Merchandising Assistant Manager

Dollar Tree Stores; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Paid time off

Retirement plans

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Educational Assistance

Employee discount platform

Job summary

Dollar Tree Stores seeks a Merchandise Assistant Manager to help lead a team and enhance customer experiences. This role involves merchandising, processing freight, and adhering to store policies.

Key duties include managing store operations, maintaining cleanliness, and ensuring a positive environment. Candidates should have strong communication skills and prior retail experience. The position offers various perks such as paid time off and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• Prior retail and management experience is preferred.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and written skills are required.
• Must be able to lift between 30 and 50 lbs.
• Ability to work in a high-energy, team environment is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with all store functions and activities.
• Perform opening and closing procedures as needed.
• Protect and secure company assets.
• Maintain store cleanliness and presentation.
• Manage freight flow and stock merchandise needs.
• Process DSD merchandise and corporate directives.

Skills

Retail management experience

Strong communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to lift 30-50 lbs

High-energy team environment

Job description

Your Role at Dollar Tree

As a Merchandise Assistant Manager at Dollar Tree, you’ll join our Store Manager in leading a dynamic team of associates and creating positive experiences for the communities we serve. In this role, you’ll focus on merchandising and processing freight.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with all store functions and day‑to‑day activities
• Perform opening and closing procedures as needed
• Protect and secure company assets, including store cash
• Adhere to all policies and procedures, including safety guidelines
• Maintain areas of the store, including stockroom and sales floor, to company standards
• Process all corporate directives such as Pull and Hold/Destroy, Task Compliance, Key Survey information requests, and any additional communications related to store activities
• Maintain cleanliness throughout the store, including cleaning and restocking bathrooms, sweeping and mopping floors, taking out the trash, and ensuring all areas are neat and presentable
• Ensure a positive, safe, and respectful environment while maintaining professional and friendly interactions with customers, associates, and leaders
• Other duties as assigned

• Process the receipt and return of DSD merchandise
• Manage freight flow in accordance with productivity standards
• Order and stock merchandise needs, including frozen & refrigerated, in accordance with productivity standards
• Ensure that the sales floor is sales‑effective
• Plan, merchandise, and maintain Clip Strips and Power Panels with sales‑effective items
• Plan and implement monthly Sales Planners

Your Skills and Experience

• Prior retail and management experience is preferred
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and written skills are required
• Must be able to lift between 30 and 50 lbs. from floor to above shoulder height and meet demands of frequent walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, climbing, pushing, pulling, and repetitive lifting, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Ability to work in a high‑energy, team environment is required

Perks and Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid time off
• Retirement plans with matching contributions
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Educational Assistance
• Access to PerkSpot, an employee discount platform for goods and services
• And much more

Equal Opportunity and Legal Disclaimers

Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. is an equal‐opportunity employer committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.

This job specification should not be construed to imply that these requirements are the exclusive standards of the position. This is not to be considered a complete list of job duties, which appear in the job description for this position, and which may be amended from time to time at the discretion of Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as may be required by their supervisor.

Please note, this job description is not a contract of employment and may be modified to meet evolving business needs. Employment at Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. is at‑will, meaning that either the employee or the company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice.