Assistant Manager

* Manages store operations to achieve projected store sales, departmental presentation and execution, labor goals and productivity expectations.

* Contributes toward ensuring a positive shopping environment for customers and a positive working environment for employees.

* Ensures proper product handling to control shrinkage and waste.

* Follows all company, store, and department policies and procedures.

* Complies with federal and state regulations.

* Encourages teamwork through cooperative interactions with co-workers.

* Indirectly supervises employees working the evening hours by providing work direction.

* Institutes "best practice" leadership and management principles and ensures adherence to organizational procedures, policies, and systems.

* Ensures store conditions are maintained and prepares store for morning operation with expected results.

* Responds to customer inquiries and complaints in a positive, resolution-oriented

* Communicates with Store Director and other members of the management team concerning ongoing department status, including successes, problems and planning

* A successful candidate will have a strong background overseeing employees in a high volume grocery or retail environment including operations from perishables to center store. *Demonstrates a love of food and passion for people to include incredible Customer Service and performance excellence through example and education of team members. *Previous experience running evening operations. *Proven experience to minimize shrink. *Previous experience creating a motivating work environment that results in a collaborative front end team. *Demonstrated experience providing appropriate staffing, training, scheduling, safety, sanitation, inventory control, equipment maintenance and shrink control to achieve expected results.