Produce Training and Execution Senior Specialist

Festival Foods•De Pere, WI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Training & Execution Sr. Specialist must possess strong leadership, training, and communication skills. The position impacts all aspects of the assigned in store fresh departments. This position will be directly responsible for the Training & Execution Specialist Team and leading positive execution of assigned Fresh department tasks through effective training.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in an analytical leadership level role in the Grocery/Retail industry.
Candidates must be results driven, demonstrate high levels of self-initiative, and have previous store operations and merchandising experience.
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, quantitative analysis, resource allocation, leadership techniques, coordination of people and resources.
Proficient in Servant Leadership practices.
Experience successfully leading a Department is required.
Proficient in Microsoft Office; Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint
Excellent organization skills are required
Monitoring and assessing performance of self, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Communicate information accurately and appropriately.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, and strong interpersonal skills including verbal communication, listening, negotiation, problem solving, decision making, and being assertive.

Nice To Haves

Prefer candidates with a passion for training and fresh foods.

Responsibilities

Leads and develops a team of Training & Execution Specialists through clear communication of expectations, demonstrating what good looks like, and instilling accountability for performance with a continuous improvement mindset for all areas of the assigned department.
Responsible for consistent execution across all assigned fresh departments at all Festival Foods locations.
Creates and establishes, communicates, and executes standards for guest helpfulness and product availability, follows up on guest comments.
Oversees every-day and seasonal assortments of products for all store locations.
Visit’s competition, analyzes market trends, identifies competitive advantages/disadvantages.
Collaborates with Sr. Department Directors with recommendations for new products, programs, and processes to improve CTO and follows through with implementing and executing practices through effective training.
Collaborates with other applicable department leaders to create and enhance cross merchandising opportunities.
Assists in developing the planograms and weekly promotional merchandising displays.
Responsible for the coaching and training for production planning, forecasting, and shrink management across all locations.
Partners with the Sr. Department Directors to manage overall profitability and to ensure alignment with annual operating plan for assigned department.
Collaborates with buying team and specialist team regarding accuracy in weekly ad forecasting.
Responsible for assisting with the annual forecasting and budgeting for assigned department
Other duties as assigned.