Shift Lead Jobs in Alabama
Shift lead jobs in Alabama are concentrated in retail, food service, manufacturing, and logistics, with demand running from entry-level supervisory roles up to multi-department team leads. Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile account for the largest share of openings, where established employers like Walmart, Amazon, and Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama maintain significant operations. The most consistently sought specialties are retail floor supervision, warehouse shift leadership, and food service team management. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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- Opens and closes the store in the absence of store management, including all required systems start-ups, required cash handling, and ensuring the floor and stock room are ready for the business day. Responsible for opening back door of store for deliveries.
- Completes product returns, order voids, customer refunds, cash drops to the safe, and provides change as requested to cash registers.
- Models and delivers a distinctive and delightful customer experience.
Customer Experience
- Engages customers and patients by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services. Resolves customer issues and answers questions to ensure a positive customer experience.
- Models and shares customer service best practices with all team members to deliver a distinctive and delightful customer experience, including interpersonal habits (e.g., greeting, eye contact, courtesy, etc.) and Walgreens service traits (e.g., offering help proactively, identifying needs, servicing until satisfied, etc.).
- Responsible for holding store keys to open and close without management as necessary.
- Assists with and coaches other team members to work with warehouse and vendor ordering process as the orders are created, reviewed, and received, including opening the backdoor for vendor deliveries.
- Responsible and accountable for registering all related sales on assigned cash register, including records of scanning errors, price verifications, items not on file, price modifications, and voids.
- Assists manager or assistant store manager in reviewing order exceptions on order release day and assists in reverse logistics (e.g., 1506, returns, empty package).
- Assists manager or assistant store manager in evaluating and developing displays, including promotional, seasonal, super structures, and sale merchandise. Completes resets and revisions.
- Maintains accurate inventory counts; maintains the accuracy of on-hand quantities including, but not limited to, basic departments, stockroom, and overstock locations.
- Assist with ensuring the Outdate program is followed with team members.
- Responsible for basic department pricing and making daily price changes; ensures proper signage is displayed at the store to support accurate pricing of products. Ensures any additional pricing tasks related to local regulations and/or regulatory compliance programs are completed accurately and within the required time frame.
- Assist with bookkeeping activities, including cash report, cash counts, ledgers, and bill payment as necessary or as requested.
- Assists with exterior and interior maintenance by ensuring clean, neat, orderly store condition and appearance, including requesting store or system repairs as required in manager absence, or as requested by manager.
- Assists with separation of food items (e.g., raw foods from pre-cooked) and product placement as specified by policies/procedures (e.g., raw and frozen meats on bottom shelves). For consumable items, assists in stock rotation, using the first in, first out method and restock outs.
- Has working knowledge of store systems and store equipment.
- Assist at Pharmacy out window as requested.
- Ensures compliance with state and local laws regarding regulated products (e.g., alcoholic beverages and tobacco products).
- Responsible for bag checks of team members before leaving the store.
- Complies with all company policies and procedures; maintains respectful relationships with coworkers.
- Completes special assignments and other tasks as assigned.
- Attends training and completes PPLs requested by Manager.
- Serves as a liaison between management and non-management team members by communicating assigned tasks to team members when store management is not present.
- Reports disciplinary issues and customer complaints to management.
Basic Qualifications
- One year of prior leadership, supervisory, or retail key holder work experience.
- Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English. (Except in Puerto Rico)
Preferred Qualifications
- Prefer the knowledge of store inventory control.
- We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- Obtains and maintains valid PTCB certification or pharmacy license as required by state.
An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.
The actual compensation that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled. To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/benefits
Salary Range: $17 - $20 / Hourly
Benefits
Health, dental and vision*
Paid time off benefits
Employee discount
Retirement Savings Plan (401(k))
Flexible hours
Training programs
- with a 30-hour work week
- Opens and closes the store in the absence of store management, including all required systems start-ups, required cash handling, and ensuring the floor and stock room are ready for the business day. Responsible for opening back door of store for deliveries.
- Completes product returns, order voids, customer refunds, cash drops to the safe, and provides change as requested to cash registers.
- Models and delivers a distinctive and delightful customer experience.
Customer Experience
- Engages customers and patients by greeting them and offering assistance with products and services. Resolves customer issues and answers questions to ensure a positive customer experience.
- Models and shares customer service best practices with all team members to deliver a distinctive and delightful customer experience, including interpersonal habits (e.g., greeting, eye contact, courtesy, etc.) and Walgreens service traits (e.g., offering help proactively, identifying needs, servicing until satisfied, etc.).
- Responsible for holding store keys to open and close without management as necessary.
- Assists with and coaches other team members to work with warehouse and vendor ordering process as the orders are created, reviewed, and received, including opening the backdoor for vendor deliveries.
- Responsible and accountable for registering all related sales on assigned cash register, including records of scanning errors, price verifications, items not on file, price modifications, and voids.
- Assists manager or assistant store manager in reviewing order exceptions on order release day and assists in reverse logistics (e.g., 1506, returns, empty package).
