Grocery Combo Manager

Job Description

Posted Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM | Expires Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 10:59 AM

Work to earn FREE MONEY for your retirement and elect Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefit Packages for as little as $20 per paycheck for yourself and $64 per paycheck for you and your family!

PAQ, Inc. is a 100% Employee-Owned Company consisting of 23 retail grocery stores throughout the Central Valley and Central Coast of California. Sixteen of our stores are price-impact, warehouse format under the Food 4 Less banner, and seven are Hispanic format under the Rancho San Miguel Market banner. At PAQ, Inc., our Employee Owners are the building blocks of a strong future—come build with us!

Job Summary:

The Grocery Combo Manager Manages, delegates and coordinates activities of the Grocery and Front-End departments including maximizing sales while achieving labor goals, development of staff, expense control, merchandising/displays, Grocery, Frozen Food and Dairy inventory levels, and that all applicable laws, policies and procedures are followed while insuring a friendly shopping environment for our customers and positive working conditions for our employees .

Essential Functions of the Position:

Makes projected weekly work plan based on projected sales; writes staffing schedules and monitors plan and makes appropriate adjustments as needed; assigns duties to employees on shift and schedules break periods; approves days off and vacation requests; makes scheduling adjustments based on business demands .

Maintain all merchandising standards, display presentation, POS standards and monitors daily inventory levels.

Ensure appropriate merchandise stock levels, merchandise and presentations; POS signing, and assortment in all departments; ensure selling floor is adequately stocked; monitors product quality and checks for proper rotation.

Assigns priorities and objectives to department staff and directly assigns and supervises completion of tasks; monitors productivity of the department insuring efficiency through direct observation and review of production outputs .

Review department/store trends and recommend and initiate changes for maximizing goals and objectives .

Listens to customer complaints, examines returned merchandise, and resolves problems to restore and promote good customer relations.

Trouble shoots and chooses the appropriate course of action to correct equipment issues.

Assists in training of new Team Members; coaches and motivates employees to promote a team environment.

Oversees and completes monthly inventories in perimeter departments as well as quarterly full store inventories.

Performs Store Director duties in their absence as assigned.

Performs related duties as assigned.

Makes projected weekly labor plan based on analysis from previous and projected sales; writes staffing schedules and monitors plan;

Insures company, department policy and operating procedures are followed while ensuring compliance with applicable laws.

Evaluates employee performance, providing coaching and motivation to employee’s success; performs internal interviews and promotes employees as needed; administers disciplinary action making recommendations for termination as needed.

Listens to customer complaints, examines returned merchandise, and resolves problems to restore and promote good customer relations.

Provides assistance to Grocery clerk/cashiers in completing difficult sales/tasks.

Monitors reporting of customer and/or employee accidents, insuring accurate and timely completion of paperwork.

Verifies cashier and Grocery clerk/cashier’s drawer at the end of their shift.

Opens and closes department according to established procedures; produce necessary reports daily.

Administers the It’s Showtime Customer Service program and coaches, mentors and disciplines as needed to insure a pleasant shopping experience .

Contacts appropriate vendors and monitors work performed to insure all store, including front end equipment in proper working condition.

Makes recommendations for…