Store Leadership

JOB SUMMARY: The Assistant Store Team Leader is responsible to assist the Store Team Leader in overseeing daily store operations and provide overall leadership and direction to achieve profitable operation of the retail store as assigned. The Assistant helps ensure that the goals of full, fresh, clean, signed and friendly are achieved. The assistant drives and maintains a positive working environment that engages and empowers all associates.

The Assistant is responsible to help develop and train the store department team leaders, the Second Assistant, and associates to continually grow their capacity for efficiency, effectiveness and service. The Assistant coordinates and directs the overall operations of the store in the absence of the Store Team Leader. The Assistant is responsible to engage in learning activities necessary to prepare for potential assignment as a Store Team Leader.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

Leadership:

• Maintain a positive work environment and ensure fair and consistent treatment of all associates. Set a positive example of the company values and excellent customer service.
• Recruit, select, on‑board, coach, and develop the best associates possible to achieve store, company, strategic and tactical goals.
• Set clear performance expectations for associates and follow‑up with timely performance evaluations and appropriate compensation.
• Ensure succession planning and adequate bench strength is developed.

Operations:

• Manage payroll/scheduling efficiency to optimize sales and provide an outstanding customer experience within budget requirements for the store.
• Maintain high operational standards to include clean store conditions both inside and outside, optimum freshness of merchandise, merchandising to achieve maximum sales and profits and proper rotation of all stock.
• Ensure all displays are built for maximum sales and profits, are visually appealing, include tie‑in merchandise when applicable, and are properly signed.
• Clearly communicate and enforce standards for quality, customer service, safety, loss prevention, sanitation, store conditions, 5S and food safety to all departments and the store.
• Ensure compliance with all state and federal laws and regulations at store level, and ensure proper reporting is complete and accurate.
• Observing and enforcing all company rules and policies.
• Maintaining a neat, professional appearance at all times to set an example for others to follow; enforce company dress and grooming standards.
• Ensure that all associates comply with company cash and check handling policies and procedures, alcohol and tobacco compliance, government program compliance, etc.
• Control inventory levels to minimize over‑stocks, under‑stocks, and out‑of‑stocks within the policy guidelines and targets set for the store to maximize sales, inventory turns, cash flow, and return‑on‑investment.
• Ensure that all merchandise is properly priced in accordance with the pricing guidelines.
• Ensuring that product rotation procedures are rigidly observed, and that merchandise and merchandising is of optimum freshness and quality to achieve maximum sales and profits
• Maintain current knowledge of market conditions and competitive activity through periodic review of competition.
• Manage quarterly sales, income, expense, capital and labor budgets for the store.
• Monitor and control expenses to be in line with budgets.
• Interface with manufacturers' and sales representatives; evaluate vendor promotions in accordance with company policy to select and purchase those products that provide savings benefits with a goal of increasing sales, inventory turnover and customer traffic in the store.

Safety:

• Maintain building, fixtures, storage facilities, and equipment in optimal operational condition, monitor maintenance and repairs and manage expenses of same.
• Promote a safe and accident free work and shopping environment.
• Ensure proper protective equipment is available and used while setting an example of safe work practices.
• Perform other work‑related duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS AND

CONDITIONS:

Education/Exper…