Bulk Manager

Sprouts Farmers Market•Phoenix, AZ

8h•Onsite

About The Position

The Bulk Manager at Sprouts Farmers Market is responsible for overseeing the maintenance, packing, and stocking of all bulk foods featured at Sprouts. This role involves ensuring the team properly packages and scales bulk items, fills bulk bins, and prepares, wraps, and prices bulk packages accurately and legibly. The manager also orders and maintains inventory, rotates product using code dates, and follows the company’s cleaning and sanitation program. A key aspect is overseeing the department’s compliance with all company and governmental safety, health, Weights & Measures, and COOL compliance regulations. The manager is responsible for communicating standards, expectations, policy changes, and product knowledge to team members, while providing a high level of customer service. This position requires ensuring Bulk items are properly prepared, packaged and presented, and the Bulk area is clean and orderly at all times. The Bulk Manager will receive, unload, and stock merchandise as needed throughout the day. They will engage and evaluate team members through coaching, feedback, and one-on-one development discussions, and make recommendations on merit increases via completing the bi-annual performance review process. The role also involves regularly attending and participating in in-store meetings, recruiting, hiring, and making promotion/transfer decisions in collaboration with the Store Manager. The Bulk Manager must confidently exercise independent judgment to address Team Member concerns and take and document corrective actions when needed, including collaboration with business and HR partners in managing performance. They ensure maximum productivity and efficiency by creating and adjusting schedules and staffing levels, and lead a team that collaborates to deliver quality product, service, and customer experience. Additionally, the Bulk Manager serves as a Key Carrier for the store and/or acts as a Manager on Duty (MOD) as needed.

Requirements

Be at least 18 years of age
Have 1- 2 years of experience in a retail grocery environment
Have 1 year of managerial leadership experience
Be dependable and reliable having the ability to work flexible schedule that changes; including night, weekends, and holidays
Be expected to know weekly ad items; and be able to give customers direction of product location throughout the store; does general housekeeping in the department
Must have the ability to work a flexible schedule that changes as the business changes, including nights, weekends, and holidays
Possess a working knowledge of personnel reports, margin reports, weekly sales numbers, and financial goals
Have and show outgoing and friendly behavior along with a positive attitude towards Team Members and customers
Be able to move vertically/horizontally transferring product weighing up to 50 lbs., from 4” to 36”, for a distance up to 4 feet for up to 15 hours without mechanical assistance
This role requires continuous standing for up to 4 hours, for a total of 8 hours per shift
Be able to perform other related duties as assigned

Responsibilities

Overseeing the maintenance, packing, and stocking of all bulk foods featured at Sprouts
Following the merchandising Bulk plan, and ensuring your team is properly packaging and scaling bulk items, filling bulk bins, as well as preparing, wrapping, and pricing bulk packages accurately and legibly
Order and maintain inventory, rotate product using code dates, and follow the company’s cleaning and sanitation program
Oversee the department’s compliance with all company and governmental safety, health, Weights & Measures and COOL compliance regulations
Responsible for communicating standards, expectations, policy changes, and product knowledge to team members
Responsible for providing a high level of customer service
Ensure Bulk items are properly prepared, packaged and presented, and the Bulk area is clean and orderly at all times
Receive, unload, and stock merchandise as needed throughout the day
Engage and evaluate team members through coaching, feedback, and one-on-one development discussions, and make recommendations on merit increases via completing the bi-annual performance review process
Regularly attend and participate at in-store meetings
Recruit, hire and make promotion/transfer decisions in collaboration with the Store Manager
Confidently exercise independent judgment to address Team Member concerns
Take and document corrective actions when needed, including collaboration with business and HR partners in managing performance to include coaching, counseling, progressive discipline, suspension, or termination when needed
Ensure maximum productivity and efficiency by creating and adjusting schedules and staffing levels
Communicate standards, expectations, policy changes, and product knowledge to team members
Lead a team that collaborates to deliver the finest quality of product, highest level of service, and the greatest experience your customers will receive
Serve as a Key Carrier for the store and/or act as a Manager on Duty (MOD) as needed

Benefits

Competitive pay
Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health
Vacation accrual plan
Opportunities for career growth
15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts
Flexible schedules
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
Company paid life insurance
Contests and appreciation events throughout the year full of prizes, food and fun!
Bonus based on company and/or individual performance
Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental and vision
Health Savings Account with company match
Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
Company paid short-term disability coverage
Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers
Paid holidays
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