Assistant Store Manager – Aldi Hiring


Website Aldi

Position Summary:

We’re ALDI, one of America’s favorite grocers. We’ve grown a lot in the past few years, expanding our reach and customer base all around the country. Whether it’s in customer service or our exceptional products, we owe our success to the efficiencies we create in every corner of our company and the people at each level who make that happen.

When you join our team as an Assistant Store Manager, you’ll take on key store management responsibilities including assisting with supervising day-to-day store activities, ensuring overall store performance, managing schedules, and developing operational action plans while identifying training opportunities to develop and grow the team.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensures the quality and freshness of products for sale and accuracy of product signage
  • Participates in the interviewing process for store personnel
  • Assists the direct leader with developing and implementing action plans to improve operating results
  • Assists their direct leader with achieving the store payroll and total loss budget, inventory counts, and training new employees
  • Monitors the competitive environment within the community and informs the direct leader regarding adjustments necessary to maintain the company’s competitive position
  • Ensures an appropriate resolution of operational customer concerns in their direct leader’s absence
  • Assists the direct leader with maintaining proper stock levels through appropriate product ordering
  • Provides product feedback to the direct leader, including making recommendations regarding new items to carry or those that should be discontinued
  • Identifies and rectifies hazards, ensuring proper ergonomics and maintaining store equipment in proper working order
  • Merchandises product neatly to maximize sales
  • Maintains store cleanliness standards and proper store signage at all times
  • Ensures store personnel adhere to inventory procedures, product handling guidelines, and cash control policies to minimize losses
  • Understands the overarching company strategy, as well as communicates and models the core values of the organization, to create a sense of teamwork and membership among employees
  • Establishes and communicates job responsibilities and performance expectations to their direct reports to ensure mutual understanding and desired results
  • Identifies training and development opportunities that will assist their direct reports in achieving enhanced performance
  • Communicates information including weekly information, major team milestones, developments, and concerns

Required Education & Experience:

  • Ability to provide and lead others to provide prompt and courteous customer service
  • Regularly required to sit, stand, bend, reach, push, pull, lift, carry, and walk about the store
  • Ability to develop rapport, trust, and open communication that enhances the growth and job performance of direct reports
  • Ability to interpret and apply company policies and procedures
  • Ability to operate a cash register efficiently and accurately
  • Ability to evaluate and drive performance of self and others
  • Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodations
  • Ability to safely and properly operate equipment, including electric/manual hand jack, floor scrubber, and cardboard baler and perform general cleaning duties to company standards
  • Ability to stock merchandise from store receiving to shelving; ability to place product, weighing up to 45 pounds, on shelving at various heights
  • Ability to understand and apply management principles concerning budgeting, personnel costs, and expenses
  • Ability to work both independently and within a team environment
  • Ability to establish goals, guide employee performance to ensure the quality and completion of work assignments
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills