Center Store Specialist

Responsibilities

Our mission is to make everyday eating extraordinary for our guests. We create a warm, welcoming, and memorable experience through exceptional, personal service. We’re looking for a leader who brings positive energy, strong character, and a commitment to excellence every day. We value teamwork, celebrate our shared success, and look forward to the impact you’ll make on our store, our team, and our community.

Our added benefits for joining The Fresh Market team include:

• An attention to detail and multitasking
• A role behind the scenes to keep our store moving at full speed
• To ensure product freshness, pricing accuracy, and merchandising compliance
• To support inventory integrity and guest engagement
• To embody passion, excellence, hospitality, and teamwork
• To deliver an exceptional guest experience while maintaining operational standards

This role involves:

• Ensuring all Center Store categories meet freshness and quality standards, including proper rotation and dating and temperature compliance for dairy and frozen items.
• Executing planograms and maintaining accurate product placement and signage.
• Collaborating with department leadership on ordering and replenishment of dairy, frozen, bulk, coffee, candy, beer and wine.
• Verifying deliveries for accuracy and freshness, ensuring proper receiving and storage procedures.
• Playing a key role in compliance during key item transitions and promotional events.
• Supporting front-end operations during peak business times as a cashier or in other areas.
• Engaging guests with a friendly, helpful approach when on the sales floor.

This position requires the willingness to work a flexible schedule, including weekends, days, evenings, and holidays.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in retail, grocery, restaurant, or hospitality operations.
• Strong attention to detail with organizational skills, ability to multitask, and work at a fast pace.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• Retail, culinary, and/or grocery experience.
• Experience with electronic shelf label systems, inventory management technology, or AI-enabled retail tools.

Physical and Work Conditions

• Repetitive hand/arm movements, grasping, bending, reaching, ability to lift, push, or pull up to 50 pounds by oneself, and exposure to extreme temperatures.
• Ability to use tools and equipment: knives, ladders, stepstools, box cutters, pallet jacks, and other equipment.
• Required to spend long periods of time on their feet and stand or walk without a break (for up to 4 hours or as required by law).
• Required to wear an approved hat, hair net, and/or beard guard, and personal protective equipment.

Promotional Information

The Fresh Market is a proud, equal-opportunity employer that is committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.

Reasonable Accommodation: Consistent with applicable laws, The Fresh Market will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and team members, unless doing so would result in an undue hardship to The Fresh Market. This guiding principle applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring and job assignment, compensation, discipline, termination, and access to benefits and training.