Grocery Manager

About the role

Job Description
Does being in charge of multiple, customer-focused departments sound like a role you would fit perfectly in?
Does being responsible of a total team sound like it’s up your alley?
Do you have a passion for delivering an extraordinary customer service experience while working in a fast paced and friendly environment?
If the thought of helping people make healthy choices in one of the fastest growing retailers is up your alley – then we need YOU to join our winning team at Sprouts Farmers Market as a Grocery Manager!

Overview of Responsibilities

• Ensure that products are handled properly, rotated to ensure freshness, and that date controls are performed
• Control costs by constantly monitoring and improving operations to increase profitability- manage labor costs and reduce loss due to shrink, damage, and pilferage
• Absist in the preparation of store for physical inventory counts
• Absist or oversee the unloading of trucks from our distribution centers, and verify all deliveries against invoices, notes shortages, and overages and report them to the appropriate supplier
• Manage ordering, compliance, sanitation, back-room inventory, and department safety
• Engage and evaluate team members through coaching, feedback, and one-on-one development discussions, and make recommendations on merit increases via completing the bi-annual performance review process.
• Regularly attend and participate at in-store meetings.
• Recruit, hire and make promotion/transfer decisions in collaboration with the Store Manager.
• Confidently exercise independent judgment to address Team Member concerns.
• Take and document corrective actions when needed, including collaboration with business and HR partners in managing performance to include coaching, counseling, progressive discipline, suspension, or termination when needed.
• Ensure maximum productivity and efficiency by creating and adjusting schedules and staffing levels.
• 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 and/or act as a Manager on Duty (MOD) as needed.

Qualifications

• Be at least 18 years of age and possess 1 year managerial or supervisory experience which includes responsibility for managing a department/team within a multi-department operation within the retail, hospitality, or service industry
• Have strong good communication skills both written and verbal and the ability to take and give direction, participating in a team environment
• Show an outgoing and friendly behavior along with a positive attitude and the ability to interact with our customers
• Show a proven leadership ability to build, motivate and maintain staff, while possessing a working knowledge of personnel reports, margin reports, weekly sales numbers and financial goals
• Have and show a strong focus on detail, analytical and problem solving skills
• Maintain Food Safety certification
• Maintain a working knowledge of product freshness, food safety, weights and measures, store safety, employee safety, refrigeration, and sanitation
• Able to vertically transfer milk trays weighing up to 60 lbs., from 9” to 62”, for up to 25 hours
• Able to vertically/horizontally transfer boxes weighing up to 50 lbs., from 5” to 34”, for a distance up to 5 feet for up to 25 hours without mechanical assistance
• Must be able to squat/kneel/bend to access a point 5 inches from the floor for up to 30 hours
• Able to work a flexible schedule that changes as the business changes, including nights, weekends, and holidays
• Have 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

Benefits

• 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
• 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.

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 holidays