Assistant Manager of Store Operations

Assistant Manager Store Operations

At Hy-Vee, our people are our strength. We promise "a helpful smile in every aisle" and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other. This position supervises and coordinates the activities of employees, ensuring that customer's needs are met.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities :

• Maintains a positive attitude; creates an atmosphere of friendliness and fun through flexibility and teamwork.
• Generates a friendly atmosphere by encouraging employees to greet and speak to customers; providing prompt, courteous, and efficient service to customers and sets a good example.
• Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store.
• Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee's designated department or elsewhere in the store.
• Makes an effort to learn customers' names and to address them by name whenever possible.
• Assists customers by escorting them to the products they're looking for, securing products that are out of reach, and loading or unloading heavy items.
• Answers the telephone promptly and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call.
• Responsible for perpetuating the fundamental values of the Hy-Vee culture.
• Oversees proper training, handles employee issues, and coordinates disciplinary procedures when necessary.
• Assists management in determining specific pricing and blends.
• Determines location of ad and promotional displays, ensures product quality and quantities to meet customer and store demands and profitability.
• Ensures the store standards for customer service, employee relations, and overall departmental profitability are met.
• Ensures compliance with store accounting procedures and reports potential problems.
• Oversees building / ground maintenance and all store sanitation and cleanliness to ensure they meet with the store directors and company's guidelines.
• Uses and understands all hardware and software technology in the store.
• Assists in forecasting and reviewing the store labor schedule with the store director's guidelines.
• Evaluates employee performance to recommend personnel actions in their respective area such as promotion, transfer, or dismissal.
• Trains and enforces safety procedures to provide a safe and healthy work environment for employees and customers and fills out customer accident forms.
• Works safely to prevent on-the-job injuries, fills out first report of injury, and assigns duties according to restrictions.
• Directs the ordering of merchandise in their respective areas.
• Coordinates compliance of employees with established policy / law, security, sales, and record keeping procedures and practices.
• Assists with replenishing shelf product, designs and constructs displays.
• Confers with employees and assists in solving problems affecting job duties, productivity, and of established policies and procedures.
• Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.
• Reports to work when scheduled and works expected number of hours.

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Are you ready to smile, apply today. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen.