Fresh Team Manager

Walmart • Flagstaff, AZ

8d • $70,000 - $95,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Drives sales and profit in the Meat Prepared Food and Freezer/Cooler area by ensuring effective merchandise presentation, including accurate and competitive pricing, proper signing, in-stock and inventory levels, budgeting and forecasting sales, assessing economic trends and community needs, reviewing club financial reports (e.g., profit and loss, operational income statement), comparing projected financial results with actual results, ensuring Fresh financial performance meets budgetary expectations, and managing product and labor ordering and scheduling based on analysis results. Manages and enforces Sam's Club Meat Prepared Food and Freezer/Cooler standards by evaluating finished product packaging and in-stock, comparing finished product to published standards, removing substandard products from display, training associates, and holding them accountable to sanitation and department standards. Ensures compliance with food safety and sanitation standards, evaluates and improves club in-stock and fresh production planning, performs equipment reviews, manages adherence to specification and recipe guides, manages backroom organization, and manages product layout on the sales floor. Manages club Meat Prepared Food and Freezer/Cooler area performance by reviewing current performance, identifying gaps between projected and actual results, managing processes to close performance gaps, managing food safety compliance requirements, assisting the third-party technical team in delivering training, implementing and monitoring process improvements to meet financial goals, and making adjustments as business conditions require. Oversees and enforces the execution of food safety standards, cold chain compliance, and food merchandise quality by evaluating temperature, storage, sanitation, date coding, product rotation, and recalls, and training associates about food safety standards, sanitation, and expectations. Creates budgets for sales, expenses, and wages, monitors club indexing, ensures budgeted numbers are achieved, and ensures department staffing levels are within company guidelines. Works as part of the management team by ensuring all opening and closing procedures are followed, communicating with opening and closing managers for a smooth transition, and participating in discussions about merchandising opportunities, scheduling concerns, associate issues, escalations, additional resources needed, and any special opening or closing instructions or information. Plans production, labor, and execution for major events by reviewing the production plan report, modifying plans based on holidays, local events, weather forecasts, and other local events impacting member traffic, modifying associate schedules based on projected changes in member traffic, reviewing projected business results, comparing them to actual results, and making adjustments as business conditions require. Ensures membership growth by improving the member experience and building member relationships, making business visits, requesting Club of the Community merchandise, and appropriately training and scheduling member service associates. Coordinates, completes, and oversees job-related activities and assignments by developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, supporting plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs, identifying and communicating goals and objectives, building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results, identifying and addressing improvement opportunities, and demonstrating adaptability and promoting continuous learning. Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by hiring and training, mentoring, assigning duties, providing recognition, and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace. Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans, utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy, and providing direction and guidance on applying these in executing business processes and practices. Respects the individual by building high-performing teams, embracing differences, creating a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected, creating opportunities for all associates to thrive, working collaboratively, building strong and trusting relationships, communicating with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence, attracting and retaining the best talent, empowering and developing talent, and recognizing others' contributions and accomplishments. Acts with integrity by maintaining and promoting the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, modeling Walmart values, and supporting Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company. Serves customers and members by delivering results while putting the customer first, considering and adapting to how, where, and when customers shop, and applying the EDLP and EDLC business models. Makes decisions based on data insights and analysis, balances short and long-term priorities, and considers customers, associates, shareholders, suppliers, business partners, and communities when making plans. Strives for excellence by displaying curiosity and a desire to learn, taking calculated risks, demonstrating courage and resilience, encouraging learning from mistakes, driving continuous improvements, adopting and encouraging the use of new technologies and skills, and supporting others through change.

