Assistant Kitchen Manager

Why choose us?

Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership career?

Join us for an exciting opportunity as an Assistant Kitchen 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 an Assistant Kitchen Manager, you will oversee daily deli kitchen 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.

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

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

Food safety standards, sanitation practices, and equipment operation

Deli preparation techniques and merchandising standards

Store systems, ordering platforms, and basic computer applications

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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