About The Position

Under general supervision, the Store Perishable Manager manages the Produce, Fresh Meat, Packaged Meats, Dairy, Frozen Food, Bread, and Thaw and Sell Bakery departments. The role ensures efficient inventory management, appealing and profitable merchandise presentation, and quality customer service. It also supports a safe working environment, protects company assets, and ensures staff and store compliance with food-handling rules and regulations. The manager provides support to other managers as requested. The position maintains appropriate perishable stock levels using department order guides, sales histories, current advertisements, planners, and related tools. It trains associates in presentation, freshness and pricing standards; safe food handling; recovery, stocking, rotation, and produce grading and repackaging. The manager also supports scheduling coverage, follows up on work and performance, records and analyzes markdowns, records inventory as requested, and helps ensure sanitation standards are followed using the Cleaning Schedule.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Two to three years of retail clerk experience.
  • Ability to perform mathematical calculations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages.
  • Knowledge of cash-handling procedures, including cashier accountability and deposit control.
  • Ability to perform cash register functions.
  • Knowledge of cash, facility, and safety control policies and practices.
  • Effective interpersonal and oral and written communication skills.
  • Understanding of safety policies and practices.
  • Ability to read and follow plan-o-gram and merchandise presentation guidance.
  • Ability and willingness to comply with company policies and procedures, including those in the Standard Operating Procedures manual, Employee Handbook, and company communications.
  • Ability and willingness to obtain required food-handling certifications.
  • Attainment of required local and state food-handling certifications, if applicable.

Nice To Haves

  • Previous lead experience.
  • Previous grocery store experience.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain perishable stock levels based on store volume using current ads and planners, produce and meat order guides, milk sales history, the Nash-Finch order guide, and bread order planning and stales recap.
  • Assist in training associates on presentation, freshness, and pricing standards across perishable areas.
  • Assist in training associates in safe food handling in compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
  • Assist in training associates to execute hourly recovery standards and meet store standards.
  • Train associates in proper stocking and rotation of perishable products.
  • Assist the Store Manager and Assistant Store Manager in ensuring adequate scheduling coverage.
  • Assess completion of work and follow up with associates regarding performance.
  • Record perishable markdowns, analyze their causes, and take corrective action to prevent recurrence.
  • Train associates in produce grading and repackaging standards to minimize markdowns.
  • Accurately record inventory levels as requested by the Store Support Center.
  • Assist in ensuring compliance with sanitation standards and train assigned associates using the Cleaning Schedule.
  • Provide support to other managers as requested.
  • Help ensure a safe working environment and protect company assets according to required procedures.
  • Ensure staff and store compliance with food-handling rules and regulations.
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