Lead Store Associate

Position: Full-Time Lead Store Associate
# Full-Time Lead Store Associate

ALDICedar Rapids, IAFull-Time Jun 06, 2026

Retail##

Job Description The lead store associate position is a keyholder position responsible for independently opening and closing the store in the absence of store management. This role supports the team by guiding associates, stockers, and cashiers through opening and closing duties, helping to maintain store standards, and ensuring an excellent customer shopping experience.  Theleadstoreassociatepositionis a keyholder position responsible for independently opening and closing the store in the absence of store management.

This role supports the team by guiding associates, stockers, and cashiers through opening and closing duties, helping tomaintainstore standards, and ensuring an excellent customer shopping experience.

** Position Type:
** Full-Time  
** Average

Hours:

** 38 hoursper week  
** Starting Wage:**$20.50 per hour  
** Wage Increases:
** Year 2 - $21.00 | Year 3 - $21.50 | Year 4 - $21.50| Year 5 - $22.50
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* Duties and Responsibilities:

*** Overseestheappropriate resolution of employee and customer concerns, aligning with store management as needed.
* Communicates job responsibilities and performance expectations to store personnel in the absence of store management to ensure desired results.
* Assists store management with implementing action plans to improve operating results and personnel development.
* Informs store management of team developments and concerns ina timelyand effective manner.
* Communicates, cooperates, and interacts effectively with all levels of ALDI employees, customers, third-party vendors, and business partners.
* Leads, develops, and supervises the team to develop sales, engage our teams, satisfy ourcustomersand achieve consistent high performance.
* Understands the overarching company strategy and models the core values of the organization.
* Fosters a positive and collaborative working environment and promotes teamwork among employees.
* Stocks shelves and displays neatly while following merchandising planograms to maximize sales.
* Properlyutilizesthe point-of-sale(POS) system to accurately scan and process customer purchases and informs store management of scanning concerns or errors.
* Complete curbside pickup orders by accurately retrieving items from the store, verifying order contents, and ensuringtimelydelivery to customers' vehicles from the staging area.
* Executes opening and closing duties in the absence of store management.
* Delegates and oversees the completion of tasks to store associates, cashiers, and stockers in the absence of store management.
* Assists store management in achieving operational efficiency goals.
* Assists store management in achieving total loss goals.
* Adheres to cash policies and procedures.
* Resolves concerns from store personnel and customers and/orreferssuch concerns to the storemanageras necessary.
* Models,communicatesandmonitorscompliance with established policies and procedures.
* Ensures store personnel adhere to expense guidelines, inventory procedures, product handling, and cash handling policies to minimize loss.
* Ensures store personnel maintain zone standards and merchandising standards at all times.
* Ensures store personnel comply withthe company's guidelines,policies and procedures;demonstrates appropriate interactions with co-workers.
* Supports store management in ensuring a safe working environment by rectifying and identifying unsafe conditions, including poor ergonomics and equipment concerns to prevent injuries or accidents before they occur.
* Performs general cleaning tasks to company standards.
** Physical Demands:
*** Required to push, pull, sit, stand, reach, grasp, twist, bend, and move from one area to another.
* Required to lift, carry, and place products weighing up to 45 pounds on shelves at various heights, including overhead.
* Required operation of equipment such as a cash register, electric and manual hand jacks, floorscrubberand cardboard baler.
* Required tostockproductin varying temperatures, including freezer and cooler environments.
* Required to use glass and multipurpose cleaning products.
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* Job Qualifications:

*** Ability to develop rapport,…