- Assists manager or assistant store manager in evaluating and developing displays, including promotional, seasonal, super structures, and sale merchandise. Completes resets and revisions.
- Maintains accurate inventory counts; maintains the accuracy of on-hand quantities including, but not limited to, basic departments, stockroom, and overstock locations.
- Assist with ensuring the Outdate program is followed with team members.
- Responsible for basic department pricing and making daily price changes; ensures proper signage is displayed at the store to support accurate pricing of products. Ensures any additional pricing tasks related to local regulations and/or regulatory compliance programs are completed accurately and within the required time frame.
- Assist with bookkeeping activities, including cash report, cash counts, ledgers, and bill payment as necessary or as requested.
- Assists with exterior and interior maintenance by ensuring clean, neat, orderly store condition and appearance, including requesting store or system repairs as required in manager absence, or as requested by manager.
- Assists with separation of food items (e.g., raw foods from pre-cooked) and product placement as specified by policies/procedures (e.g., raw and frozen meats on bottom shelves). For consumable items, assists in stock rotation, using the first in, first out method and restock outs.
- Has working knowledge of store systems and store equipment.
- Assist at Pharmacy out window as requested.
- Ensures compliance with state and local laws regarding regulated products (e.g., alcoholic beverages and tobacco products).
- Responsible for bag checks of team members before leaving the store.
- Complies with all company policies and procedures; maintains respectful relationships with coworkers.
- Completes special assignments and other tasks as assigned.
- Attends training and completes PPLs requested by Manager.
- Serves as a liaison between management and non-management team members by communicating assigned tasks to team members when store management is not present.
- Reports disciplinary issues and customer complaints to management.
Basic Qualifications
- One year of prior leadership, supervisory, or retail key holder work experience.
- Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English. (Except in Puerto Rico)
Preferred Qualifications
- Prefer the knowledge of store inventory control.
- We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- Obtains and maintains valid PTCB certification or pharmacy license as required by state.
An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.
The actual compensation that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled. To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/benefits
Salary Range: $17 - $20 / Hourly
Benefits
Health, dental and vision*
Paid time off benefits
Employee discount
Retirement Savings Plan (401(k))
Flexible hours
Training programs
- with a 30-hour work week
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Find Shift Lead JobsShift Lead Jobs by City in Alabama
Where Alabama roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Shift Lead Job Market in Alabama
A snapshot from current Alabama openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Walgreens15
- Five Guys11
- Whistle Express Car Wash6
- Murphy USA5
- Raindrop Car Wash3
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
What Alabama Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in shift lead jobs across Alabama.
- At least one year of supervisory or team lead experience in a relevant industry
- Demonstrated ability to manage and motivate a team during a full shift
- Proficiency with point-of-sale, inventory, or warehouse management systems
- Availability for rotating shifts including evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Strong verbal communication skills for coordinating staff and reporting to management
- High school diploma or GED, with some employers preferring an associate degree
Shift Lead Jobs in Alabama: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a shift lead in Alabama?
Most shift lead roles in Alabama do not require a state-issued license, but the path typically starts with front-line experience in your target industry, such as retail, food service, or manufacturing. Employers in Alabama commonly promote from within, so building a record as a reliable hourly associate is the most direct route. A food handler certification from the Alabama Department of Public Health is a plus for food service roles, and forklift certification strengthens warehouse applications.
Which companies hire shift leads in Alabama?
Companies currently hiring shift leads in Alabama include Walgreens, Five Guys, and Whistle Express Car Wash, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Alabama's mix of large retailers, automotive manufacturers, and distribution centers means openings appear across a wide range of industries throughout the state.
Which Alabama cities have the most shift lead jobs?
Birmingham, Huntsville, and Hoover have the most shift lead openings in Alabama. Birmingham's dense retail corridors and distribution hubs drive volume there, Huntsville's expanding manufacturing and defense contractor base fuels demand in the Tennessee Valley, and Mobile's port-related logistics and food service sector account for a steady share of openings in the south.
Are there remote shift lead jobs in Alabama?
Yes, but they're rare. Shift lead work is inherently on-site because the role involves supervising people and operations in real time. About 0% of shift lead openings tied to Alabama are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, and those tend to be in roles where oversight happens through digital dashboards rather than a physical floor, such as call center team leads.
How can I get hired as a shift lead in Alabama with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is to apply for a team member or crew position at a large Alabama employer and work toward an internal promotion. Retailers like Walmart and Target, and manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz Vans in Vance, regularly move strong hourly associates into shift lead roles within a year. Completing a food handler certification or OSHA ten-hour safety card signals readiness to supervise and gives candidates a concrete edge during interviews.
Where can I find and apply to shift lead jobs in Alabama?
You can find and apply to shift lead jobs in Alabama on Migrate Mate, which lists current Alabama openings across retail, manufacturing, food service, and logistics. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience level and preferred location in Alabama, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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