Shift Lead

Walgreens; Cranford (NJ); On-site; USD 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens in Cranford, NJ is seeking a trusted team member to help open and close the store when management isn’t present, manage cash, and ensure readiness for business. You will engage customers, handle returns, and support vendor deliveries while maintaining accurate records and store standards.

The role requires at least one year in a supervisory or key holder position, fluent English, and the ability to comply with pricing, inventory, and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• One year of prior leadership, supervisory, or retail key holder work experience.
• Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English.

Responsibilities

• Open and close the store in the absence of management, including system start-ups and cash handling.
• Handle returns, order voids, refunds, cash drops, and provide change to registers.
• Model and deliver a distinctive customer experience.
• Engage customers and patients by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services.
• Hold store keys to open/close without management as necessary.
• Assist with vendor deliveries and backroom processes as orders are created and received.
• Register sales accurately and document scanning errors, price verifications, and voids.
• Review order exceptions and assist in reverse logistics.
• Assist displays, pricing, signage, and promotional setups; support resets.
• Maintain inventory counts and stockroom accuracy.
• Ensure pricing accuracy and compliance with local regulations.
• Assist with bookkeeping tasks such as cash reports and counts.
• Maintain store cleanliness and request repairs as needed.
• Assist with pharmacy out window as requested.
• Ensure regulatory compliance for controlled items.
• Bag checks and adherence to policies.
• Complete special assignments as requested.

Skills

Leadership experience

Retail key holder

Customer service

English fluency

Education

PTCB certification or pharmacy license as required by state

Job description

• Opens and closes the store in the absence of store management, including all required systems start-ups, required cash handling, and ensuring the floor and stock room are ready for the business day. Responsible for opening back door of store for deliveries.
• Completes product returns, order voids, customer refunds, cash drops to the safe, and provides change as requested to cash registers.
• Models and delivers a distinctive and delightful customer experience.

Customer Experience

• Engages customers and patients by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services. Resolves customer issues and answers questions to ensure a positive customer experience.
• Models and shares customer service best practices with all team members to deliver a distinctive and delightful customer experience, including interpersonal habits (e.g., greeting, eye contact, courtesy, etc.) and Walgreens service traits (e.g., offering help proactively, identifying needs, servicing until satisfied, etc.).

Operations

• Responsible for holding store keys to open and close without management as necessary.
• Assists with and coaches other team members to work with warehouse and vendor ordering process as the orders are created, reviewed, and received, including opening the backdoor for vendor deliveries.
• Responsible and accountable for registering all related sales on assigned cash register, including records of scanning errors, price verifications, items not on file, price modifications, and voids.
• Assists manager or assistant store manager in reviewing order exceptions on order release day and assists in reverse logistics (e.g., 1506, returns, empty package).
• Assists manager or assistant store manager in evaluating and developing displays, including promotional, seasonal, super structures, and sale merchandise. Completes resets and revisions.
• Maintains accurate inventory counts; maintains the accuracy of on‑hand quantities including, but not limited to, basic departments, stockroom, and overstock locations.
• Assist with ensuring the Outdate program is followed with team members.
• Responsible for basic department pricing and making daily price changes; ensures proper signage is displayed at the store to support accurate pricing of products. Ensures any additional pricing tasks related to local regulations and/or regulatory compliance programs are completed accurately and within the required time frame.
• Assist with bookkeeping activities, including cash report, cash counts, ledgers, and bill payment as necessary or as requested.
• Assists with exterior and interior maintenance by ensuring clean, neat, orderly store condition and appearance, including requesting store or system repairs as required in manager absence, or as requested by manager.
• Assists with separation of food items (e.g., raw foods from pre‑cooked) and product placement as specified by policies/procedures (e.g., raw and frozen meats on bottom shelves). For consumable items, assists in stock rotation, using the first in, first out method and restock outs.
• Has working knowledge of store systems and store equipment.
• Assist at Pharmacy out window as requested.
• Ensures compliance with state and local laws regarding regulated products (e.g., alcoholic beverages and tobacco products).
• Responsible for bag checks of team members before leaving the store.
• Complies with all company policies and procedures; maintains respectful relationships with coworkers.
• Completes special assignments and other tasks as assigned.

Training & Personal Development

• Attends training and completes PPLs requested by Manager.

Communications

• Serves as a liaison between management and non‑management team members by communicating assigned tasks to team members when store management is not present.
• Reports disciplinary issues and customer complaints to management.

Basic Qualifications

• One year of prior leadership, supervisory, or retail key holder work experience.
• Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English. (Except in Puerto Rico)

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefer the knowledge of store inventory control.
• We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
• Obtains and maintains valid PTCB certification or pharmacy license as required by state.
• An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.
• The actual compensation that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled.

Salary Range: $18 - $21 / Hourly