Bulk Manager

Overview

The Bulk Manager at Sprouts Farmers Market oversees the maintenance, packing, and stocking of all bulk foods featured at Sprouts. This role involves adhering to the merchandising Bulk plan, ensuring proper packaging and scaling of bulk items, and maintaining inventory and cleanliness.

Responsibilities

• Follow the merchandising Bulk plan and ensure accurate packaging and scaling of bulk items.
• Fulfill orders and maintain inventory, rotating products using code dates and following the company's cleaning and sanitation program.
• Ensure compliance with all company and governmental safety, health, Weights & Measures, and COOL regulations.
• Communicate standards, expectations, policy changes, and product knowledge to team members.
• Provide high-level customer service, ensuring bulk items are properly prepared, packaged, and presented, and the Bulk area is clean and orderly.
• Engage and evaluate team members through coaching, feedback, and one-on-one development discussions, and make recommendations for merit increases via the bi-annual performance review process.
• Regularly attend and participate in in-store meetings.
• Recruit, hire, and make promotion/transfer decisions in collaboration with the Store Manager.
• Exercise independent judgment to address Team Member concerns and take and document corrective actions when needed.
• Create and adjust schedules and staffing levels to ensure maximum productivity and efficiency.
• Communicate standards, expectations, policy changes, and product knowledge to team members.
• Lead a team that collaborates to deliver the finest quality of product, highest level of service, and the greatest experience your customers will receive.
• Serve as a Key Carrier for the store or act as a Manager on Duty (MOD) as needed.

Qualifications

• At least 18 years of age.
• 1-2 years of experience in a retail grocery environment and 1 year of managerial leadership experience.
• Dependable and reliable with the ability to work flexible schedules that include nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Knowledge of weekly ads, product location within the store, and general housekeeping in the department.
• Able to work a flexible schedule that changes as the business changes, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Possess a working knowledge of personnel reports, margin reports, weekly sales numbers, and financial goals.
• Show outgoing and friendly behavior along with a positive attitude towards Team Members and customers.
• Able to move vertically/horizontally transferring product weighing up to 50 lbs., from 4” to 36”, for a distance up to 4 feet for up to 15 hours without mechanical assistance.
• Continuous standing for up to 4 hours, for a total of 8 hours per shift.
• Able to perform other related duties as assigned.