Produce Department Assistant Manager

Ridley's Family Markets, Inc.; Nebraska; On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Ridley's Family Markets, Inc. seeks a Liquor Department Manager to lead the team in delivering exceptional guest service while achieving sales and profit goals. The role focuses on maximizing productivity, coaching staff, merchandising, and ensuring department standards are met.

Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays is required. The candidate should have a High School Diploma (some college preferred) and 1–3 years of retail experience, plus strong leadership, communication and

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and analytical skills.
• Excellent guest service and communication abilities.
• Ability to lead and develop others while managing multiple priorities.
• Willingness to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Train, coach and observe team members in serving guests.
• Provide input into merchandising decisions for store and department managers.
• Implement the marketing strategy and cross-merchandising throughout the department.
• Resolve guest and team complaints in a timely and satisfactory manner.
• Lead team members to accomplish store and department goals.
• Manage sales, gross profit margin, labor scheduling and department standards.
• Be proficient in all store technology (Ordering, POS system, etc.).

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Guest service

Team development

Multi-tasking

Education

High School Diploma, some college preferred

Job description

Overview

Liquor Department Managers are responsible for ensuring that team members provide exceptional guest service, while achieving sales and profit margin goals. This includes ensuring guest satisfaction, driving sales, building sales skills and product knowledge. Effective Managers maximize productivity and profitability by balancing sales and expenses, identifying sales opportunities and setting guest service standards. They must demonstrate knowledge of the department’s purpose and goals and have the skills to help team members achieve those goals.

Responsibilities

1. Train, coach and observe team members in serving guests.
2. Provide input into merchandising decisions to the store and department managers.
3. Implement the marketing strategy, cross merchandising and sales programs throughout the department.
4. Resolve guest and team complaints in a timely and satisfactory manner.
5. Lead team members to accomplish store and department goals.
6. Manage sales, gross profit margin, labor-scheduling and department standards.
7. Be proficient in all store technology (Ordering, POS system, etc.).

Qualifications

• Education/Training: High School Diploma, some college preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of 1-3 years retail experience.
• Skills/Knowledge: Strong leadership and analytical skills.
• Excellent guest service skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively in all situations.
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills.
• Ability to lead and develop others.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and tasks with a high attention to detail.
• Ability and willingness to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends and holidays to meet the needs of the business.
• Ability to stand for an extended period of time and to move and handle boxes of merchandise and fixtures throughout the store, which entails lifting and performing all functions as set forth.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities that management may deem necessary.