Grocery Manager

Why choose us?

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

At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for team-focused managers who are passionate about people, performance, and creating a great shopping experience. As a Grocery Department Manager, you will oversee all daily operations of the Grocery Department, drive sales and profitability, and ensure strong in ‑ stock conditions, accurate pricing, and high merchandising standards. This role offers a fast ‑ paced, hands ‑ on environment where your leadership directly impacts store success.

Bring your flavor

Building the future of food and well ‑ being starts with strong team support and consistency on the sales floor. Bring your passion for teamwork, merchandising, and operational excellence to a role where you set the pace, support your associates, and ensure customers can rely on a full, fresh, and well ‑ organized Grocery Department every day.

Main r esponsibilities

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• Oversee daily operations of the Grocery Department with a focus on customer service, sales, and department readiness
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• Deliver friendly, prompt, and knowledgeable customer service and resolve customer concerns professionally
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• Ensure shelves, displays, and aisles are clean, full, front ‑ faced, and merchandised to company standards
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• Execute planograms, promotional sets, seasonal transitions, and weekly ad merchandising
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• Manage ordering, inventory levels, product rotation, and backroom organization
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• Monitor shrink and implement procedures to reduce waste and loss
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• Ensure compliance with food safety, sanitation, safety, and operational standards
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• Hire, train, coach, schedule, and develop grocery associates while fostering a positive team environment

We are looking for candidates who possess the following

Soft skills

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• Strong customer ‑ service focus with a visible team presence
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• Effective communication, coaching, and team ‑ building skills
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• Strong organization, prioritization, and problem ‑ solving abilities
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• Ability to multitask in a fast ‑ paced environment

Competencies

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• Grocery merchandising and planogram execution
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• Inventory management, ordering, and shrink control
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• Labor planning, scheduling, and performance management
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• Operational standards, food safety, and compliance execution

Knowledge

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• Grocery product flow, rotation, and inventory control
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• Retail merchandising and promotional execution
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• Store systems and ordering tools

Abilities

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• Ability to analyze sales, labor, and inventory data to drive results
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• Ability to train, coach, and develop associates
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• Ability to lift, push, pull, and carry products and work in coolers and freezers
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• Travel requirements: None
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• Other requirements: Flexible availability including evenings, weekends, and holidays; reliable attendance; compliance with company safety policies and 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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