Assistant Manager

About the Role

Join our team as an Assistant Manager at our Anchorage, Alaska location, where you will experience a dynamic, fast-paced, and enjoyable work environment with opportunities for career growth in management. This position requires evening and weekend availability, and offers full-time hours.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and short & long term disability coverage
• Flexible scheduling options
• Weekly paycheck distribution
• Paid vacation time
• Employment with a large, stable company
• Rapid advancement possibilities
• Work alongside enthusiastic and motivated colleagues
• Varied daily tasks
• Paid and thorough training programs
• 401(k) plan with competitive company matching contributions
• Performance-related incentive bonuses
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Tuition reimbursement opportunities

Key Responsibilities

You will support the Store Manager in managing station store operations, which includes hiring, supervising, and collaborating with staff to complete day-to-day activities, bookkeeping, and product merchandising. Upholding high standards and delivering quick, friendly customer service is essential. Consistent on-site attendance is required.

You'll also be responsible for executing the company's acclaimed food program, setting a customer-focused example, and demonstrating urgency, patience, and leadership throughout the team.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Team leadership and staff management
• Recruitment, interviewing, and hiring processes
• Task delegation and follow-through
• Training and motivating team members
• Effective planning and organization
• Clear communication of strategies and ideas
• Cash handling and bookkeeping expertise
• Strong problem-solving capabilities
• Empathy and advocacy for others
• Maintaining workplace safety and security

Preferred Qualifications

• Retail industry experience
• Previous supervisory or managerial roles
• Skills in recruitment and interviewing
• Experience with food handling
• Completion of high school or college education

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand or walk continuously for up to eight hours
• Capability to lift or carry up to 30 pounds from floor to overhead for up to 30 minutes during a shift
• Occasionally lift or carry up to 60 pounds from ground to waist height
• Push or pull using arm strength up to 20 pounds of force
• Bending at the waist with some twisting for up to one hour in a shift
• Use hands for grasping, reaching, and manipulating objects, which may include ladder climbing to store or retrieve items or to place and remove signs

Diversity and Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and local disability laws. Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities that do not cause undue hardship.