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Assistant Store Manager

1/3/2026

The Assistant Store Manager assists in daily store operations, ensuring quality product and excellent customer service. They also help manage staffing, enforce safety policies, and maintain store appearance.

Salary

19 - 20 USD

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

51-200 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory is a retail franchisor and manufacturer of premium confections. The Company is based in the charming old-west town of Durango located on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, in southwestern Colorado. From its 53,000 square foot plant, the Company offers a franchise business opportunity in premium retail selling handcrafted caramel apples and classic confections and chocolates. It manufactures an extensive line of premium chocolate candies and other confectionery products to supply its many franchise locations, delivered fresh by its fleet of refrigerated trucks. The chocolate factory produces approximately 300 chocolate candies and other confectionery products, using proprietary recipes developed primarily by its master candy maker. These products include many varieties of clusters, caramels, creams, meltaways, truffles and molded chocolates. Individual stores prepare a variety of caramel and candy apples, fudge, chocolate items and confections in full view of the customer using traditional cooking utensils such as copper kettles on gas-fired stoves and marble slab cooling tables.
About the Role

Job Details

Job Location: Camarillo, CA 93010
Position Type: Full Time
Salary Range: $19.00 - $20.00 Hourly
Travel Percentage: None
Job Category: Retail

Job Title: Assistant Store Manager

Location: Camarillo, CA (on-site)

 

Status: Regular, Full-Time

Department: Finance

FLSA Category: Non-Exempt

 

Pay Grade: $19 to $20 an hr (DOE)

Reports to: Store Manager

Relevant Work Experience: entry level



POSITION SUMMARY: The Assistant Store Manager in our corporate-owned store assists in the daily operations of the store, providing quality product and excellent service to our customers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Provide excellent customer service, ensuring that each customer has an enjoyable experience.
  • Assist in determining staffing requirements, and interview, hire and train employees; develop staff to enhance skills, performance, productivity, quality of work, and customer service.
  • Enforce established employee safety and food safety policies in accordance with OSHA, FDA and local/state regulations.
  • Meet store-level sales goals and key performance indicators through knowledge of product, sampling, working with marketing team on store level promotions and advertising, and developing relationships with local companies to partner on corporate sales opportunities.
  • Assist in maintaining adequate product and supply levels through ordering, stocking, product rotation, and inventory counts.
  • Maintain exceptional store appearance ensuring store cleanliness and merchandising standards are met.
  • Backup Flagship Store Manager in scheduling staff and approving timekeeping records; practice employee and business record keeping in accordance with company and regulatory standards.

Benefits Available:

  • Low-cost Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance* 
  • Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance,
  • Short-Term/Long-Term Disability
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Time Off*
  • 401k Retirement Plan*
  • Employee Discounts

     * Wait periods may apply.

Qualifications


EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

 

  • Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
  • Retail or restaurant leadership experience is required.
  • Ability to solve problems and be proactive in preventing them.
  • Strong verbal, analytical, math, organizational, interpersonal, and computer skills.
  • Must be able to manage several employees effectively.
  • Must be willing and able to workdays, evenings, weekends and some holidays, and be willing and able to respond to urgent store matters.
  • Must be able to carefully follow and convey verbal and written instructions and have a strong attention to detail.
  • Must work well under pressure and be able to handle difficult face-to-face situations professionally.
  • Ability to run a cash register and make bank deposits is required.
  • Must be able to maneuver throughout the store, bend, reach at and above waist level, grasp small objects, and lift up to 50lbs, use cooking utensils and specialized confectionary tools, and perform store cleaning tasks with or without accommodation.
Key Skills
LeadershipInterpersonal SkillsCustomer ServiceProblem SolvingAnalytical SkillsOrganizational SkillsComputer SkillsCash Register OperationInventory ManagementStaff TrainingSafety ComplianceMerchandisingTimekeepingCommunicationDetail OrientationPressure Management
Categories
RetailManagement & LeadershipCustomer Service & SupportFood & Beverage
Benefits
Low-Cost MedicalDentalVision InsuranceCompany Paid Life and AD&D InsuranceShort-Term/Long-Term DisabilityPaid HolidaysPaid Time Off401k Retirement PlanEmployee Discounts
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