Safeway · 1 day ago
Liquor Manager
Mesa, AZ
Part-time
Onsite
Mid LevelSafeway is a leading grocery store chain, and they are seeking a Liquor Manager to oversee the operation of the liquor department. The role involves supervising staff, ensuring customer service and product quality, and managing inventory and compliance with liquor sales laws.
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Responsibilities
Champions Company and Division customer service programs to meet or exceed Division customer service goals
Handles customer relations in a positive manner, including effective resolution of customer complaints
Promotes Albertson's philosophy of personalized service in the liquor department
Liaises with vendors
Orders, receives and breaks downloads
Stocks, displays and rotates product in the liquor department to ensure quality, selection, eye-appeal and proper inventory level to meet customer demands
Creates effective displays for mixers, beer, liquor, wine and other related merchandise in the liquor department
Operates check stand equipment such as cash register and scanner to process customer orders
Handles customers relations
Assists customers by answering questions on product quality and taking and filling special orders
Makes product suggestions and engages in suggestive selling
Makes intercom announcements
Ensures compliance with state and federal liquor sales laws and Company restricted sales and loss prevention policies
Monitors inventory and space security
Supervises, motivates, trains and participates in the hiring of liquor personnel
Monitors associate performance and recommends personnel actions such as hiring, firing, layoff and disciplinary action
Schedules personnel to ensure adequate coverage, service level and meeting of budgetary goals
Supervises the day to day functions of the liquor department to achieve customer service, and sales and profit objectives
Conducts daily inspections of the liquor department and initiates corrective measures to ensure compliance with maintain in stock conditions, sanitation, safety and security requirements
Assists with all liquor duties such as: cleaning, stocking, storage and customer service
Implements effective promotional and seasonal displays
Controls shrink and expenses
Accurately completes and monitors daily log sheet, purchase report, and sales and labor and other required paperwork and logs
Follows Company transmittal procedures
Maintains records on ad items movement
Takes inventories and maintains accurate department records
Maintains and organizes sales area, backroom and cooler
Ensures proper merchandising of product by understanding and implementing schematics, merchandising of advertised items, proper signing procedures and monitoring product flow
Follows Company policy in pricing and handling reduced-to-clear items
Answers and responds to incoming calls appropriately
Receives and appropriately resolves customer complaints and reports to the Store Director as appropriate
Reviews MicroStrategy reports to best determine movements on items within subcategories, to make the best business decision on display and shelf qualities
Ensures that all associates are trained and instructed in the proper performance of work duties
Monitors associate performance and reports observations to the Store Director
Resolves associate complaints and reports to the Store Director as appropriate
Maintains confidentiality concerning associates, store sales and other Company information
Responsible for performing all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately and with honesty and integrity
Other necessary and required duties
Qualification
Required
Requires working knowledge of all job duties within the Liquor Department
Requires strong communication skills, good leadership and interpersonal skills, the proven ability to manage people and the ability to maintain composure in dealing with customers, vendors and co-workers
Requires knowledge of employment laws and workplace practices
Requires a good understanding of Company practices and Liquor Department policies and procedures on storage, safety, sanitation and loss prevention
Requires knowledge of state and federal liquor sales laws
Must be able to learn types, nomenclature, alcohol content, uses and care of liquor department products
Requires an awareness of popular drink recipes
Requires the ability to judge and react to business activity
Must have knowledge of product quality, variety, standards, sanitation and labeling
Requires knowledge of basic mathematics and metric measurements
Frequently reaches, lifts, stacks and maneuvers objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 80 lbs
Bends, stoops and reaches frequently and may climb ladders
Pushes and pulls fully loaded hand trucks, six-wheeler carts and pallet jacks
Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are necessary
Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities
Operates computer software and electronic ordering devices to order products, plan sales, input inventory and schedules and print labels
Utilizes cleaning supplies and equipment
Utilizes safety cutters, compactors and check stand equipment
Knowledge of profit and loss statements
May be required to work nights, weekends and holidays
Scheduled hours will vary
Good attendance is required
Exposure to potential hazards exists with respect to cutting equipment, electrical displays and other work aids necessary to perform job duties
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Disability and life insurance
Sick pay
PTO/Vacation pay
Paid holidays
Bereavement pay
Retirement benefits (pension and/or 401(k) eligibility)
Quarterly bonus, subject to Company bonus plans
Company
Safeway
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2014-01-30Acquired
1990-05-04IPO
Leadership Team
Randy N Anderson
Division CFO / VP Finance / Head of Finance - Safeway Northern California Division
Delicia Prater
CORPORATE HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR
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