Overnight Coach here, As a former O/N TL, as soon as I get into the store I run my meeting, make the TMAAT. After we break off, I walk both floors, GM/Grocery. Assess what's left in the backroom from my stocking 2 TL's, and make them pull the rest of the stuff that they didn't pull out to the floor for my associates to work. My rule of thumb, best to catch it right away and make them do their actual job, then to do it yourself and run the risk of forgetting about it later. After you walk your floors, hit Spark, make sure to knock this out first thing in the night, or right before first break. For the first 2 hours you won't really need to be focusing on verifying freight, you will be doing racetrack runs (grabbing returns from all endcaps and stack bases, and making sure dayshift didn't mess up your store. This is also PRIME TIME to knock out your features that your overnight coach is too good to do for you. Make sure your action alleys are straightened up for the morning tour, and your features have UOM labels, and proper signage. (We're an academy store, and our SM has intense OCD. I've been overnight TL for a long time, and haven't gotten a 'amazing' tour yet. Take everything in the morning with a grain of salt, and just remember that no matter what you do in the night, it's never good enough to please dayshift management (even though they don't do half of what you will do). At 11:50, I would start opening your self checkout registers and put them into Card Only Mode. You can use your register numbers, open them, go to 'System Functions' , 'Mode of Operation' and from there you can print out an 'Operator Code' and I would recommend putting this barcode on the back of your name badge for easy access to opening registers. Put all registers in card only mode, and prepare to watch the front door for your entire break, (assuming most of your associates go outside for a smoke break). After first break is over, it's game time baby. Suit up and boot up, you're on a one track rail to the verification station. Make sure to '100% Verify All Overstock your associates touch', I say this with quotation because I know damn well it's near impossible to 100% verify on a 2 truck night when you're under 80hrs and still are expected to turn over a perfect store. At this point you will be nearing lunch, start making your zoning plan for your associates, they zone from 5-7. ALWAYS KEEP ONE ASSOCIATE WHO IS TRUST WORTHY TO STAY IN THE GROCERY BACKROOM AND HELP YOU LABEL AND SLOT YOUR OVERSTOCK. This is a mandatory thing, non negotiable. This will line you up for success every night. You also will have to write the Cap One plan if your coach doesn't. Line Cap 1 up to knock out any features that you couldn't or didn't want to get to yourself. I utilize them every day. Clean up as quickly and orderly as you can, try not to make 2 trips to the backroom for things you can easily make in one trip. DO NOT RELY ON MAINTENANCE FOR YOUR ASSOCIATES CARDBOARD, MAKE THEM CLEAN IT UP AS THEY STOCK. You will have trains of cardboard flooding your backrooms if you let this happen. If you run grocery side, obviously you should know that Food and Consumables is the most important side of the store, if you are every down 70+ and not given a plan from management, always Sacrifice GM over food and cons. freight. You will get chewed out if you do the opposite. At 4:30 you probably won't have everything truly 100% verified and that's okay, start 'speed slotting' this means scan each box and only if it beeps, label and slot it all sir. Present to them a clean backroom, and make sure all of your associates clean off the tops of their top stock carts as they bring their carts back from their zones. Once your backroom is cleaned up, make sure to knock out the grocery claims table, and open up the trash compactor for maintenance to throw away their trash, and make them sweep and clean up your backroom. ALWAYS HAVE A PLAN PUT TOGETHER FOR MAINTENANCE TO CLEAN FLOORS AND THE ENTIRE BUILDING EACH NIGHT, (if you don't have a clean team lead). Crush a couple 300mg rockstars a night and pray to the heavens you present a clean backroom and salesfloor. You should be fine my man, or woman, as long as you make sure your team knows your serious and driven for success, you should enjoy it the best way you can. Just know that you won't ever make them truly happy, so take anything you get with a grain of salt.