Lead Stocker•Dearborn Heights,MI•ALDI | Hiring

Position in Dearborn Heights, MI

Role in Dearborn Heights: Lead Stocker Employer: ALDI (Hiring in Dearborn Heights) Location: Dearborn Heights, MI

Pay: $20-$24/Hour (approx. $45.8k/Year) Benefits: Eligible team members receive standard benefits. Stable workload with modern tooling and processes.

Position Scope

Apply your your professional skills skills at our Dearborn Heights location.

• This Dearborn Heights-based role is an excellent opportunity for professionals skilled in relevant skills.
• Our ALDI team in Dearborn Heights, MI is growing.
• Benefit from working in Dearborn Heights, a key hub for the Retail And Grocery industry.

Company Overview

ALDI is an industry-leading grocery chain operating thousands of streamlined stores across the country. Focused on efficiency, sustainability, and unbeatable value, ALDI offers shoppers a simplified, high-quality grocery experience. As an employer, ALDI provides superior starting wages, great benefits, and clear leadership growth tracks, empowering employees to build rewarding long-term careers.

Role Description

As an ALDI Lead Stocker, you bridge frontline stocking execution and shift leadership. While performing active merchandise restocking, pallet offloading, and aisle conditioning, you serve as a subject-matter expert guiding team stocking productivity, backroom organization, and inventory rotation. Lead Stockers assist shift managers by assigning priority stocking aisles, coaching new stockers on ALDI work methods, and maintaining stockroom safety standards. This role is 100% physical and strictly requires full on-site presence inside the retail store facility (zero remote capability).

Key Responsibilities

• Perform high-speed merchandise stocking across dry grocery, beverage, produce, dairy, and freezer departments.
• Guide stocker team workflow, assigning specific sales floor aisles based on delivery truck manifest volume.
• Oversee stockroom organization, ensuring pallet staging bays are clear, safe, and systematically organized.
• Coach newly hired stockers on efficient unloading techniques, planogram adherence, and FIFO rotation.
• Operate manual/electric pallet jacks and manage industrial cardboard baler operations safely.
• Audit shelf pricing displays, report inventory variances, and ensure damaged goods are processed correctly.
• Assist shift leads with store sweeps and facility sanitation routines.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age at the time of application.
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent preferred; prior retail stocking experience required.
• Strong organizational, communication, and peer-coaching skills.
• Physical capability for heavy lifting (up to 45 lbs), bending, standing, and pushing equipment.
• Flexibility to work early mornings, days, or evenings as required by store schedules.

Job Type & Schedule

• Job Type: Full-Time (100% On-Site).
• Schedule: Flexible shift schedules including early mornings, days, weekends, and holidays.

Benefits & Perks

• Lead-level hourly pay premiums above standard stocker base rates.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for eligible full-time staff.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Paid vacation, paid personal days, and paid holidays.
• Prioritized entry into Shift Manager promotion tracks.