liquor department products. Requires an awareness of popular drink recipes.
• Requires the ability to judge and react to business activity.
• Must have knowledge of product quality, variety, standards, sanitation and labeling.
• Requires knowledge of basic mathematics and metric measurements.
• Frequently reaches, lifts, stacks and maneuvers objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 lbs. Bends, stoops and reaches frequently and may climbs ladders. Pushes and pulls fully loaded hand trucks, six-wheeler carts and pallet jacks.
• Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are necessary.
• Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities.
• Operates computer software and electronic ordering devices to order products, plan sales, input inventory and schedules and print