Store Lead: Customer-First & Retail Operations

Dollar General; Lafayette (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Dollar General in Lafayette, LA seeks an Assistant Store Manager to assist the Store Manager with supervision, merchandising, deposits, stocking and cashiering. You will open/close the store, train staff, conduct safety meetings, and ensure policy compliance while protecting assets and maximizing profitability.

The role requires strong communication, organization, and cash-handling skills with prior retail supervisory experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Effective interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of situations.
• Good organization skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as diagrams, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages.
• Ability to perform cash register functions and generate reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide superior customer service leadership; greet and assist customers, and operate cash register and scanner to itemize the customer's purchase.
• Open and close the store a minimum of two days per week.
• Assist Store Manager with scheduling employees, providing adequate training for employees, conducting safety meetings, and ensuring employee compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Follow company work processes to manage merchandise, including receiving, unpacking, stocking, restocking and rotating merchandise on shelves and building merchandise displays.
• Assist in maintaining accurate inventory levels by controlling damages, markdowns, scanning, paperwork, and facility controls.
• Assist in implementation and maintenance of planograms; ensure merchandise is presented according to established practices and Store Manager direction.
• Assist in ensuring financial integrity of the store through strict cashier accountability, key control, adherences to company security practices and cash control procedures; authorize and sign for refunds and overrides, count register tills, and deposit money in bank.
• Assist with management of the store in the Store Manager's absence.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Leadership

Organization

Cash handling

Mathematics

Time management

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Dollar General in Lafayette, LA seeks an Assistant Store Manager to assist the Store Manager with supervision, merchandising, deposits, stocking and cashiering. You will open/close the store, train staff, conduct safety meetings, and ensure policy compliance while protecting assets and maximizing profitability.

The role requires strong communication, organization, and cash-handling skills with prior retail supervisory experience preferred.