Vp Of Operations Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED.
• Must have a Meat background.
• Minimum of 5 to 8 years of experience in managing a successful department.
• Proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS One Note, MS Teams.

Nice To Haves

• Preferably 3 to 5 years as a successful Merchandiser, Buyer and/or Supervisor.
• Experience in supervising multiple store operations preferred.
• Experience in buying, merchandising, marketing and budgeting of multiple store operations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Providing leadership by encouraging new ideas, developing pride in workmanship, being cognizant of morale within each department and demonstrating a high commitment to ethics and hard work.
• Greet customers in an ongoing effort to elevate the overall customer satisfaction level and deliver superior customer service.
• Apply learning from store observations, category management and competition to assist in developing weekly Ads, promotions, events, contest and new programs.
• Implement regionally competitive merchandising strategies and marketing plan through advertised specials, regular pricing and special promotions.
• Ensures the growth and development of future associates at all store levels to be expert merchants through training, one-on-one meetings, group settings, video conferencing, manuals, build books and diagrams.
• Coordinate with Wholesalers and/or district operation teams to execute projects.
• Creation and execution of store level training programs in whole or in parts. This would include simple tasks to complete trainee programs.
• Team with operations and provide solutions to elevate the general knowledge, experience and expertise of all associates.
• Analyze category performance across a variety of indicators – sales, market share, store clusters, gross profit, mark up, mark downs, turns by category & item level, known shrink, shelf execution & other predetermined matrix’s that drive organizational change and visibility in how we manage the shelf from item acceptance to implementation.
• Provide analysis and develop recommendations for category and consumer trends.
• Monitor and produce weekly category metrics reporting that guide decision process.
• Create ad hoc reports as requested.
• Identify and understand the competition’s impact on the category and provide recommendations to increase category market share.
• Analyze item assortment and create recommendations for an efficient item assortment.
• Using optimal category information and providing store specific information for merchandising efficiencies to each store.
• Develop store specific schematics and/or plan-o-grams for all categories.
• Responsible for evaluating implementation, compliance and results of key Department initiatives.
• Assists in recruiting and retention of managerial positions and assists department managers in decision making (i.e., selection through career development).
• Implements regionally competitive merchandising strategies and marketing plan through advertised specials, regular pricing and special promotions.
• Communicates with VP of Operations to ensure consistency in quality standards, timely product flow of seasonal items and selection of new items.
• Conducts weekly price indexing and audits operations to establish and maintain advantage over competitors.
• Increasing gross profits by good shrink controls and buying the correct mix while following merchandising guidelines.
• Monitors departmental budgets for labor, supplies, sales, gross profits and annual budget for capital expenditures.
• May assist in the design and layout of new and remodeled facilities.
• Assists in training department managers in safe work practices to ensure safe working conditions for associates and customers alike.
• Other duties as assigned by the VP of Operations.