Store Manager

Sprouts Farmers Market•Lathrop, CA

3h•Onsite

About The Position

The Store Manager position at Sprouts Farmer Market involves empowering a store team to achieve success and providing excellent customer service in a fast-paced and friendly environment. As a leader in one of the fastest growing natural foods retailers, the role focuses on inspiring shoppers and team members towards healthier choices. The Store Manager is responsible for overseeing, managing, and maximizing the entire business operations of an assigned Sprouts store and all its related departments, including Produce, Bakery, Deli, Meat, Dairy, Frozen Foods, Vitamins, Beer/Wine, Bulk Foods, and other areas. This includes ensuring efficient and profitable operations, maintaining cleanliness, safety, and a well-stocked inventory. The manager is also accountable for profits and losses, hiring and termination of employees, disciplinary actions, team member training and development, inventory management, sales promotion execution, and merchandising. Additional duties involve managing staff issues, department managers, customer complaints, community relations, and ensuring compliance with store policies and administrative duties.

Requirements

1-3 years retail management experience
Be dependable and reliable
Ability to work a flexible schedule that changes as the business changes; including nights, weekends and holidays as well as having flexibility with store assignments
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to give direction, while participating in a team environment
Outgoing and friendly behavior along with a positive attitude
Ability to interact with our customers in an engaging manner
Ability to manage department staff to include: interviewing, hiring, training and development, delivering on-time performance appraisals, providing feedback, scheduling, counseling and terminating
Proven leadership ability to build, motivate and maintain staff
Working knowledge of personnel reports, margin reports, weekly sales numbers and financial goals
Ability to deal with emergencies, crises, and any problems which crop up during the day in the store
Ability to write reports for accidents or other incidents such as when employees or customers are hurt within the store or in the parking lot and processes according to company procedures
Strong focus on detail, analytical and problem solving skills
Ability to coordinate sales promotion activities and prepare/supervise preparation of merchandise displays and advertising copy
Strong focus on food safety and sanitation, ensuring all food sold in the store is fresh
Ability to ensure dates on merchandise such as dairy products, meats, or baked goods are checked and expired food pulled off the shelves on a regular basis
Food Safety certification
Ability to ensure that all federal, state, and company regulations and standards for all labor, health, safety and sanitation issues in order to maintain a safe and clean work environment for employees and customers to ensure compliance with all OSHA requirements, other governmental regulations and company standards
Strong organization and planning skills
Able to prioritize and handle multiple tasks
Ability to lift moderately heavy loads up to 75 lbs.
Ability to bend, reach, kneel, squat and stand for long periods of time

Nice To Haves

Degree in business, management, marketing, retailing, communications, advertising, liberal arts, or related field preferred

Responsibilities

Overseeing, managing and maximizing the entire business operations of an assigned Sprouts store and all of its related departments; including Produce, Bakery, Deli, Meat, Dairy, Frozen Foods, Vitamins, Beer/ Wine, Bulk Foods, and all other areas of the store
Ensuring cleanliness, safety and a well-stocked inventory
Accountable for profits and losses
Hiring and termination of employees
Disciplinary actions
Team member training and development
Inventory management
Sales promotion execution and merchandising
Managing staff issues
Managing department managers
Handling customer complaints
Managing community relations
Ensuring compliance with store policies and other administrative duties
Managing department staff to include: interviewing, hiring, training and development, delivering on-time performance appraisals, providing feedback, scheduling, counseling and terminating
Dealing with emergencies, crises, and any problems which crop up during the day in the store
Writing reports for accidents or other incidents such as when employees or customers are hurt within the store or in the parking lot and processes according to company procedures
Coordinating sales promotion activities and prepare/supervise preparation of merchandise displays and advertising copy
Ensuring all food sold in the store is fresh
Ensuring dates on merchandise such as dairy products, meats, or baked goods are checked and expired food pulled off the shelves on a regular basis
Ensuring that all federal, state, and company regulations and standards for all labor, health, safety and sanitation issues in order to maintain a safe and clean work environment for employees and customers to ensure compliance with all OSHA requirements, other governmental regulations and company standards

Benefits

Competitive pay
Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health
Vacation accrual plan
Opportunities for career growth
15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts
Flexible schedules
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
Company paid life insurance
Contests and appreciation events throughout the year full of prizes, food and fun!
Bonus based on company and/or individual performance (Eligibility requirements may apply)
Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental and vision (Eligibility requirements may apply)
Health Savings Account with company match (Eligibility requirements may apply)
Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care (Eligibility requirements may apply)
Company paid short-term disability coverage (Eligibility requirements may apply)
Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers (Eligibility requirements may apply)
Paid holidays (Eligibility requirements may apply)
DailyPay - ability to transfer earned money at no extra cost, and get it the next business day, for free