Department Manager, Grocery and Housing

Department Manager, Grocery - (Relocation and Housing)

Join Alaska Commercial Company as a full‑time, permanent Department Manager for Grocery at Nome, AK. This role offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, taxable housing accommodations, and a relocation package. The company encourages professional growth and community engagement.

More than just retail. Come make a difference. Alaska Commercial Company has exciting opportunities for full‑time, permanent employment in retail stores across the North. This is an excellent opportunity to join a team where your experience and work ethic are appreciated and rewarded. With ACC you’re encouraged to learn and grow on the job and explore the beauty and culture of the communities where we live and work.

The company offers rewarding experiences and unique opportunities for growth.

• Competitive salaries
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Taxable housing accommodations
• Relocation package

• Ensure appropriate merchandise is ordered and properly presented to maximize sales and profits
• Control labor and overhead costs
• Ensure merchandise is priced correctly
• Drive sales through promotional offerings
• Role model great service and demonstrate enthusiasm to delight our customers
• Share knowledge, experience, and best practices to create team spirit across the department
• Achieve maximum sales and impact seasonal events, planning well and also react to changes in weather and driving opportunities
• Monitor customer service and satisfaction within the department and take action as required to address issues
• Ensure store policies and procedures are communicated to department employees
• Support the rest of the store management group
• Maintain great quality products for customers by ensuring your team follows the correct product handling

• Minimum of 3 years of management experience in grocery retail
• Exceptional analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills with high attention to detail
• Proven organizational, planning, and prioritizing skills
• Must have demonstrated ability to work both independently and within a team
• Understand how to take special orders, offer suggestions about different products, and navigate customer experiences
• Demonstrate a personal and enthusiastic commitment to ACC’s vision, mission, values, and strategies
• Highly motivated with an appreciation for small‑town life in a culturally diverse setting is considered an asset
• Enthusiastic desire to approach customers, ask questions, and make product and service recommendations
• Experience with visual merchandising, inventory management, training and development, and sales and service

Location:

Nome, AK

Reports to:

Store Manager

ACC is a growing company with a long history of serving rural Alaskans. For more than 150 years, we have provided groceries and general merchandise to the people of Alaska. Our stores continue to be a vital center of local community life. In 1992, the company was purchased by The North West Company (NWC). This acquisition made ACC the largest North American rural retailer and one of the largest employers in the State of Alaska.

Learn more about ACC:

We’d love to hear from all workers motivated to thrive professionally and personally while making a difference in the communities we serve. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

• Acting with integrity
• Fostering excellence
• Respecting others
• Working collaboratively
• Being accountable

ACC is committed to inclusion and diversity and encourages applications from all candidates, including but not limited to all religions and ethnicities, LGBTQ2s+, BIPOC, and persons with disabilities.