Department Specialist - Dairy ***NEW GRADUATE Program

This is NOT an internship program. This is a full-time position for New Grads graduating this Spring/Summer 2025. This position starts June 2, 2025.

We understand that starting your career can be both exciting and challenging. That's why we've designed an enhanced onboarding program specifically for new graduates like you. This program provides comprehensive training, mentorship, and rotational experiences to help you build a strong foundation for your professional growth.

The Department Specialist is responsible for supporting the category manager(s). This role requires heavy use of excel, specifically formulas, tables, and pivot tables, financial acumen, and strong communication skills. The Department Specialist will be involved in logistical planning and tactics to ensure the department meets its goals. This could include tasks like providing store support, analyzing sales data, planning inventory logistics for new and existing stores, assisting with marketing, and product placement strategies.

• Supporting Category Managers in the development of merchandising plans that drive growth
• Managing samples and setting up new items; assist in coordinating new product rollouts
• Creating and submitting, new item, pricing, discontinuation, and other miscellaneous forms on behalf of the Category Manager
• Approving or rejecting deals in Deal Management on behalf of the Category Manager
• Ad entries and proofing in Retail Studio
• Communicating new stores to distributors, placing purchase orders for new stores
• Coordinating and sourcing vendor participation for new store openings and resets
• Developing and maintaining strong vendor relationships
• Supporting Sprouts stores as a liaison to ensure standards are met by our distributor partners
• Maintaining Distribution alignment, distributor changes, and item validations
• Collecting website and planogram images
• Collecting and submitting forms for new distributor setups
• Demo scheduling on behalf of the Category Manager
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Accounting, or a related field with a 3.7 GPA or higher
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and the Internet
• Ability to preserve confidentiality of information, communicate with all levels of management
• Work within strict time frames and deadlines
• Outstanding interpersonal and team-building skills
• Highly effective in cross-functional collaboration
• Lift and carry materials weighing up to 20 pounds

In addition to a rewarding career, Sprouts offers a comprehensive program to help support you and your family. These programs include:

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health
• Vacation accrual plan
• Opportunities for career growth
• 15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts
• Flexible schedules
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
• Company paid life insurance
• Contests and appreciation events throughout the year full of prizes, food and fun!

Eligibility requirements may apply for the following benefits:

• Bonus based on company and/or individual performance
• Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental and vision
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
• Company paid short-term disability coverage
• Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers
• Paid holidays

Get Paid Every Day!

Sprouts Farmers Market offers DailyPay - if you’re hired as an eligible employee, you’ll be able to transfer the money you’ve already earned at no extra cost, and get it the next business day, for free.  We offer DailyPay so you don’t have to wait for payday to access the money you’ve already worked for. With DailyPay, you can see how much you’ve made every day and you can transfer your money any time before payday.

 You can learn more by visiting https://www.dailypay.com/partners/sprouts-farmers-market/.

Grow with us!

If you have a passion for inspiring people and a flair for fresh food, consider applying for a job at Sprouts! With a focus on customer service, our neighborhood grocery stores offer high-quality, farm fresh produce, natural meats, plenty of scoop-your-own bulk goods and much more in a fun, friendly, old-fashioned farmer’s market setting.  Come grow your career in healthy living with a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and teams that pride themselves on empowering others along their journey.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Sprouts’ management reserves the right to amend and change duties, responsibilities, and requirements to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.

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