Asst. Deli Sales Manager - Kings and Balducci's

Key Accountabilities

• Creates annual category business plans based on prior results, consumer trends, market insights, and Kings & Balducci's merchandising priorities.
• Achieves projected sales, gross profit dollars, share growth, and total department contribution for assigned deli and food service categories.
• Supports pricing strategy, promotional planning, assortment recommendations, shelf schematics, and merchandising plans that support category roles and customer expectations.
• Tracks promotional results and conducts item- and category-level analysis to identify opportunities for sales growth, margin improvement, shrink reduction, and stronger execution.
• Collaborates with stores to support consistent execution of deli and food service programs, including fresh prepared foods, service case, self-service, cheese, charcuterie, sushi, and related specialty programs as assigned.
• Supports vendor communication, deal coordination, new item recommendations, discontinuation decisions, and product availability planning in partnership with the Sales Manager and procurement teams.
• Maintains scorecards and reports to monitor weekly, quarterly, and annual performance, including sales, gross profit, shrink, service levels, inventory position, and promotional effectiveness.
• Visits stores as needed to observe merchandising execution, department conditions, product quality, food safety practices, and customer experience; provides follow-up and recommendations to improve results.
• Supports store teams with communication, training, and execution guidance for new programs, seasonal initiatives, menu changes, product launches, and corporate or division priorities.
• Works in conjunction with corporate merchandising, division operations, procurement, vendors, and store leadership to implement programs effectively and resolve execution barriers.

Scope

• Data Sales results, gross profit dollars, and share growth for assigned deli and food service categories.
• Promotional performance, vendor support, shrink, service level, inventory position, and execution of merchandising programs.
• Store execution support across Kings & Balducci's deli and food service departments.

Qualifications

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Culinary, Hospitality, Retail Management, or related field preferred; equivalent retail, deli, food service, or merchandising experience may be considered.
• Experience Level: 5+ years of retail deli, food service, prepared foods, specialty foods, merchandising, or store operations experience preferred.
• Prior experience supporting sales plans, category execution, vendor coordination, and store teams is preferred.

Skills and Experiences

• Strong understanding of retail deli, food service, prepared foods, specialty cheese, charcuterie, sushi, and related fresh merchandising programs.
• Ability to read, interpret, and apply sales reports, profit and loss information, inventory data, shrink results, and promotional performance metrics.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify opportunities, recommend action, and follow through on execution.
• Strong planning, organization, communication, and follow-up skills to support multiple stores, vendors, and cross-functional partners.
• Working knowledge of pricing, promotion planning, assortment management, category business planning, planograms, and merchandising execution.
• Understanding of procurement, logistics, inventory management, product quality, freshness standards, sanitation, food safety, and store-level operating practices.
• Ability to build effective relationships with store leadership, department managers, vendors, procurement, operations, merchandising, and corporate partners.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and related reporting tools.

Benefits

• Competitive wages paid weekly
• Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with StreamAssociate
• discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
• Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay).

Disclaimer

We Also Provide a Variety Of Benefits Including Competitive wages paid weekly Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with StreamAssociate discounts Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!) Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit myACI Benefits Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve Our Values – Click below to view video: ACI Values A copy of the full job description can be made available to you.