Bakery Ops Specialist- D2 (Ny/Ct)

The Mid-Atlantic Division has an opening for a Bakery Ops Specialist in District D2. This role serves Acme locations within the New York and Connecticut store. This is a backstage salary position - nonunion position, bonus eligible. This position is a field role with up to 80% travelling within and outside of the district.

Albertson's Companies Inc. has always been a people-oriented business, and thoughtful people practices remain a core element of our company's philosophy. As friendly, enthusiastic people who enjoy offering customers an exceptional shopping experience, we provide world-class customer service each and every day.

What you bring to the table:

A Day in the Life:

The retail operations team has an opening for an Operational Specialist. This position will be located in the Mid-Atlantic Division. The Operations Specialist monitors, enforces, and supports execution of the division merchandising plan for their department in assigned stores. Train, coach, oversee and develop store teams within department.

• Travels to assigned stores working with the Department Manager and staff to share merchandising plans for departments to meet sales, gross and labor targets.

• Works with and counsel's department Managers and Store Directors in all aspects of product merchandising and customer service.

• Visits stores and evaluates on overall department presentation, cleanliness, compliance and program execution to company policy and procedures.

• Measurers store level performance through department sales, gross profit and labor percent.

• Executes plans measured through store visits, reviewing results of plans, and observing store department conditions.

• Determines success of training programs by reviewing and assessing evaluations.

• Provide work guidance to store associates in areas such as product knowledge, sales and marketing techniques, understanding of profit and loss and compliance with company policies.

• Trains department managers basics of the business and managing their department.

• Provides input to Store Director on Store Department Manager performance.

Qualifications:

• College degree or equivalent work experience.

• 5+ years as a Store Director in grocery retail with a strong understanding across assigned department

• Must possess previous Department Manager and Store Director experience.

• Possess good written and verbal communication skills and deal effectively with a wide variety of people both in person and over the phone.

• Possess marketing orientation, good analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Possess math skills to complete straightforward analysis.

• Possess strong leadership skills with the ability to lead and motivate others without directly supervising.

Travel Requirements: Division-wide travel, up to 70%.

What you bring to the table:

• You are tech savvy -- complex systems do not intimidate you.

• You enjoy working collaboratively with cross-functional partners to drive actions & results.

• You take pride in the work you do, with every detail, whether big or small

• Analyzing data, reports, and documents to develop solutions gives you energy.

• You are fluent in MS Office, especially Excel (V-Lookups, Pivot tables, and writing formulas)

• Working on a fast-paced team is exciting to you.

• You can be dependent on meeting deadlines.

• Making a huge impact on your customers and the company matters to you.

Pay Transparency

The pay range is $80,000 to $95,000 per year, but no less than the local minimum wage. Starting rates will vary based on things like location, experience, qualifications and the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work performed by the employees assigned to this job. All employees must comply with Company policy and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified may vary within each department and/or location.

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