Store Director
About the job
- Three years of management experience responsible for managing a department or team within a multi-department retail operation.
- A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
- Strong customer service and supervisory skills.
- Strong understanding of overall store operations.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Ability to work in a temperature-controlled environment and use office equipment such as calculators, keyboards, and telephones.
- Ability to regularly stand, walk, climb stairs, and move around machinery, hazardous equipment, receiving areas, and production areas.
- Ability to stoop, bend, twist, and reach as required to complete job duties.
- Ability to travel occasionally, including on weekends.
- Assume overall management responsibility for operating the retail grocery store, including store performance, cash control, inventory, security, customer service, and staff management.
- Track, analyze, and act to improve store performance by forecasting weekly and daily sales goals and meeting or exceeding established goals.
- Communicate sales goals, department performance, and sales opportunities with staff to ensure positive results.
- Forecast, schedule, and monitor labor consistent with store sales, productivity guidelines, and wage budgets, and create action plans to address cost-control issues.
- Develop and direct the execution of strategies to improve product placement and appearance.
- Monitor display accuracy and appearance, implement promotions, and ensure products are properly displayed and ordered to maintain in-stock conditions.
- Manage issues relating to store maintenance, cleanliness, safety, and sanitation.
- Oversee and monitor cash handling and accounting, and ensure the store is secured.
- Prioritize, plan, and coordinate work activities and manage time and resources so work objectives are met.
- Ensure compliance with legal requirements and company policies and procedures, including check cashing, security, safety, sanitation, and wage-and-hour requirements.
- Focus on customer satisfaction and needs, and ensure employees provide superior customer service through best practices and communication.
- Select, train, develop, and manage the job performance of store employees with assistance from other management personnel.
- Provide constructive suggestions and encouragement, set performance expectations, provide honest feedback, and identify assignments that provide developmental opportunities.
- Maintain appropriate professional relationships with union officials and ensure compliance with collective bargaining agreement provisions, if applicable.
- Maintain positive working relationships with direct reports, peers, supervisors, suppliers, and customers while effectively handling complex or difficult situations.
- Motivate employees to perform their jobs and work toward common objectives, and serve as a role model by instilling a positive attitude in employees.
- A college degree is preferred.
About the company
Albertsons runs supermarket chains across the United States, selling groceries, fresh food and household goods under regional banners such as Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, ACME and Shaw's. Instead of one national brand, it keeps local store names that shoppers have used for decades and stocks its own labels such as Signature Select and O Organics next to national brands. Customers shop in stores or through its apps and websites for curbside pickup and home delivery, with digital coupons and rewards tied to the Albertsons for U loyalty program. It earns money mainly from retail sales in stores and online, plus fuel and advertising sold to consumer brands. Albertsons was founded in 1939 and is based in Boise, Idaho.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Boise, Idaho
Founded
1939
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Union contracts set pay: a July 2026 Southern California deal with UFCW locals averted a strike by 47,000 grocery workers.
- Stores are still getting money: $900 million of capital spending funded 38 remodels and 7 store openings through September 2026.
- Loyalty runs deep: Albertsons for U counted 48.7 million free and paid members as of November 2025.
What critics are saying
- Core grocery is shrinking: identical sales fell 0.8% in both fiscal 2026 quarters, and the yearly outlook was cut.
- Cost cuts are coming: an October 2026 business review targets a cost structure the CEO says the company cannot afford.
- Labor talks have stalled: Washington state bakers union negotiations broke down in July 2026 after about a dozen meetings.
What makes Albertsons unique
- Pharmacy sits inside most stores: Albertsons ran 1,728 in-store pharmacies across 2,270 stores as of February 2025.
- It makes and moves much of its own stock: 19 manufacturing plants and 22 distribution centers supply its stores.
- Online ordering is its fastest growing channel: digital sales rose 11% in the quarter ended September 2026.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Flexible Work Hours
Paid Vacation
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
12%1 year growth
12%2 year growth
12%Kroger and Albertsons have made senior technology hires as they compete with Amazon and Walmart in the evolving grocery market. Technology has fundamentally changed grocery shopping, with customers now able to order from multiple delivery services, Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Albertsons appointed Meg Whitman as executive chair of its board, a newly created role. Whitman previously led eBay from 1998 to 2008, growing annual revenue from $30 million to over $8 billion. She also headed Hewlett-Packard from 2011 to 2018. Whitman will advise CEO Susan Morris on operations and strategy as Albertsons streamlines operations around AI technologies and improves customer experience across stores and digital channels. The Food Industry Association notes that real-time data, automation, and AI have become essential for success.
Albertsons Media Collective has integrated with Criteo to bring sponsored product discovery to its AI-powered conversational search feature. The partnership enables brands to connect with shoppers during meal planning and basket building through naturally surfaced advertisements within product carousels. The integration allows eligible sponsored products to appear within AI-driven conversational search results, helping advertisers engage customers closer to the point of purchase. Over 85% of Albertsons' AI-powered conversations begin with open-ended or exploratory questions, creating opportunities for brands to introduce products during discovery moments. Albertsons Companies operates over 2,200 locations across 35 states and the District of Columbia. Criteo, a global commerce intelligence platform built on proprietary data from over $1 trillion in annual sales, marks Albertsons as its first retailer to integrate sponsored products into an AI-powered shopping assistant.
Albertsons is closing additional stores and cutting jobs nationwide following the collapse of its $24.6 billion merger with Kroger. The Boise-based grocery chain, which operates Safeway, Vons and Pavilions, has shut roughly 20 stores in 2025. Recent closures include Vons locations in Escondido and Redlands, California, eliminating 135 jobs, and stores across Texas and Washington, DC, affecting over 200 workers. The company is pivoting to cost-cutting measures, including automation and artificial intelligence investments, as it competes with Walmart and other low-cost operators. A federal judge blocked the merger in 2024, ruling it would reduce competition and raise prices. Kroger and Albertsons spent approximately $1.5 billion pursuing the deal. Albertsons' stock has declined over the past year as it restructures operations independently.
Major US supermarket chains are closing underperforming stores and warehouses as they compete with big-box retailers like Walmart and Target. Kroger is closing three California locations in March, laying off 171 workers, following the closure of nine fulfilment centres and elimination of 1,700 jobs in November 2025. Albertsons is shutting two North Texas supermarkets and laying off 138 workers by 25 April, adding to 20 closures in 2025. The company also closed 12 Safeway locations across Colorado, Nebraska and New Mexico in November 2025 and eliminated 380 corporate office positions. Ahold Delhaize USA announced it would close six e-commerce fulfilment centres in Pennsylvania and Virginia, transitioning to store-based fulfilment. Despite closures, chains maintain they remain committed to their markets and continue opening new locations.
Albertsons is closing a Vons supermarket in Escondido, California, by 1 May, laying off 65 employees. The store's pharmacy will shut earlier on 16 April. The company cited underperformance and failure to meet financial expectations as reasons for the closure. The closure follows Albertsons shutting 20 locations in 2025, including 12 Safeway stores across Colorado, Nebraska and New Mexico in November. The company also eliminated 380 corporate jobs in Arizona and California last year. Supermarket chains continue struggling against big-box retailers like Walmart, which controls 23.6% of the US grocery market. Grocery chains face rising costs, changing consumer preferences and unfavourable lease rates. Kroger recently closed three California stores and nine fulfilment centres, eliminating about 1,700 jobs.