Grocery Manager

About the Role

As Grocery Manager at Sprouts Farmers Market, you will be responsible for the sales and operation of multiple departments including Grocery, Dairy, Frozen Food, and Beer/Wine. This role involves leading a total team, managing costs, and ensuring an extraordinary customer service experience in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure 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
• Assist in the preparation of store for physical inventory counts
• Assist or oversee the unloading of trucks from distribution centers, verify all deliveries against invoices, note 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; make recommendations on merit increases via completing 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal; ability to take and give direction in a team environment
• Outgoing and friendly behavior with a positive attitude and the ability to interact with customers
• Proven leadership ability to build, motivate and maintain staff, with a working knowledge of personnel reports, margin reports, weekly sales numbers, and financial goals
• Strong focus on detail, analytical and problem solving skills
• Maintain Food Safety certification; ensure all federal, state, and company regulations and standards for product freshness, food safety, weights and measures, store safety, employee safety, refrigeration, and sanitation are met
• Strong organization and planning skills; able to prioritize and handle multiple tasks
• Must vertically transfer milk trays weighing up to 60 lbs., from 9” to 62”, for up to 25 hours
• Must 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
• Repetitive squatting/kneeling/bending to access a point 5 inches from the floor for up to 30 hours is expected
• Ability 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
• Outgoing and friendly behavior along with a positive attitude towards Team Members and customers

Pay

$20.50 - $32.80 / hour. Sprouts Farmers Market determines pay based on applicable experience and qualifications of the applicant.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate family's 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
• 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
• DailyPay—access your earned money any time before payday, at no extra cost