Grocery Manager

Job Details

Description

POSITION TITLE: Grocery Manager

DEPARTMENT: Grocery

REPORTS TO: Store Director and Assistant Store Director

FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt – 40 hours

Job Summary

To direct and manage all facets of the grocery department in a manner designed to obtain maximum sales, productivity, and profits.

Essential Job Functions

• Achieve necessary sales and profit goals as projected.
• Supervise, train, and schedule all grocery department personnel to perform assignments according to department needs, while maintaining effective employee relations.
• Assure proper ordering and allocation of merchandise to maintain an in-stock and in-code position.
• To ensure accurate billing and pricing of all incoming products by posting the invoices and conducting pricing audits.
• Submit required orders/grocery surveys to the office on schedule.
• Order necessary supplies for the department on a regular basis.
• Oversee and handle damaged and distressed merchandise according to policy.
• Help maintain proper stock levels and to help present the store in a way which gives an image of a store that is clean, neat and well stocked.
• Be of assistance to other departments to see that their department are operating efficiently.
• Responsible for maintenance and security within the receiving area and grocery department.
• Greet all customers to our store and be observant while on the sales floor.
• Maintain a neat personal appearance according to the company’s dress code policy.
• Directly oversee the entire 3rd shift operation including the productivity of all 3rd shift associates.
• Calculating piece counts for all clerks as a productivity measure.
• Follow and enforce all company policies and procedures as stated in the Employee Handbook.
  
  

Supplemental Job Functions

• Direct and monitor the entire store operation in the absence of Store Director and Assistant Store Director approximately fifteen percent (15%) to twenty percent (20%) of the scheduled shift.
• Maintain a file for weekly sales plans (records quantities sold). Recap and advise store manager of seasonal merchandise sold.
• Become knowledgeable and review management reports related to assistant store director’s job function.
• Work on the 3rd shift as needed to train new overnight managers.
  
  

Minimum Knowledge, Skills And Ability Required

• High school education required.
• Should have at least three years experience working in the supermarket industry.
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills for dealing with customers, employees and vendors.
• Must be able to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, gross margins, percentages, proportions, ratios, volume to apply concepts of basic algebra.
• Ability to verify vendor invoices, counts, and to complete required accounting reports including inventory and receiving.
• Must be able to lift up to fifty pounds (50 lbs.) approximately seventy percent (70%) of the time.
• Must have the ability to retrieve and place merchandise on the top racks in the grocery aisles for proper storage. The top racking process may be 20% of the time working in the aisles during the shift.
• Must be able to stand upright for most of your scheduled work shift.