Store Assistant Manager

Daiso USA; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Daiso USA in Alameda, CA is hiring an Assistant Store Manager to support the store manager in daily operations, staff scheduling, inventory control, and customer service excellence. You will oversee shift management, ensure compliance with company policies, and drive sales through effective merchandising and team leadership.

The role requires hands-on supervision, communication skills, and flexible availability, including evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• Front-line retail experience is preferred.
• Experience in inventory control and loss prevention.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to meet sales targets and KPIs.
• Flexible to work evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Support store manager in operations and staff management.
• Monitor labor hours and scheduling; assist with HR development.
• Oversee product ordering, inventory control and merchandising.
• Ensure store policies, health & safety, and loss prevention compliance.
• Drive sales through customer service excellence and effective floor leadership.
• Assist with cash handling, safety, and store security procedures.
• Maintain orderly documentation, reports, and store records.

Skills

Sales experience

Inventory oversight

Communication skills

Sales goals

Adaptability

Leadership

Reliability

Evenings/weekends availability

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Alameda
Alameda | S9856
2202 S Shore Ctr
Alameda, CA 94501, USA

Description

As an Assistant Store Manager, provide support to the store manager in the management of store operations. In support of the store manager, he/she is responsible for store staff shift management, labor hour control, human resource development, product ordering, inventory control, and operational management of product development. He/she is also responsible for ensuring compliance with store laws and regulations, and accurately reporting any store problems or issues to the store manager and instructors.

Essential Functions:

• Improvement of customer service quality, customer relations, cleanliness, implementation
• Recruitment, leadership staff training, staff counseling, and building effective work operations
• Management and supervision of staff, compliance with company rules and regulations, monitoring and guidance of working conditions and attitudes, and shift management
• Appropriate ordering, creation of sales areas that do not run out of stock, loss control, and inventory control
• Execution and management of sales plans, merchandise organization, and merchandise replenishment management
• Sales goal, basket counts, MH, loss, inventory turnover days
• Cash register float money management/Safe money management
• Management and organize forms, documents, manuals, files, and records
• Store, equipment and fixtures management
• Store security, crime prevention, store interior/BR organization and tidiness
• Management and control based on guidelines developed by the company.

Education Requirements

High school Diploma/GED

Work Experience Requirements:

2+Years

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:

• Previous experience as a sales associate
• Experience in inventory oversight
• Strong communication skills and building good relationships
• Ability to achieve sales goals
• Ability to respond to the speed of change in the store/company
• Execution of head office information and instructions
• Able to lead store problems to a positive resolution
• Positive attitude, reliability, and cooperativeness in work
• Must be flexible to work evenings and weekend shifts

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