Retail Product & Pricing Manager

Hy-Vee • Madison, WI

23h • Onsite

About The Position

The Retail Product & Pricing Manager sets standards for customer service, employee relations, cleanliness, sanitation, professional appearance, and profitability in the Grocery Department. The role ensures products are available to customers in a timely manner and item parameters are accurately maintained in product management software. Duties are performed onsite in a retail location.

The manager determines department goals with store management, supervises Product Management Department personnel, establishes schedules and daily work plans, maintains supplies, and assists with gross profit analysis and management reporting. The position oversees product management applications and trains store personnel, while using software to manage inventory, replenishment, pricing, signage, product information, and sales and profit outcomes. The manager also works with store management, department managers, and DSD vendors; provides customer service; and ensures compliance with company and store policies.

Requirements

• High school education or equivalent experience.
• Strong basic math skills, including arithmetic with fractions, decimals, and percentages.
• Over six months to one year of similar or related experience.
• Ability to solve practical problems involving a variety of variables with limited standardization and to interpret instructions.
• Ability to obtain basic information through interviewing, provide basic direction, follow technical manuals, and interact with people.
• Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally.
• Visual ability to see from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet, with or without correction, including depth perception, color vision, and field of vision.
• Ability to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, reach, stand, walk, pull, lift, grasp, feel, talk, hear, and perform repetitive motions.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen is required for employment.

Responsibilities

• Set standards for customer service, employee relations, cleanliness, sanitation, professional appearance, and department profitability.
• Provide prompt, courteous, and friendly customer service and encourage employees to greet and assist customers.
• Determine department goals with store management.
• Supervise all personnel within the Product Management Department and establish schedules and daily work plans.
• Maintain and replenish department supplies.
• Assist store management with gross profit analysis and other management reporting.
• Ensure inventory information is accurate for monthly inventory.
• Oversee product management applications and train other store personnel.
• Use product management software to minimize out-of-stocks and inventory, maintain correct item parameters and signage, and maximize sales and profits.
• Ensure advertised, EDLP, and RDA items are correctly priced and signed and that sufficient quantities are ordered.
• Oversee special buys to ensure product management application parameters are accurate.
• Plan and schedule inventory and pricing verification in accordance with company policy.
• Work with upper management to determine product placement for new items and resets.
• Ensure obsolete and discontinued inventory is reduced for quick sale and monitor excess inventory to minimize it with store management.
• Monitor and report damage and unsaleables and implement solutions to reduce them.
• Approve or edit replenishment and advertising orders.
• Ensure price changes and product information changes are completed in a timely manner.
• Assist department managers with product management questions.
• Work with DSD vendors, check in deliveries, and balance vendor invoices.
• Follow department and company guidelines for personal hygiene and dress; report to work as scheduled and on time.
• Assist in other store areas as needed.
• Review department equipment needs and recommend budget requests to the Store Director.
• Perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.
• Instruct, assign, and review others’ work; plan work, maintain standards, allocate personnel, and coordinate activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED