Under general supervision, the Store Perishable Manager oversees the Produce, Fresh Meat, Packaged Meats, Dairy, Frozen Food, Bread, and Thaw and Sell Bakery departments. The role is responsible for efficient inventory management, attractive and profitable merchandise presentation, quality customer service, a safe working environment, protection of company assets, and staff and store compliance with food-handling rules and regulations. The manager also supports other managers as requested. The role maintains perishable stock levels based on store volume using department-specific ads, planners, order guides, sales histories, and recaps. It trains associates in presentation, freshness, pricing, safe food handling, hourly recovery, stocking and rotation, and produce grading and repackaging. The manager helps ensure adequate scheduling coverage, assesses completed work and associate performance, records and analyzes markdowns, records inventory as requested by the Store Support Center, and supports sanitation compliance through the department cleaning schedule. The work is performed in a fast-paced environment with moderate noise. It involves frequent walking, standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, merchandise handling, and lifting, along with occasional ladder climbing and exposure to outdoor weather, hazardous cleaning solutions, slippery floors, and extreme cold in freezers.
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Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED