Assistant Grocery Department Manager

Duties

• Serves as Manager of the Grocery Department in a Commissary Store, directing all department activities that may include a small warehouse or repositioning area, a separate receiving area and/or contract shelf stocking.
• Supervises department employees in the assignment of duties and balance of workload.
• Ensures ordering, receiving, stocking, pricing, selling and subsistence supplies are properly maintained.
• Ensures that end displays, special product promotions, and patron savings programs are properly displayed and promoted.
• Enforces safety rules and regulations.
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Qualifications

In accordance with the Group Coverage Qualifications Standard for General Schedule (GS) Positions under the General Coverage for Administrative and Management Positions located at: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp and the Commissary Management Series, 1144 Individual Occupational Requirements located at: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/IORs/gs1100/1144.htm the following is provided to you.

To qualify for this position, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level by the closing date of this announcement.

Applicants applying at the GS-09 level may use education to substitute specialized experience by possessing a master's or equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.B. or J.D., if related. Education must have equipped applicants fully with the knowledge and ability to perform the work of the position.  This would be evidenced by on-the-job training in food retail management or an internship or practicum in food retail management.

Specialized Experience is defined as experience that demonstrated knowledge of retail procurement and distribution methods; principles, procedures, and techniques of retail food merchandising and retail food store management; and developments in commercial retail food store items, equipment, and practices.

Examples of specialized experience include: Managing a commissary store or supermarket; managing a department in a retail food store; planning, standardizing or control operations in an assigned group of retail food stores; developing, interpreting or applying policies, procedures and operating standard for use in a retail store; or providing technical advice on merchandising and operational matters pertaining to grocery, meats, and produce supplies.

In addition to meeting the qualifications outlined above, you must also meet the following requirements:

Time-in-Grade: Current or previous federal employees must have held a permanent appointment in the competitive or excepted service for a minimum of 52 weeks at the GS-07 (or equivalent) level to be eligible for the position by the closing date of the announcement.

Time after competitive appointment: Candidates applying under merit promotion must have completed three months of civilian service after a competitive appointment by the closing date of the announcement. (5 CFR 330.501)

Education

Appropriate education may be substituted for or combined with experience. This education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://www.ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx for more information.

To be creditable, education must be in a major field such as business administration, public administration, agricultural economics (food industry management), or other fields related to the position. The education must have equipped the applicant with the knowledge and ability to perform the work of the position. This would be evidenced by on-the-job training in food retail management or in internship or practicum in food retail management.

Transcripts must be provided if you are using education to qualify. Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. We accept unofficial transcripts as long as they contain the applicant’s name, the name of the school, the date and degree that was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. Transcripts must be received by this office no later than 11:59PM EST on the closing date in order to be considered.