Asst Grocery Sales Manager- King's & Balducci's

Albertsons • Parsippany, NJ

18d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join Albertsons Companies for an exciting opportunity where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand. We are looking for someone who wants to make an impact, lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving. Albertsons Companies Inc. has always been a people-oriented business, and thoughtful people practices remain a core element of our company's philosophy. As friendly, enthusiastic people who enjoy offering customers an exceptional shopping experience, we provide world-class customer service each and every day.

Requirements

• 5-10+ years of retail/category experience
• 15 total years' experience in grocery industry
• 5 years' experience managing people
• Possess field or relevant business experience where a solid understanding of marketing, merchandising, consumer research and financial management practices have been gained.
• Excellent understanding of store operations and merchandising methodologies and practices, P&L and financial management.
• Strong financial, mathematical, statistical, marketing, merchandising, and consumer research background to read, interpret, and understand how internal and external factors influence financial results.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills and experienced in taking initiative and making decisive yet appropriate decisions.
• Strong planning and organizing skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills to develop and maintain effective business relationships within and outside the company.
• Strategy development skills.
• Relationship management skills
• Skilled in Category Business Planning.
• Demonstrated effective leadership skills and abilities.
• Understanding of procurement, logistics, and inventory management.
• Experience in managing specialty and import grocery categories
• You are tech savvy -- complex systems do not intimidate you
• You enjoy working collaboratively with cross-functional partners to drive actions & results
• You take pride in the work you do, with every detail, whether big or small
• Analyzing data, reports, and documents to develop solutions gives you energy
• You are fluent in MS Office, especially Excel.
• Working on a fast-paced team is exciting to you
• You can be depended on to meet deadlines
• Making a huge impact on your customers and the company matters to you

Responsibilities

• Strategically manages their categories to increase sales, total gross dollars, and market share versus prior year and to meet or exceed projected numbers.
• Creates and implements pricing, promotion, assortment, and shelf planograms for each assigned category, based on detailed analysis of past performance and results, industry best practices, and consumer trends.
• Travels to assigned stores working with the Department Manager and staff to share merchandising plans for departments to meet sales, gross and labor targets.
• Creates yearly category business plan based on detailed analysis of previous results and market trends.
• Meets or exceeds projected sales and profit contribution.
• Creates a detailed pricing strategy by zone by category and maintains approach throughout the year.
• Creates and implements a promotional calendar by major category, which supports division merchandising strategy.
• Tracks results at end of each promotion in terms of sales, profit and share growth or contribution.
• Designs schematics and recommends adjacencies that support the role of the category.
• Determines appropriate product assortment based on the category strategies.
• Authorizes new items entering the market and discontinue lines based on potential contribution to the category and department.
• Maintains weekly, quarterly and yearly scorecards to track sales, gross profit dollars and share of each category.
• Measures total contribution to the entire department.
• Manages and maximizes categories to achieve most efficient use of vendor dollars.
• Creates sales and gross profit projections at the category level, rolling up to department and division projections quarterly and yearly.
• Conducts in depth post-promotional analysis at the item and category level.
• Plans ads ad displays in support of the category plans and total department initiatives.
• Coordinates and communicates between stores, merchandising and other departments in the division.
• Acts as primary contact within the division for all vendors in categories assigned.
• Meets with vendors on a consistent basis for deal negotiation and business updates.
• Works closely with procurement function.
• Communicate category and promotional plans to ensure desired service levels and optimum inventory position achieved.
• Attends key vendor planning meetings.
• Works in conjunction with others in department, across the division, and with corporate merchandising to facilitate implementation of programs.
• Visits stores as necessary to observe the results of merchandising programs.
• Supports and implements corporate initiatives when appropriate for division.
• Direct supervision of applicable office support staff.
• Initiate and follow through on personnel actions such as: interviewing and providing input used in hiring decisions, providing input and/or conducting performance reviews.
• Determine the need for, coordinate, and evaluate formal training activities and on-the-job training programs.

Benefits

• Competitive wages paid weekly
• Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
• Associate discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
• Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay).
• Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
• An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed