Deli Manager

Why choose us?

Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership career? Join us for an exciting opportunity as a Deli Department Manager, where fresh food, customer service, and operational excellence come together.

At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for team-focused managers who are passionate about food quality, people, and performance. As a Deli Department Manager, you will oversee daily deli operations, drive sales, and ensure high standards for food safety, merchandising, and service. This role offers a fast‑paced, hands‑on environment where your team-building skills and attention to detail directly impact customer satisfaction and department success.

Bring your flavor

Building the future of food and well‑being starts with fresh, delicious food and great service. Bring your passion for food preparation, merchandising, and team leadership to a role where you set the standard for quality, support your associates, and deliver a deli experience customers can trust and enjoy every day.

Main responsibilities:

• Oversee daily operations of the Deli Department with a strong focus on customer service, food quality, and department readiness

• Create a fast, friendly, customer‑first environment and resolve customer questions, concerns, and special requests

• Execute merchandising plans, planograms, promotional sets, and seasonal programs

• Oversee preparation, slicing, cooking, packaging, and merchandising of deli items following company recipes and standards

• Maintain full, fresh, and visually appealing service case, grab‑and‑go, and hot case displays

• Manage ordering, inventory, shrink, production logs, and waste reporting

• Build and manage schedules aligned with sales volume and labor targets

• Hire, train, coach, and develop deli associates while promoting teamwork and accountability

• Ensure strict compliance with food safety, sanitation, temperature controls, and regulatory requirements

We are looking for candidates who possess the following:

Soft skills:

• Strong customer‑service mindset with a passion for food quality

• Effective leadership, coaching, and communication skills

• Strong organization, time management, and problem‑solving abilities

• Ability to lead in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment

Competencies:

• Deli production, food handling, and merchandising execution

• Labor planning, scheduling, and performance management

• Inventory management, ordering, and shrink control

• Food safety, sanitation, and compliance oversight

Knowledge:

• Food safety standards, sanitation practices, and equipment operation

• Deli preparation techniques and merchandising standards

• Store systems, ordering platforms, and basic computer applications

Abilities:

• Ability to review sales, labor, and shrink data to support planning and prioritization

• Ability to train, coach, and develop associates

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and work in hot and cold temperature environments

• Ability to safely operate slicers, ovens, knives, scales, and cleaning tools

• Travel requirements: None

• Other requirements: Flexible availability including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays; reliable attendance; compliance with company policies, food safety standards, and the Code of Business Conduct

We also provide a variety of benefits including:

• Competitive wages paid weekly

• Associate discounts

• 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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A copy of the full job description can be made available to you.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities :

• 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 service deli.

• Supervises the day to day functions of the service deli. Conducts daily inspections of all service deli sections and initiates corrective measures to ensure compliance with product quality, rotates products, maintains in stock conditions, code date standards, temperature, sanitation and safety requirements.

• Assists with all service deli duties such as: receiving, cleaning, preparing, cooking, slicing and packaging.

• 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. Maintains records on ad items movement.

• Orders, checks, receives and controls inventory to ensure adequate proper inventory level, product quality and freshness and to prevent the sale of out of code product. Takes periodic inventories, processes administrative paperwork and maintains accurate department records. Maintains and organizes service deli work area, cooler and freezer.

• Ensures proper merchandising of product by understanding and implementing schematics, merchandising of advertised items, proper signing procedures and monitoring product flow. Complies with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations and Company policies.

• Follows Company policy in handling re-worked and reduced-to-clear items. Complies with all federal, state and local health and food safety standards.

• Handles customer relations. Assists customers by taking and filling special orders. Makes product suggestions and engages in suggestive selling. Makes intercom announcements.

• Ensures cleanliness and sanitation of sales floor and work area, freezer and cooler, equipment, and retail cases.

• Assists with answering and responding incoming calls appropriately. Receives and appropriately resolves customer complaints and reports to the Store Director as appropriate.

• Assists with implementing emergency procedures in the event of equipment and computer software malfunctions.

• Schedule service deli associates to ensure adequate coverage and service levels. 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. Reports associate complaints to the Store Director and assists with resolution.

• 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.

  Skills and Physical Requirements:

• Requires working knowledge of all job duties within the Service Deli Department including food preparation and cooking.

• 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 and co-workers. Ability to work quickly.

• Requires knowledge of employment laws and workplace practices.

• Requires a good understanding of Company practices and Service Deli Department policies and procedures. Requires the ability to judge and react to business activity.

• Must have knowledge of product variety, bakery standards, perishability, food safety, safety and sanitation procedures and department policies and procedures.

• Frequently lifts and maneuvers objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approx­imately 55 lbs. Bends, stoops and reaches frequently and occasionally climbs ladders. Pushes and pulls fully loaded hand trucks, six-wheel carts and pallet jacks. Performs repetitious arm movement to decorate, prepare and package products.

• Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are necessary. Must be able to operate kitchen utensils and equipment.

• Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities. Requires knowledge of basic mathematics and weights and measures. Must have knowledge of taste, content and perishability of products, safety and sanitation procedures and department policies and procedures.

• 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 and knives. Requires use of latex and heat resistance gloves.

• Knowledge of profit and loss statements.

• May be required to work nights, early mornings, weekends and holidays. Scheduled hours will vary. Good attendance is required.

• Exposure to potential hazards exists with respect to cooking procedures, equipment and work aids necessary to perform job duties.

  Work Environment:

• Exposure to potential hazards exists with respect to cooking procedures, equipment and work aides necessary to perform job duties.

• Hands are frequently exposed to water and cleaning agents.

• Frequent exposure to approximately 400 degrees Fahrenheit while cooking products. Exposure up to 140˚ Fahrenheit while handling products in hot cases, 35˚ Fahrenheit while handling products in cold cases, 28˚ Fahrenheit while handling products in cooler and -20˚ Fahrenheit while handling products in freezer.

• Working conditions consist of a temperature controlled store environment.

Safety – Sensitive Position:

Job responsibilities include tasks or duties that could affect the safety or health of the employee performing the task or others.

Union and Non-Union : “The pay range is $29.15 per hour, 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. Dependent on length of service, hours worked and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay (accrued based on hours worked), PTO/Vacation pay (accrued based on hours worked), paid holidays (9 days annually), bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401k eligibility).”

DISCLAIMER:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by employees assigned to this job. If you have questions regarding your ability to physically perform the listed job duties and requirements – e.g. lifting, standing, bending, etc. - please speak to your Store Director. All team members must comply with Company, Division, and Store policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified may vary within each store and from store to store.

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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Pay Transparency:

Starting rates will be no less than the local minimum wage and may vary based on criteria such as location, experience, and qualifications. Candidates with unique qualifications may be considered for compensation above this range. Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay (accrued based on hours worked), PTO/Vacation Pay (accrued based on hours worked) or Flexible Time Off, paid holidays (8-9 days annually), bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401k eligibility). [If applicable:] Associates in this position may be eligible for a quarterly bonus. ​