Network Company President - Grocery Retail - South Florida

Teamshares•Fort Lauderdale, FL

1d•$190,000 - $240,000•Onsite

About The Position

Teamshares is seeking a President to lead an established, multi-location Italian specialty food market in South Florida. The business operates a retail market, bakery, and prepared foods kitchen together under one roof and is joining Teamshares’ employee-owned business network. The President will build on the company’s experienced team and strong reputation while supporting its transition to employee ownership. The President will have full responsibility for the company’s strategy, operations, and P&L, and will lead a large team of employee owners across multiple locations. The role reports to a Teamshares Industry Lead and is full-time and onsite in South Florida, with regular time spent across all locations. The role encompasses integrated food operations, multi-location leadership, management team development, systems and data, supply chain and margin management, business growth, financial collaboration, employee ownership, HR and personnel matters, and community relationships.

Requirements

Deep knowledge of retail food operations, including fresh departments, food safety, merchandising, and shrink.
Experience running integrated kitchen/prepared foods, bakery, and retail market operations under one roof.
Experience managing and standardizing operations across several sites.
Experience leading and developing large teams, including managers.
Comfort working in a fragmented software environment; ability to evaluate, consolidate, and connect systems and use their data to run the business.
Ability to enter a family-built business with humility, earn trust through listening and follow-through, and work well alongside family members who remain.
Ability to develop leaders and help people grow in their roles.
Ability to read financial statements, manage margins and labor, and make sound data-informed decisions.
Clear communication skills, including explaining the reasons behind decisions and keeping a large, multi-site team informed.
Hands-on, resourceful, entrepreneurial approach and enthusiasm for building a business.
Curiosity, openness to feedback, and ability to adapt quickly.
Ability to collaborate with Teamshares and use the network as a resource.

Responsibilities

Lead the ownership transition alongside founding family members and the experienced team, preserving the company’s culture and reputation as it becomes employee owned.
Oversee the retail market, bakery, prepared foods, and in-house production, maintaining quality, freshness, food safety, and customer experience.
Manage and standardize operations across all locations.
Lead and develop store managers and department heads.
Evaluate, consolidate, and connect sales/POS, loyalty, accounting, payroll, and other business systems where appropriate.
Use data produced by business systems to guide decisions and run the business.
Oversee purchasing, vendor relationships, the distribution center, inventory, pricing, and labor scheduling to protect gross margin and control costs.
Drive traffic and basket size through merchandising, prepared foods, catering, marketing, and the loyalty program.
Collaborate with Teamshares and the company’s finance team on budgets, expenses, cash management, and growth investments.
Help employees understand employee ownership and Teamshares’ support, connecting daily work to shared results.
Oversee hiring, training, performance reviews, compensation, and personnel matters across a large workforce.
Represent the company in the local community and strengthen its reputation as a destination for Italian food.