Assistant Center Store Manager - Food Maxx - 1550 N. Ben Maddox, Visalia, CA 93292

About Us

The Save Mart Companies is California’s largest regional, full-service grocery chain, founded over 70 years ago in Modesto, California. With 194 stores across Central and Northern California and Western Nevada, our banners—Save Mart, Lucky, and FoodMaxx—serve the unique needs of their communities. We prioritize investing in our people, stores, and neighborhoods, and work closely with local suppliers to bring fresh, quality products at affordable prices. Our offerings are available in-store, online, or through convenient home delivery and curbside pick-up. The Save Mart Companies is part of The Jim Pattison Group, a family-owned, diversified holding company.

About the Role

The Assistant Center Store Manager ensures our customers’ needs are met and exceeded through effective management of assigned areas. This position oversees front-end operations and staff in the absence of the Store Manager and Assistant Store Manager. Responsibilities rotate across the following areas:

• Front-End: Oversees front-end staff (Cashiers and Clerks Helpers), operations, and scheduling for productivity and customer service. Manages parking lot conditions and store balancing.
• Night Crew: Oversees Center Store operations, productivity standards, night receiving, facility security, shrink management, and store readiness for opening.
• Frozen/Dairy/Deli: Ensures productivity, freshness, schematic and stocking standards, planner execution, and shrink control.
• Evening: Oversees Center Store merchandising, product conditions, back room, steel, and shelving.

The Assistant Center Store Manager supervises and trains associates to align with Food Maxx’s mission and performance standards.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a remarkable shopping experience by training and holding associates accountable for excellent customer service.
• Contribute to gross profit goals through price integrity, shrink control, ordering, and product management.
• Lead associates in assigned areas, fostering accountability and high performance.
• Develop and train associates, complete supervision reports, and promote collaboration.
• Optimize productivity, labor efficiency, and shopping experience in assigned areas.
• Oversee cold chain, shrink, and price integrity for assigned areas.
• Maintain store cleanliness and sanitation compliance.
• Depending on assignment, ensure schematic integrity, stock conditions, display maintenance, and code date rotation.
• Oversee building security, hazardous waste processing, and front-end operations in the absence of store management.
• Manage night receiving, cashier balancing, ordering, and inventory processes.
• Occasionally oversee total store operations in the absence of store management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Skills: Strong communication, interpersonal, supervision, training, organization, administration, math, and customer service skills. Knowledge of department operations, visual merchandising, store safety rules, and contract/work rules.
• Education: One year of college (or equivalent knowledge through formal education, training, or job experience).
• Experience: Minimum six months as Key Carrier or nine months as Perimeter Department Manager (or equivalent).
• Availability: Must be available to work varied retail hours and rotate/train across all Assistant Center Store Manager areas (Front-End, Night Crew, Frozen/Dairy/Deli, Evening).
• Physical: Ability to sit, stand, walk, kneel, stoop, use stairs, reach, pull, and lift objects (up to 40 lbs. without assistance).

Pay

$30.37 per hour.