Training Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Effective communication with coworkers and customers, and ability to follow written instructions.
• Demonstrated understanding of company practices through previous experience in the bulk foods department or equivalent.
• Leadership skills, including communication, people management, customer and employee relations, analysis, order planning, judgment, and response to business activity.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic and compute weights and measures.
• Ability to operate computers and Windows software in a work setting.
• Ability to perform supervisory skills, including interviewing, scheduling, hiring, counseling, training, and disciplining.
• Excellent verbal, written, electronic, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to make safe and quick movements and operate related equipment with manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.
• Mental alertness when working around potential hazards involving procedures, equipment such as knives and cookers, and work aides.
• Ability to work around machinery and heat and cold conditions.
• Knowledge of all areas of department production, or ability to learn them.
• Ability to learn product variability, perishability, safety and sanitation procedures, and department policies.
• Ability to learn product taste, content, and perishability; conduct visual inspections; and read reports and manuals.
• Ability to calculate inventory.
• Ability to stand for long periods and to walk and move rapidly, bend, stoop, twist, and turn frequently.
• Ability to perform frequent repetitive arm and hand movements.
• Ability to frequently reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to 50 pounds from floor level to overhead.
• Ability to push and pull fully loaded hand trucks and pallet jacks containing products of substantial weight.
• Ability to use cleaning chemicals properly according to manufacturer guidelines and instructions.
• Ability to handle food products according to state and county laws and WinCo standards.
• Ability to perform primary duties efficiently and accurately.
• Current Food Handlers Certification as required by state and county laws and WinCo standards.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a role with formal supervision responsibilities managing performance, and/or completion of supervisory training, coursework, or education.
• Experience with product management responsibilities, including all aspects of department inventory, display, and product maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Bulk Foods Department Manager in meeting departmental sales and gross margin objectives.
• Create promotional and seasonal displays; prepare, proof, stage, and package products; prevent shrink; oversee cost and quality control; order products and ingredients; prepare sales and production guides; record sales; compute gross profit; maintain accurate department records; and control expenses.
• Maintain and encourage fast, friendly, courteous customer service.
• Ensure adequate product quantity, quality, and freshness by ordering, checking, receiving, and controlling inventory; organizing display and storage areas; stocking and rotating products; inspecting and discarding substandard, outdated, or spoiled products; maintaining proper temperatures; and following labeling, dating, re-work, reduced-to-clear, damage, and spoilage policies.
• Trim, cut, wrap, tray, display, and water products as needed; ensure proper pricing and signage; conduct inventories; and prepare food items as needed.
• Learn and assist the department manager in supervising, motivating, coaching, training, and hiring department personnel.
• Learn and assist in monitoring employee performance and recommending personnel actions, including hiring, firing, layoff, and discipline.
• Learn and assist in scheduling personnel according to coverage needs and service levels.
• Perform customer relations duties and use suggestive selling and other sales techniques.
• Ensure proper merchandising by understanding schematics, advertised and special items, signing procedures, cutting-test analysis, and customer demand.
• Maintain the cleanliness and appearance of work areas, storage areas, equipment, and retail displays according to company policy and legal regulations; perform cleaning tasks including mopping, sweeping, and removing garbage.
• Maintain a safe and secure work environment and comply with security policies.
• Perform receiving duties, verify orders against invoices, report shortages and claims, break down loads, date products, cut cases, and stack, price, and mark merchandise.
• Break down freight by moving product into inventory and operating forklifts and related equipment.
• Perform all duties honestly and with integrity, and perform other duties as assigned or needed.
• Complete the Manager in Training classroom and on-the-job training program.
• Perform all duties and responsibilities of a Bulk Foods Department Clerk at a fully competent and independent level.

Benefits

• Top-tier medical plans
• Tuition support
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)