Job Description
Houchens Food Group operates Price Less Foods stores, where the assistant manager oversees grocery departments to ensure customers receive prompt service and quality grocery items. This role involves supervising meat, produce, deli, and front-end teams while resolving complaints professionally and monitoring daily sales activities.
Houchens Food Group manages grocery operations across Kentucky and Tennessee, with over 70 stores specializing in retail food services and a commitment to maintaining high standards in inventory management.
Daily tasks include assigning duties to teams of clerks and cashiers, stocking shelves with produce and meats, reconciling cash receipts, and enforcing safety rules like inspecting equipment and examining products for condition. Interactions involve direct supervision of up to 10 departments, executing personnel actions such as hiring and evaluations, with the constraint of adhering to strict city, county, state, and federal regulations during all shifts.
Full-time shifts vary flexibly, including nights and weekends, with no specified pay range but including benefits like paid time off and health insurance. Professional development comes through training to become a store manager, though operating within retail profit guidelines presents ongoing challenges.
Responsibilities
- Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers
- Monitor sales and ensure quality goods
- Assign employees to specific duties
- Inventory stock and reorder as needed
- Enforce safety, health, and security rules
- Hire, train, and evaluate personnel
- Maintain records of purchases and sales
- Resolve customer inquiries and complaints
- Operate within company guidelines to achieve sales and profits
- Assist in budgeting, personnel work, and supervisory duties
Requirements
- High school graduate or GED
- No prior experience necessary
- Basic math calculations
- Accessible phone at all times