Full-Time Store Manager Trainee
Job Details
Full Job Description
As a Store Manager Trainee, you’ll train on all aspects of successfully running a store in preparation for running for your own store. You’ll be involved in supervising day-to-day store activities, ensuring overall store performance, identifying staffing needs, managing schedules and developing operational action plans while mentoring and developing the team.
Position Type:
Full-Time
Estimated Hours: 45 hours
per week
Store Manager Trainee Starting Wage:
$27.50 per hour
Estimated Store Manager Earning Potential
Year 1: Up to $105,000 (inclusive of salary and bonus when
applicable)
*Estimate may vary by location
Duties and
Responsibilities:
Must be able to perform duties with or without
reasonable accommodation.
• Consistently demonstrate the
Mindsets, ALDI Acts Competencies and Professional Skills (M.A.P.) as
outlined for the role.
• Supervises the day-to-day
operations and performance of the team to provide the highest level of
customer service for the customer
•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
• Handles customer concerns and ensures an
appropriate resolution
• Ensures proper store signage is
maintained at all times, as well as the quality and freshness of ALDI
products
• Assists in the hiring of store personnel by reviewing
resumes and employment applications, as well as interviewing
candidates
• Prepares, manages, and revises weekly schedules to
ensure appropriate store staffing levels
• Establishes and
communicates job responsibilities and performance expectations to
direct reports to ensure mutual understanding and desired results
• Conducts store meetings
• Identifies training and
development opportunities that will assist direct reports in achieving
enhanced performance
• Conducts annual performance evaluations,
recommending store personnel for advancement and termination as
appropriate
• Achieves store payroll and total loss budgets
•
Manages cash audits in conjunction with their direct leader according
to company guidelines
• Monitors the competitive environment
within the community and makes recommendations to the direct leader
regarding adjustments necessary to maintain a competitive
position
• Provides product feedback to their direct leader,
including recommendations regarding new items to carry or those that
should be discontinued
• Provides a safe environment for
employees, customers, and vendors by identifying and rectifying
hazards, ensuring proper ergonomics, and maintaining store equipment
in proper working order
• Oversees product merchandising and
maintains proper stock levels through appropriate product
ordering
• Conducts store inventory counts and reconciliations
according to company guidelines
• Complies with all established
company policies and procedures while upholding the security and
confidentiality of documents and data
• Other duties as assigned
Physical Demands:
• Ability to stock merchandise from
store receiving to shelving; ability to place product, weighing up to
45 pounds, on shelving at various heights
• Regularly required to
sit, stand, bend, reach, push, pull, lift, carry and walk about the
store
• Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable
accommodations.
Job Qualifications:
• You must be 18
years of age or older to be employed for this role at ALDI
•
Ability to work both independently and within a team environment
•
Ability to provide and lead others to provide prompt and courteous
customer service
• 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 establish goals, guide employee
performance to ensure the quality and completion of work
assignments
• Ability to evaluate and drive performance of self
and others
• Ability to understand and apply management principles
concerning budgeting, personnel costs, and expenses
• Ability to
operate a cash register efficiently and accurately
• 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 stay organized and
multi-task in a professional and efficient manner, following
instructions and giving attention to detail
• Meets any state and
local requirements for handling and selling alcoholic beverages
Education and Experience:
• High School Diploma or
equivalent preferred
• A minimum of 3 years of progressive
experience in a retail environment
• A combination of education
and experience providing equivalent knowledge
• Prior management
experience preferred
Travel:
• Full-Time Store Manager Trainees will often train at multiple locations and must have flexibility to travel within divisional requirements