NIEMANN HARVEST MARKET PRODUCE MANAGER

Niemann Harvest Market Produce Manager

The Niemann Harvest Market Produce Manager will lead department operations including but not limited to maximizing gross margins, ensuring sales production, controlling inventory and expenses. The Produce Manager implements the weekly merchandising plan creating a positive experience for customers and providing the store with a profitable outcome. The Produce Manager develops and maintains our vendors, makers, and producers relationships and works with other departments with cross merchandising. The Produce Manager will assist the Store Director in creating a positive store atmosphere for customers and a positive working environment for associates while fostering the Niemann Harvest Market culture.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Delivers superior guest service and ensure absolute customer satisfaction
• Learns and uses the three E's : Engagement, Educate, Empowerment
• Analyze and measure business trends; develop and implement plans to maximize sales and meet or exceed goals and objectives
• Ensures appropriate merchandise stock levels, merchandise adjacencies and presentations; signing and assortment in the department; ensure selling floor is adequately stocked
• Reviews department / store trends and recommend and initiate changes for maximizing goals and objectives.
• Quality assurance checks in all areas of the department
• Source and manage new items and is responsible for resets and planograms
• Responsible for company assets including receiving, invoicing, pricing, shrink control, and inventory of produce
• Ensures compliance with all laws, policies and procedures through regular store management and staff meetings, store walk through and audits, etc. Act as NFI's representative both within the store and within the community
• Continually evaluates and reacts to performance issues
• Maintains records of item information; vendor, product details, retails and gross margins
• Operate and use all equipment necessary to run the department
• Work varied hours / days to oversee department operations
• Develops effective daily / weekly work plan based on weekly sales projections and budgeted labor goals
• Merchandise planning and execution that leads to a well merchandised store
• Stock levels and best practices throughout the produce department
• Personnel responsibilities for all produce associates
• Follow all health code guidelines
• Follows all store and department policies and procedures
• Follows all safety policies and procedures; is a safety role model
• Other duties as assigned

Key Attributes

Supervisory Responsibilities

Education And / or Experience

Language Skills

Mathematical Skills

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations

Recommended Equipment

Physical Demands

Regularly (Over 2 / 3 of the time)

Frequently (Between 1 / 3 to 2 / 3 of the time)

Occasionally (Less than 1 / 3 of the time)

Vision

Work Environment

Frequently

Occasionally

Noise Level

Pay Range

$23 up to $27 / hour (IL Locations Only)

Benefits