Description
The Belfast Community Co-op is looking for a Produce Manager to be part of our management team. The ideal candidate is an experienced leader, skilled at developing and maintaining strategic plans, maintaining margin and sales goals, and building relationships with our local farmers, vendors, and community. Belfast Community Co-op’s mission is to bring locally sourced, reasonably priced, organic and natural products to all while fostering an environment where everyone is truly welcome.
Wage starts at $20.00-$24.00 per hour, depending on experience.
This is a Full-Time position (40 hours weekly).
The Produce Manager leads the department team in providing shoppers with a well-merchandised and bountiful variety of fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms, regional growers, and national suppliers, representing high quality at accessible prices. Responsible for hiring, training, and supervising department staff, the Produce Manager achieves department specific and store-wide financial and recordkeeping goals, while maintaining excellent relationships with vendors, suppliers, and community members. Working with the Store Operations Manager, the Produce Manager develops and implements strategic plans to meet or exceed expectations for department growth, provides consistent support and supervision to department workers, and acts as a part of the management team to meet the Co-op’s ends of providing an efficiently managed, safe, respectful, inclusive working and shopping environment.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
* Leads the Produce team in providing shoppers with an appealing range of fresh fruits and vegetables
* Maintains financial and inventory records to meet departmental and store-wide needs for data tracking
* Works with Merchandising and Marketing teams to meet storewide goals
* Coordinates with the Facilities Team to create a safe, clean, attractive department
* Provides consistent management, support, and supervision to Produce department workers
* Works with Store Operations Manager to set priorities that align with overall store strategies
* Acts as a part of the management team to meet the Co-op’s ends of providing an efficiently managed, safe, respectful, and inclusive working and shopping environment.
Wage starts at $20.00-$24.00 per hour, depending on experience.
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Belfast Co-op Worker Benefits include:
* Sponsored Co-op Ownership/ Equity Share
* Generous Store Discount
* In-Store Charge Account
* Paid Sick Time
* Paid/Earned Vacation Time
* Retirement Account with Employer Matching
* Regular Free-to-Staff Food and Wellness Items
* CSA/Farmers Market Reimbursement
* Education Credits (PTO for exploring interests related to work)
* Professional Development & Continual Training Opportunities
Full Time Workers (30 hours or more) are also eligible for insurance benefits including:
* Co-op Subsidized Health Insurance Plans
* HSA plan with Matching
* Dental insurance
* Vision Insurance
* Fully Paid Life Insurance
* Voluntary Life Insurance
* Short Term Disability
Requirements
Preferred:
* Experience training staff with varied skill levels and communication styles
* Experience creating SOPs and documenting procedures
* Experience leading a team through unfamiliar situations
* Knowledge of retail financial basics like margin management
* Experience working with a labor budget and scheduling software
* Experience working with a variety of vendors, from small to large-scale
* Ability to interpret and explain financial data to a varied audience
* Experience organizing complex projects
Minimum:
* Demonstrated ability to manage multiple time-sensitive tasks
* Strong computer skills with the ability to learn new programs quickly
* Customer service experience in a leadership role
* Supervisory experience, preferably in a retail grocery environment
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess complex situations, determine action steps, and communicate evolving plans to a varied audience
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT (in a usual workday)
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle, feel, and for fine manipulation. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. The noise level of the work environment is usually moderate. The employee must be able to maintain focus in a busy office environment.
Note:
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than the “at will” relationship.
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