Grocery Manager

Sprouts Farmers Market • West Deptford Township, NJ

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Grocery Manager is responsible for the sales and operation of the Grocery, Dairy, Frozen Food, and Beer/Wine departments at Sprouts Farmers Market. The role leads department teams and supports an extraordinary customer experience by ensuring product quality, freshness, safety, and service standards. The manager oversees ordering, compliance, sanitation, back-room inventory, labor, schedules, deliveries, and department operations while working to improve profitability and reduce shrink and other losses.

The Grocery Manager recruits and develops team members, communicates expectations and product knowledge, participates in performance reviews, and addresses performance and team concerns in collaboration with the Store Manager and business and HR partners. The position also serves as a Key Carrier and may act as Manager on Duty as needed. The work requires a flexible schedule that may include nights, weekends, and holidays, along with frequent lifting, transferring, and bending tasks.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• At least 1 year of managerial or supervisory experience, including responsibility for managing a department or team within a multi-department retail, hospitality, or service operation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to give and take direction and participate in a team environment.
• Outgoing, friendly behavior and a positive attitude toward customers and Team Members.
• Proven leadership ability to build, motivate, and maintain staff.
• Working knowledge of personnel reports, margin reports, weekly sales numbers, and financial goals.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and problem-solving skills.
• Must have and maintain Food Safety certification.
• Strong organizational and planning skills, with the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to vertically transfer milk trays weighing up to 60 pounds from 9 inches to 62 inches for up to 25 hours.
• Ability to vertically and horizontally transfer boxes weighing up to 50 pounds from 5 inches to 34 inches, over a distance of up to 5 feet, for up to 25 hours without mechanical assistance.
• Ability to repetitively squat, kneel, and bend to access a point 5 inches from the floor for up to 30 hours.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule that changes with business needs, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Oversee sales and operations for Grocery, Dairy, Frozen Food, and Beer/Wine departments.
• Ensure products are handled properly, rotated for freshness, and subject to date controls.
• Monitor operations and manage labor costs to improve profitability and reduce shrink, damage, and pilferage.
• Assist with preparing the store for physical inventory counts.
• Assist with or oversee unloading distribution-center trucks; verify deliveries against invoices and report shortages and overages to suppliers.
• Manage ordering, compliance, sanitation, back-room inventory, and department safety.
• Coach and develop team members, provide feedback, conduct one-on-one development discussions, and make merit-increase recommendations through the bi-annual performance review process.
• Attend and participate in in-store meetings.
• Recruit, hire, and make promotion or transfer decisions in collaboration with the Store Manager.
• Use independent judgment to address Team Member concerns.
• Document and take corrective action as needed, collaborating with business and HR partners on coaching, counseling, progressive discipline, suspension, or termination.
• Create and adjust schedules and staffing levels to maximize productivity and efficiency.
• Communicate standards, expectations, policy changes, and product knowledge to team members.
• Lead the team in delivering quality products, strong service, and a positive customer experience.
• Serve as a Key Carrier and/or act as Manager on Duty as needed.
• Ensure applicable federal, state, and company standards for product freshness, food safety, weights and measures, store and employee safety, refrigeration, and sanitation are met.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan
• Vacation accrual plan
• Opportunities for career growth
• 15% discount on Sprouts purchases for the employee and one other household family member
• Flexible schedules
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Company-paid life insurance
• Contests and appreciation events
• Performance-based bonus, subject to eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, subject to eligibility
• Health Savings Account with company match, subject to eligibility
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care, subject to eligibility
• Company-paid short-term disability coverage, subject to eligibility
• Paid parental leave for mothers and fathers, subject to eligibility
• Paid holidays, subject to eligibility
• DailyPay access for eligible employees

What This Job Offers

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