Store Leadership: Customer Experience & Merchandising

Dollar General; Covington (LA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Dollar General is seeking an Assistant Store Manager to help lead a busy store with a customer-first focus. You will support the Store Manager in supervising employees, merchandising, and daily bank deposits, while ensuring store profitability and asset protection.

You will handle cash operations, open/close duties, training, safety meetings, and planogram implementation, with a focus on accurate inventory and excellent service.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent strongly preferred.
• One year of retail experience and six months supervisory experience preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to perform cash register functions and generate reports.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedures.

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 leadership

Cash handling

Staff supervision

Merchandise presentation

Inventory control

Safety compliance

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Dollar General is seeking an Assistant Store Manager to help lead a busy store with a customer-first focus. You will support the Store Manager in supervising employees, merchandising, and daily bank deposits, while ensuring store profitability and asset protection.

You will handle cash operations, open/close duties, training, safety meetings, and planogram implementation, with a focus on accurate inventory and excellent service.