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GROCERY-NITE/DEPARTMENT HEAD

Kroger Family of Companies

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Location
Ann Arbor, MI
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Job overview

The Grocery-Nite/Department Head directs and supervises grocery department activities while supporting daily operations and delivering customer service. The role includes developing associates, managing schedules and inventory, implementing promotions, monitoring expenses, and maintaining food safety and a clean, safe environment. The posting seeks effective communication, basic math knowledge, and the ability to handle stressful situations; high school education, management experience, grocery experience, and retail experience are preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CommunicationBasic MathStress ManagementManagementGrocery OperationsRetail Operations

Qualifications

High School Education or Equivalent

Full job description

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Direct and supervise all functions, duties and activities for the department. Support the day-to-day functions of the Grocery operations. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Promote trust and respect among associates

  • Communicate company, department, and job specific information to associates.

  • Collaborate with associates and promote teamwork to help achieve company/store goals.

  • Establish performance goals for department and empower associates to meet or exceed targets.

  • Develop adequate scheduling to manage customer volume throughout hours of operation.

  • Train and develop associates on performance of their job and participate in the performance appraisal process.

  • Adhere to all local, state and federal laws, and company guidelines.

  • Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products.

  • Offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about.

  • Inform customers of grocery specials.

  • Develop and implement a department business plan to achieve desired results.

  • Create and execute sales promotions in partnership with store management.

  • Prepare and submit seasonal critiques for the sales and merchandising supervisor.

  • Implement the period promotional plan for the department.

  • Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads.

  • Monitor and control expenses for the department.

  • Assist store management in preparing the store/department budget, profit and loss reviews, and take appropriate action on all financial reports.

  • Maintain an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions; note any discrepancies in inventory.

  • Schedule daily, weekly and monthly price changes by updating shelf tags and promotional signs..

  • Plan, organize and supervise the inventory process.

  • Train department associates on inventory/stocking and Computer Assisted Ordering.

  • Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines.

  • Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are maintained.

  • Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management.

  • Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair.

  • Notify management of customer or employee accidents.

  • Report all safety risks or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud.

  • Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum

  • Effective communication skills

  • Knowledge of basic math (counting, addition, and subtraction)

  • Ability to handle stressful situations

Desired

  • High school education or equivalent preferred

  • Management experience preferred

  • Grocery experience

  • Retail experience

How this job compares

Set against the 3,035 open Retail Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$47–72K/yr669 salary ranges
  • US median$18–23/hr954 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 83 open Retail Manager jobs in Michigan and 3,035 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Michigan
Experience
Retail Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 3 years (1,823 postings).
Education
69 of the 3,035 open Retail Manager jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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