Job Description
Job Description Why choose us?
Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership career? Join us for an exciting opportunity as a Drug/General Merchandise (GM) Department Manager, where strong merchandising, operational excellence, and customer service come together.
At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for team-focused managers who are passionate about results, organization, and delivering a great shopping experience. As a Drug/GM Department Manager, you will oversee key departments that drive in-stock performance, inventory accuracy, seasonal execution, and sales. This role offers a fast-paced, hands-on environment where your leadership and merchandising expertise make a visible impact every day.
Bring your flavor
Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Bring your team-building skills, merchandising expertise, and customer-first mindset to a role where your impact is visible every day.
Main responsibilities:
- Oversee daily operations of the Drug and General Merchandise departments with a focus on customer service, merchandising, and in-stock conditions
- Execute planograms, resets, promotional sets, ad programs, and seasonal transitions accurately and on time
- Maintain clean, organized, and visually appealing sales floor and backroom areas
- Manage ordering, inventory levels, cycle counts, and inventory accuracy while minimizing shrink
- Monitor sales trends, movement reports, and seasonal needs to support ordering and merchandising recommendations
- Ensure compliance with company programs, safety standards, and operational procedures
- Support customers with product questions, promotions, and locating merchandise
- Provide daily direction, scheduling, training, and coaching to Drug/GM associates
We are looking for candidates who possess the following:
Soft skills:
- Strong customer-service focus and attention to detail
- Effective leadership, communication, and team-building skills
- Strong organization, prioritization, and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to manage multiple categories and shifting priorities
Competencies:
- Merchandising execution and planogram compliance
- Inventory management, ordering, and shrink control
- Operational standards, safety, and compliance execution
- Sales performance and promotional execution
Knowledge:
- Retail or general merchandise operations
- Inventory systems and merchandising standards (preferred)
Abilities:
- Ability to review sales and inventory data to guide department planning
- Ability to train, coach, and develop associates
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Travel requirements: None
- 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:
- Competitive wages paid weekly
- Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
- Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit myACI Benefits
- Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
- An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve
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About Us Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. Committed to innovation and fostering a culture of belonging, our team is united with a unique purpose: to bring people together around the joys of food and to inspire well-being. We want talented individuals to be part of this journey!
Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) is a leading food and drug retailer in the U.S. We operate over 2,200 stores, 1,732 pharmacies, 405 fuel centers, 22 distribution facilities, and 19 manufacturing plants across 34 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw's, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, United Express, Randalls, Albertson's Market, Pavilions, Star Markets, Market Street, Carrs, Haggen, Lucky, Amigos, Andronico's Community Markets, King's, Balducci's, and Albertson's Market Street.
Our vision is to be a retail leader admired for national strength with deep local roots, offering an easy, fun, friendly, and inspiring experience, no matter how customers choose to shop with us. We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities we serve, and strive to create a workplace where everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources, and can fully contribute to their and our company's success.
Bring your flavor Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job and are not the official job description for the position. All employees must comply with Company, Division, and Store policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties, and skills of personnel may vary within store and/or from store to store and the official job description will be provided during the application process.
Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer
This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Job Tags
Weekly pay, Seasonal work, Local area, Flexible hours, Shift work, Afternoon shift