Manager II, Produce Sales

Associated Wholesale Grocers•Goodlettsville, TN

19d

About The Position

The Manager II, Produce Sales assists with policies, procedures, budgeting, and strategic planning for produce sales and marketing. The role works to achieve or exceed sales and expense goals, manages departmental personnel, supports retail members with advertising and merchandising needs, and coordinates with procurement to maintain service levels and inventory turns. The position also supports product selection, inventory quality and quantity, and communication among vendors, retail stores, and internal teams.

Requirements

High school diploma.
4–6 years of experience in produce grocery retail management.
Knowledge of company policies and procedures, produce items, accounting principles, communication, warehouse functions, and billing and receiving procedures.
Ability to manage profit and loss to meet or exceed budget.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively to customer or employee groups and senior company management.
Ability to perform calculations involving discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume, and apply basic algebra and geometry.
Ability to solve practical problems involving varied situations with limited standardization and interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule-form instructions.
Ability to perform the listed physical activities and lift and/or move up to 25 pounds occasionally.
Ability to drive a car to stores.
Driver's license.

Nice To Haves

Wholesale procurement, receiving, quality control, and shipping experience.

Responsibilities

Assist in developing and implementing policies and procedures for produce selling and marketing.
Assist in developing the departmental budget and implement a strategic plan to meet or exceed budgeted sales and expense goals.
Select, train, assign, evaluate, and appraise subordinate personnel.
Assist retail members with special advertisements and merchandising needs.
Project the operating budget annually, monitor compliance, and report variances to the VP of Merchandising/Marketing.
Coordinate with the procurement team and communicate issues to achieve budgeted service levels for member stores and budgeted inventory turns.
Communicate vendor and retail store member issues concerning produce and related product selection, purchasing, and pricing to appropriate team members.
Maintain the quantity and quality of assigned product inventory.
Coordinate with the Member Services Department to determine member merchandise needs.
Participate in selecting items for weekly customer member advertisements.
Perform other duties as requested.