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JOB DESCRIPTION:
As a primary contact for Safeway customers, the Grocery Home Shopping Department Manager provides friendly, courteous, and helpful service. The Department Manager spends the majority of their time selecting orders and ensuring that the processing/delivery of customers orders are completed to standards and within set timelines. The Department Manager is held accountable for the department’s results in providing superior service, increasing sales, improving gain, and containing cost. Trains, supervises, schedules, and assigns duties to Personal Shoppers. Ensures all equipment is used according to the company standard and manufacturer guidelines in order to ensure safety and minimize damage. Position involves varying levels of pressure where the Department Manager should be able to respond accordingly. The Department Manager must demonstrate excellent motivation and team working skills and be capable of working both on their own and as part of a team.
JOB DUTIES:
Safeway Grocery Home Shopping Department Manager employees are generally responsible for completing the following job duties:
- Provide customer service as currently defined by the employer within the scope of the position and within company policy.
- Operate hand held computer/scanning unit to check in item from the order, ensuring the merchandise matches the order.
- Ability to identify and locate items in a proficient manner within the three categories of the store (ambient, chilled, and frozen).
- Monitor the processing of all customers orders to ensure customers receive all products that have been ordered/charged for.
- Monitor/review the picking of orders to ensure time commitments are met.
- Bag grocery items and place into bins.
- Push filled cart (12 items per bin or lesser larger items 6 bins per cart) to the back room area to be staged on to hand trucks.
- Push loaded hand truck to the delivery truck.
- Load filled bins onto delivery truck. Ensure correct loading of truck.
- Train, schedule and supervise Personal Shoppers.
- Ensure all daily/weekly routines are adhered to to demonstrate due diligence with regard to legal compliance.
- Maintain cleanliness of store and back room area.
- Other duties as assigned.
JOB RELATED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ability to follow company customer service procedures. Demonstrated prior customer service skills or related experience.
- Ability to interact with customers and co-workers.
- Ability to train teams of people.
- Demonstrate strong communication and leadership skills.
- Knowledge of Safeway is highly desirable.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Personal Shoppers
Job Title: Grocery Home Shopping Department Manager
PERMITS/LICENSES:
Varies depending on store location and state/county requirements.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
%Inside: 95% %Outside: 5%
Temperature Extremes: N/A
Chemicals: N/A
MACHINES, TOOLS, AND EQUIPMENT:
cart with bins, hand held computer with scan gun, hand truck, labels, cash register
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Constant (over 70% of the time)
Frequent (30-70%)
Occasional (10-30%)
Seldom (1-10%)
Lifting:
Frequently lifts 1-20 lbs. Occasionally lifts 21-35 lbs. Seldom lifts 36-50 lbs.
Carrying:
Frequently carries 1-20 lbs. Occasionally carries 21-35 lbs. Seldom carries 36-50 lbs.
Pushing / Pulling:
Frequently pushes/pulls 1-35 lbs.
Reaching:
Frequent waist to shoulder reaching. Occasional floor to waist and shoulder and above reaching. Seldom below knee reaching.
Standing:
Constant standing while on job. Sitting allowed on breaks.
Walking:
Constant walking while on job.
Climb/Balance:
Seldom. May use stepstool or ladder to reach upper shelves.
Trunk Functions:
Frequent bending head down/up. Occasional neck rotations, bending/stooping, twisting, crouching.
Upper Extremity:
Frequent handling/grasping. Seldom fine finger manipulation, forceful gripping.
Vision:
Use of peripheral vision and depth perception to move around store as well as rear area and push carts and hand truck in crowded store as well as the back area. Use of near vision to read labels, tags, process orders and check hand held computer screen.
Hearing:
To receive instructions and information from manager and other employees, to interact with customers.
Speech:
Used to provide service to customers, provide information to other employees and use the telephone/intercom.
Safeway will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities who can meet overall job requirements.
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.
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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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Pay Transparency:
Starting rates will be no less than the local minimum wage and may vary based on things like location, experience, qualifications, and the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement. Candidates with unique qualifications may be considered for compensation above this range. Dependent on length of service, hours worked, any applicable collective bargaining agreement and/or Company policy, benefits may include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay*, PTO/Vacation pay*, paid holidays*, bereavement pay and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401(k) eligibility). Associates in this position may be eligible for a quarterly bonus, subject to Company bonus plans. Applications are accepted on an on-going basis.
*For roles in Washington State: Sick pay and PTO/Vacation pay are accrued based on hours worked and paid holidays are issued at 7-9 days annually.
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