Store Leader: Closing Shifts & Store Ops Training

Safeway; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diverse & Inclusive Work Culture

Competitive pay with weekly payroll

Associate discounts

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) and更多

Job summary

Safeway in Oakland is seeking a Third Person in Charge to oversee store operations when the Store Director and ASD are unavailable. You will supervise staff, handle customer concerns, and participate in hiring decisions and merchandising execution.

The role includes training new employees, coordinating with late shifts, implementing merchandising policies, and driving store performance across daily operations.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Four or more years retail experience required.
• Retail grocery experience preferred.
• Proficient customer service and supervisory skills.
• Strong understanding of overall store operations.
• Excellent written and oral communication, leadership, and teamwork.
• High degree of initiative and sense of urgency.
• Able to work flexible hours (am/pm shifts).
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Friendly, courteous, and composed with customers and coworkers.
• Analytical skills for planning, reporting, scheduling.
• Ability to judge and react to business activity.
• Knowledge of basic math and weights and measures.

Responsibilities

• Works primarily closing shifts to run total store operations in the absence of the Store Director and Assistant Store Director.
• Works with the ASD on center of store operations and fills in for ASD on days off, when the ASD is filling in for Store Director, or while the ASD is on vacation.
• Overall management responsibility for the total store operation, including supervision of all employees and handling customer complaints in the absence of the Store Director and ASD.
• Initiates corrective action as needed in the absence of the Store Director and ASD.
• Acts as the liaison between the Store Director/ASD and the late shift operations to ensure smooth operations.
• Encourages and maintains an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with emphasis on fast, friendly, courteous service; engages in suggestive selling and other sales techniques; handles customer relations issues.
• Performs ordering, receiving, storing, pricing, stocking, and merchandising duties; coordinates with late shift employees/department leads.
• Coordinates with ASD to prepare task lists for night stockers and day stockers.
• May perform duties of the receiving clerk in the absence of the Inventory Control Clerk.
• Build and execute marketing and merchandising plans with Head Clerks, PICs, and Food Clerks.
• Ordering for displays and working with day stockers to minimize out of stocks.
• Support Store Director and ASD with execution of strategies to improve product placement, profit, and standards.
• Trains Head Clerks/PICs for possible promotion to Third Person in Charge.
• Support the Store Director with safety culture and programs in the store.
• Coordinates with Store Director and Head Bookkeeper/In-Store Recruiter to meet hiring needs and onboarding.

Skills

Customer service

Supervisory skills

Written and verbal communication

Leadership

Initiative

Flexible hours

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Analytical ability

Math basics

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Safeway in Oakland is seeking a Third Person in Charge to oversee store operations when the Store Director and ASD are unavailable. You will supervise staff, handle customer concerns, and participate in hiring decisions and merchandising execution.

The role includes training new employees, coordinating with late shifts, implementing merchandising policies, and driving store performance across daily operations.