Assistant Deli Manager

Why choose us?

Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership career? Join us for an exciting opportunity as a Deli Department Manager, where fresh food, customer service, and operational excellence come together.

At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for team-focused managers who are passionate about food quality, people, and performance. As a Deli Department Manager, you will oversee daily deli operations, drive sales, and ensure high standards for food safety, merchandising, and service. This role offers a fast ‑ paced, hands ‑ on environment where your team-building skills and attention to detail directly impact customer satisfaction and department success.

Bring your flavor

Building the future of food and well ‑ being starts with fresh, delicious food and great service. Bring your passion for food preparation, merchandising, and team leadership to a role where you set the standard for quality, support your associates, and deliver a deli experience customers can trust and enjoy every day.

Main r esponsibilities

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• Oversee daily operations of the Deli Department with a strong focus on customer service, food quality, and department readiness
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• Create a fast, friendly, customer ‑ first environment and resolve customer questions, concerns, and special requests
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• Execute merchandising plans, planograms, promotional sets, and seasonal programs
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• Oversee preparation, slicing, cooking, packaging, and merchandising of deli items following company recipes and standards
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• Maintain full, fresh, and visually appealing service case, grab ‑ and ‑ go, and hot case displays
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• Manage ordering, inventory, shrink, production logs, and waste reporting
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• Build and manage schedules aligned with sales volume and labor targets
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• Hire, train, coach, and develop deli associates while promoting teamwork and accountability
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• Ensure strict compliance with food safety, sanitation, temperature controls, and regulatory requirements

We are looking for candidates who possess the following

Soft skills

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• Strong customer ‑ service mindset with a passion for food quality
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• Effective leadership, coaching, and communication skills
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• Strong organization, time management, and problem ‑ solving abilities
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• Ability to lead in a fast ‑ paced, high ‑ volume environment

Competencies

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• Deli production, food handling, and merchandising execution
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• Labor planning, scheduling, and performance management
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• Inventory management, ordering, and shrink control
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• Food safety, sanitation, and compliance oversight

Knowledge

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• Food safety standards, sanitation practices, and equipment operation
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• Deli preparation techniques and merchandising standards
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• Store systems, ordering platforms, and basic computer applications

Abilities

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Ability to review sales, labor, and shrink data to support planning and prioritization

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Ability to train, coach, and develop associates

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Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and work in hot and cold temperature environments

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Ability to safely operate slicers, ovens, knives, scales, and cleaning tools

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Travel requirements: None

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Other requirements: Flexible availability including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays; reliable attendance; compliance with company policies, food safety standards, and the Code of Business Conduct

We also provide a variety of benefits including

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• Competitive w ages paid weekly
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• Associate discounts
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• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
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• Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit myACI Benefits
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• Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
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• An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve
• Our Values – Click below to view video: ACI Values
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