Grocery Manager

At Sprouts Farmers Market, the Grocery Manager is responsible for the overall performance of grocery, dairy, frozen, and beer/wine departments while ensuring customer satisfaction. They also staff, supervise, train, and develop employees to provide fresh, quality products in compliance with company standards on service, safety, labeling, health, and weights and measures. The Grocery Manager is also responsible for inventory management, including ordering, unloading, breaking down the load, stocking, facing, merchandising, and rotating product with particular attention paid to code dates, sanitation, and accurate pricing signage. If you're someone who thrives in a fast paced evironment then we want to hear from you! The pay range for this position is $18.10 - $27.10 per hour. Sprouts Farmers Market determines pay based on applicable experience and qualifications of the applicant.

• Lead grocery department operations, including profit and loss, safety, staffing, scheduling, disciplinary actions, training and developing team members, performance appraisals, inventory, sales promotion execution, labor, margins, shrink, merchandising, and community relations.
• Consistently demonstrate a positive attitude, leadership and organization skills, time management skills, willingness to learn new products, and help educate customers.
• Maintain budgeted percentages related to sales, labor, margins, and shrink.
• Inventory management, including ordering, receiving, unloading, breaking down, stocking, facing, and rotate merchandise with particular attention paid to code dates and sanitation.
• Verify accurate invoicing from our distribution centers and vendors. Report discrepancies to the appropriate supplier as needed.
• Build and maintain displays on the sales floor, compliant with company programs and standards.
• Verify all products are labeled and priced accurately, oversee price changes, and remain up to date on sale prices.
• Consistently drive customer satisfaction by ensuring team members provide superior customer service throughout the store.
• Execute company programs to ensure the profitability of store operations and customer satisfaction in compliance with company safety, labeling, health, and weights and measures standards.
• Celebrate store successes and identify/address opportunities for improvement.
• Demonstrate advanced product knowledge when assisting customers and leadership when working with team members.
• Keep the department and work areas clean, sanitized, and organized, including tables, floors, walls, and display cases.
• Keep the team informed of weekly sales and ad items so they can direct customers to any product throughout the store.
• Communicate standards, expectations, policy changes, and product knowledge to your team members.
• Foster a positive and engaging work environment while adhering to all safety, health, and compliance regulations.
• Provide and receive constructive feedback and direction for effective communication and collaboration with others.
• Listen to and resolve customer complaints in compliance with company standards.
• Communicate temperature failure of cases, shelves, and storage areas to the Store Manager.
• Flexible to perform other related duties as assigned.

The pay range for this position is $14.77 - $22.20 per hour, with the minimum of the range based on Denver minimum wage.??� Sprouts Farmers Market determines pay based on applicable experience and qualifications of the applicant, with minimum wage designated for those with no relevant experience.

To be a Grocery Manager at Sprouts Farmers Market you must:

• 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
• Be dependable and reliable having the ability to work a flexible schedule that changes as the business changes; including nights, weekends and holidays. Walking up to 3 miles per 8 hours is expected.
• Have strong good communication skills both written and verbal and the ability to take and give direction, participating in a team environment.
• Have and show an outgoing and friendly behavior along with a positive attitude and the ability to interact with our customers.
• Possess 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 a strong focus on detail, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Have and maintain Food Safety certification. Also ensure that 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.
• Have 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.

In addition to a rewarding career, Sprouts offers a comprehensive program to help support you and your family. These programs include:

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health
• 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)

Eligibility requirements may apply for the following benefits:

• 401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
• Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental vision
• Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
• Company paid life insurance and short-term disability coverage

Grow with us!

If you have a passion for inspiring people and a flair for fresh food, consider applying for a job at Sprouts! With a focus on customer service, our neighborhood grocery stores offer high-quality, farm fresh produce, natural meats, plenty of scoop-your-own bulk goods and much more in a fun, friendly, old-fashioned farmer’s market setting.  Come grow your career in healthy living with a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and teams that pride themselves on empowering others along their journey.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Sprouts’ management reserves the right to amend and change duties, responsibilities, and requirements to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.

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