Floral Manager

Weis Markets•Reading, PA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

WEIS is looking for a Floral Manager who is passionate about teamwork and the growth of its associates and communities. The manager will be responsible for promoting excellent customer relations, continuous improvement in the department, and managing inventory. This role involves creating floral arrangements, merchandising displays, and training other floral associates.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
Minimum (3) years management experience in a retail/restaurant/supermarket environment.

Nice To Haves

Associate or bachelor's degree in business related or food service-related field desirable.

Responsibilities

Promotes excellent customer relations by instilling positive customer focused behavior with associates.
Determines what the customer is looking for in terms of size and appearance.
Creates the finished product in a timely fashion.
Keeps a fresh, clean and appealing department.
Builds displays that are clean, simple and merchandised to company standards.
Monitors competitor activity concerning merchandising, pricing, quality, and comparison signage.
Develops and implements localized merchandising plans, sets up and creates displays for new or seasonal items to drive sales.
Develops and maintains communications with other departments and store manager in order to devise cross merchandising plans, to meet financial objectives.
Manages department inventory by tracking weekly sales, writing a good order based on your own sales to ensure the highest quality products while meeting profit goals.
Reacting to load levels daily, reworking product that is not moving.
Checks and verifies all department deliveries and invoices to ensure accurate billing.
Enforces and follows department practices regarding receiving, dating and restocking to ensure product rotation.
Monitors product quality and freshness.
Creates designs in front of the customer’s eye.
Makes customized pieces for events or decoration.
Makes sure department is changing with each season (following corporate guidelines).
Decorates using those key elements that are also for sale in the department.
Trains other floral associates in the district on new programs or re-train them on existing programs utilizes floral daily best practices.
Cooperates with supervisor and co-workers to ensure continuous improvement of job performance.
Utilizes the Learning Management System (LMS).
Maintains backroom and receiving area security and organization by promoting 5S procedures.
Responsible for general sanitation in the department.
Follows cleaning schedules and department guidelines to ensure that work areas, equipment, counters, display cases, etc. are well maintained, clean and meet all health and OSHA requirements.
Disposes of trash properly.
Schedules all floral associates, oversees and participates in training, rewards and recognizes performance and delegates work assignments to effectively utilize talents and abilities while maximizing profits for the department.
Participates in associate annual performance reviews and new hire interviews.
Supervises all associates within the department.