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Full-Time Store Manager Trainee (GRAND OPENING)

As a Store Manager Trainee, you'll train on all aspects of successfully running a store in preparation for running 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

45-50 hours per week

Store Manager Trainee Starting

Wage: $29.50 per hour

Estimated Store Manager Earning Potential Year 1: Up to $98,500 (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.

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.

Travel: Full-Time Store Manager Trainees will often train at multiple locations and must have flexibility to travel within divisional requirements.