Health Beauty Care Department Manager
About The Position
The Health Beauty Care Department Manager leads the department at Hy-Vee, delivering a welcoming customer experience through strong service, merchandising, knowledgeable staff, and a clean and well-maintained environment. The manager keeps current with health, beauty, and personal care trends, helps customers find products, and leads department employees to meet service and business goals. The role includes recruiting, hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating employees; coordinating schedules and work plans with store leadership; maintaining merchandising and signage standards; managing product rotation, ordering, replenishment, pricing, and promotions; and monitoring sales trends and profitability. The manager also supports store operations as needed and follows company policies and department sanitation requirements. This is a fast-moving retail position involving extended standing and walking, handling freight and merchandise, and possible exposure to dirt, noise, equipment movement hazards, temperature extremes, dampness, electrical shock, and cleaning chemicals or solvents. The anticipated starting wage is $18.00 to $22.50 per hour, depending on experience. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Ability to deliver outstanding customer service and inspire the team to do the same.
- Ability to lead, motivate, and develop a team in a fast-paced retail environment.
- Ability to use basic math, including fractions, decimals, and percentages.
- Clear written and verbal communication with customers, employees, and vendors.
- Ability to handle confidential information, including item costs and margins, with discretion.
- Ability to frequently lift, carry, push, or pull objects weighing 100 pounds or more, with or without mechanical assistance.
- Ability to stand and walk continuously on hard surfaces for extended periods.
- Ability to unload, lift, stock, and rotate incoming truck freight and merchandise.
- Where applicable, ability to operate pallet jacks, forklifts, or similar material-handling equipment; required operator certification must be completed before independent use.
Nice To Haves
- One or more years of similar or related work experience.
- Interest in and familiarity with trends in health, beauty, and personal care products.
Responsibilities
- Set and uphold department standards for customer service, cleanliness, sanitation, team relations, and profitability.
- Encourage a friendly, welcoming atmosphere by ensuring the team greets and engages customers and by leading by example.
- Stay current on product trends and educate customers through suggestions and answers to their questions.
- Help customers find products, reach items, and carry heavy purchases.
- Recruit, hire, train, supervise, and evaluate department employees, and address performance and disciplinary matters as needed.
- Coordinate schedules, daily work plans, and department goals in partnership with store leadership.
- Maintain department experience standards, including effective signage and merchandising displays.
- Track product rotation, check expiration dates, and manage ordering and replenishment.
- Oversee pricing, monitor market competitiveness, and analyze weekly and monthly sales trends.
- Plan displays, promotions, and pre-orders; prepare advertising projections and write ads.
- Determine sanitation guidelines and ensure compliance throughout the department.
- Operate the cash register accurately and report cash drawer discrepancies.
- Follow the Hy-Vee dress code, hygiene standards, and company policies.
- Assist in other store areas and take on special projects as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
High school or GED
