Assistant Manager I

Role overview

Store operations and service

• Assist with daily store functions, opening and closing procedures, and customer questions or concerns.
• Move merchandise from delivery trucks through the stockroom to the sales floor and maintain seasonal areas.
• Process corporate directives and communications related to store activities.
• Maintain storefront promotional fixtures, displays, a stocked sales floor, and an organized stockroom.
• Assist with ordering merchandise, processing damaged items, record keeping, payroll, scheduling, cash deposits and receipts, and loss prevention.
• Protect company assets and cash, follow safety policies, and ensure associates follow company procedures.
• Help supervise, train, and develop Store Associates and foster a positive, safe, respectful environment.
• Clean and maintain the store, including bathrooms, floors, and waste disposal.

Skills and experience

• Ability to read, interpret, and explain operational directives is required.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, written, customer service, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills are required.
• Ability to work in a high-energy team environment is required.
• Must lift up to 55 lbs. from floor to above shoulder height and meet frequent physical demands including walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, climbing, pushing, pulling, and repetitive lifting.
• A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
• Retail, grocery, or drug store management experience is preferred.

Workplace

• Store duties include handling merchandise, cleaning, and maintaining sales-floor and stockroom areas.