Assistant Store Manager - Nambour

ALDI Stores Australia is seeking an Assistant Store Manager to join the Nambour team. This full-time, onsite role sits with a retailer that has a long history in Australia’s grocery sector and a footprint of almost 600 stores and 8 distribution centres across five states. If you like leading people, delivering solid customer service, and keeping daily store operations running smoothly, this could be the next step for you.

In this position you’ll work closely with the Store Manager to oversee a multi-million-dollar business, guiding daily operations, coaching your team, and ensuring efficient service for customers every day. ALDI frames itself as a different kind of employer, one that focuses on good people, good purpose and good opportunities, so you’ll join a team that values development, teamwork, and clear paths for advancement.

Ready for a leadership role in a retailer known for stability and growth? This onsite, Nambour-based opportunity is ideal for someone who wants hands-on responsibility, a supportive team environment, and a chance to shape results in a busy store.

Day-to-day leadership on the Nambour floor

You’ll share responsibility with the Store Manager to keep the store operating smoothly, focusing on coaching teammates, rostering, and overseeing reporting to track performance. On the shop floor you’ll be involved with registers, restocking shelves, and merchandising special buys, while ensuring the store remains clean, safe, and well presented for customers.

You’ll look for opportunities to improve how things run and push practical ideas that lift efficiency and service. When the Store Manager is on leave, you’ll step in to run the store, maintaining high safety standards and a positive customer experience even in their absence.

What the role requires

• Experience leading teams, preferably in a customer-facing environment.
• Clear, engaging communication that motivates teammates and delights shoppers.
• A knack for coaching, training, and encouraging others to perform at their best.
• Ability to support the Store Manager in delivering store results.
• A professional and responsible approach to every situation.
• Capacity to work independently while upholding ALDI policies and procedures.

• Exposure to a formal retail leadership training program from day one (or willingness to participate).
• Flexibility to work a rotating roster, including weekends and early mornings.
• A pathway to career progression within a network that promotes from within (many leaders are promoted from within).
• Alignment with ALDI’s values and a collaborative, supportive environment with small teams.

Pay, benefits and practical details

The role offers market-leading remuneration in the range of $97,051.014 - $115,577.28*.

The contract covers 40 to 45 hours per week, with an onsite roster in Nambour that includes weekends and early starts. You’ll participate in a comprehensive retail leadership training program from day one, and you’ll work within a culture that includes five weeks of annual leave and clear internal career progression opportunities, over 80% of ALDI’s retail leaders are promoted from within.

ALDI emphasises a supportive environment, sustainability, and community impact. You’ll have access to wellbeing benefits through the MyALDI Wellbeing program, including discounted Fitness Passport and health insurance, plus an Employee Assistance Program for you and your family and free physiotherapy for non-work-related issues. The company also provides paid parental leave with superannuation on parental leave, up to five days paid compassionate leave, natural disaster leave, and emergency services leave.

All employees work in a context of a friendly, small-team environment with a focus on safety and customer satisfaction, and the company encourages diversity and inclusion. For more about ALDI’s careers, you can visit aldicareers.com.au.

*Includes superannuation and predicted bonuses. Remuneration will vary depending on contracted hours, location and ALDI experience.

Tips to help you stand out

Lead with your leadership experience. On your resume, place your best examples of guiding teams in customer-facing settings at the top, then detail how you trained and coached staff to improve performance and service standards.

Show how you’ve turned must-have skills into results. Include concrete stories about how you inspired teammates, kept customers happy, and supported a Store Manager to reach store targets while following ALDI policies and procedures.

Prepare for questions about day-to-day operations and stepping in when the Store Manager is away. Outline how you’d manage daily tasks, inventory control, safety, and customer service continuity in those situations.

Ask about development and progression. A smart question is how the day-one leadership training connects to internal promotions, given that a large share of ALDI’s retail leaders come from within.

For more information, visit aldicareers.com.au.