Requirements

• 2 years' supervisory experience
• 2 years' retail profit and loss statement (P and L) management experience

Nice To Haves

• Food Service management experience
• Retail Fresh Experience

Responsibilities

• Drives sales and profit in Meat Prepared Food and Freezer/Cooler area by ensuring effective merchandise presentation including accurate and competitive pricing proper signing in stock and inventory levels budgeting and forecasting sales assessing economic trends and community needs reviewing club financial reports for example profit and loss P and L operational income statement OPIS comparing projected financial results with actual results ensuring Fresh financial performance is meeting budgetary expectations and managing product and labor ordering and scheduling based upon analysis results
• Manages and enforces Sams Club Meat Prepared Food and FreezerCoolor standards by evaluating finished product packaging and instock comparing finished product to published standards removing substandard products from display area training Meat Prepared Food and FreezerCooler associates and holding them accountable to sanitation and department standards ensuring compliance with food safety and sanitation standards evaluating and improving club in stock and fresh production planning performing Fresh equipment reviews managing Fresh standards specification guides and recipe guides adherence managing backroom organization and managing Meat Prepared Food and FreezerCooler product layout on the sales floor
• Manages club Meat Prepared Food and FreezerCooler area performance by reviewing current club Fresh performance for example sales production planning food safety identifying gaps between projected results and actual business results managing Fresh area processes to close performance gaps managing food safety compliance requirements for example Food and Drug Administration FDA Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA assisting the thirdparty technical team in delivering training implementing and monitoring process improvements to meet the clubs financial goals and making adjustments to processes as business conditions require
• Oversees and enforces the execution of food safety standards cold chain compliance and food merchandise quality by evaluating the temperaturestorage sanitation date coding product rotation and recalls on stocked merchandise and training associates about Food safety standards sanitation and expectations
• Creates budgets for sales expenses and wages and monitors club indexing making sure budgeted numbers are achieved and ensures department staffing levels are within company guidelines
• Works as part of the management team by ensuring all opening and closing procedures are followed communicating with opening and closing managers to ensure a smooth transition from day to night operations and participating in discussions about merchandising opportunities and directions scheduling concerns associate issues issues needing to be escalated additional resources needed and any special opening or closing instructions or information
• Plans the production labor and execution for major events for example holiday seasonal demands by reviewing the production plan report modifying production plans based upon holidays local events weather forecasts and other local events impacting member traffic modifying fresh associates schedules based upon projected changes in member traffic reviewing projected business results and comparing them to actual results and making adjustments as business conditions require
• Ensures membership growth by improving the member experience and building member relationships making business visits requesting Club of the Community COTC merchandise and appropriately training and scheduling member service associates
• Coordinates completes and oversees jobrelated activities and assignments by developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders supporting plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs identifying and communicating goals and objectives building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results identifying and addressing improvement opportunities and demonstrating adaptability and promoting continuous learning
• Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by hiring and training mentoring assigning duties providing recognition and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace
• Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission values and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy: and providing direction and guidance on applying these in executing business processes and practices
• Respect the individual: Builds highperforming teams embraces differences in people cultures ideas and experiences creates a workplace where associates feel seen supported and connected through a culture of belonging creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and performx000B Respect the individual: Works collaboratively builds strong and trusting relationships communicates with impact energy and positivity to motivate and influencex000B Respect the individual: Attracts and retains the best talent empowers and develops talent and recognizes others contributions and accomplishments
• Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity ethics and compliance models the Walmart values to support and foster our culture holds oneself and others accountable supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates customers members and the world around useg creating a sense of belonging eliminating waste participating in local giving Act with Integrity: Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble selfaware honest fair and transparent
• Serve Our Customers and Members Delivers results while putting the customer first considers and adapts to how where and when customers shop and applies the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans Serve Our Customers and Members Makes decisions based on data insights and analysis balances short and longterm priorities and considers our customers fellow associates shareholders suppliers business partners and communities when making plans
• Strive for Excellence: Displays curiosity and a desire to learn takes calculated risks demonstrates courage and resilience and encourages learning from mistakes Strive for Excellence: Drives continuous improvements adopts and encourages the use of new technologies and skills and supports others through change

Benefits

• Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage
• Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
• Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
• Live Better U is a company paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

What This Job Offers

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