Grocery Manager

Grocery Manager

Job Category: Operations Group

Requisition Number: GROCE003150

Location: 14 Whitehall Square, Whitehall, PA 18052, USA

Job Details

Position Title: Grocery Manager

Department: Grocery

Reports To: Store Director and Assistant Store Director

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt 40 hours

Job Summary:

To direct and manage all facets of the grocery department in a manner designed to obtain maximum sales, productivity, and profits.

Essential Job Functions:

• Achieve necessary sales and profit goals as projected.
• Supervise and train all grocery department personnel to perform assignments according to department needs, while maintaining effective employee relations.
• Assure proper ordering and allocation of merchandise to maintain an in-stock and in-code position.
• To insure accurate billing and pricing of all incoming products.
• Become knowledgeable of and review management reports related to assistant store director's job function.
• Submit required orders/grocery surveys to office on schedule.
• Order necessary supplies for department on a regular basis.
• Take care of damaged and distressed merchandise according to policy.
• Help maintain proper stock levels and to help present the store in a way which gives an image of a store that is clean, neat and well stocked.
• Be of assistance to other departments to see that their department are operating efficiently.
• Responsible for maintenance and security within the grocery department.
• Greet all customers to our store and be observant.
• Maintain a neat personal appearance according to the company's dress code policy.
• Directly oversee the entire 3rd shift operation including the productivity of all 3rd shift associates.
• Calculate piece counts for all clerks as a productivity measure.
• Follow and enforce all company policies and procedures as stated in the Employee Handbook.

Supplemental Job Functions:

• Direct and monitor entire store operation in the absence of Store Director and Assistant Store Director approximately fifteen percent (15%) to twenty percent (20%) of the scheduled shift.
• Maintain a file for weekly sales plans (records quantities sold). Recap and advise store manager of seasonal merchandise sold.
• Work on the 3rd shift as needed.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Ability Required:

• High school education required.
• Should have at least three years experience working in the supermarket industry.
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills for dealing with customers, employees and vendors.
• Must be able to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, gross margins, percentages, proportions, ratios, volume to apply concepts of basic algebra.
• Ability to verify vendor invoices, counts, and to complete required accounting reports including inventory and receiving.