Description

Dairy/Frozen Department Manager Overview 

Provides fast, friendly helpful and efficient service to all price chopper customers. Responsible for managing the grocery operations of the store to include the achievement of financial targets, order fulfillment, sanitation measures and inventory control of nonperishable merchandise. The goal is to promote an optimal opportunity for sales. Oversees Grocery personnel. Responsible for overseeing the entire store operation when scheduled.

Responsibilities

• Supervise associates on a regular basis.
• Consistently work to provide fast, friendly, helpful and efficient customer service at all times.
• Responsible for proper handling and merchandising of all grocery products according to company policy.
• Display and express a complete knowledge of all grocery products to the customer.
• Responsible for smiling, making eye contact and thanking customers upon fulfilling customers request.
• Maintains a neat, clean and organized workstation at all times.
• Manage the grocery operation of a retail unit: dry grocery, dairy, frozen food and DSD.
• Responsible for controlling the budgeting and financial aspects of the grocery department. (i.e.: budgeted sales, gross margin, shrink levels, CTO and payroll).
• Coordinate the merchandising of all Grocery/General merchandise products.
• Ensure that the grocery Department is well stocked and presented within all corporate standards.
• Responsible for managing the total store operation in the absence of the store manager and co-manager.
• Manage associates within the department by ensuring that all company policies and procedures are adhered to with regard to grocery operations.
• Responsible for ensuring adherence to all merchandising standards relating to grocery, dairy and frozen food products.
• Responsible for training and developing all associates within the grocery department.
• Ensure that all sanitation and safety policies are adhered to within grocery/general merchandise department.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Ability to manage others and demonstrate follow-through to achieve desired results and objectives.
• Must have a food handling permit.

Preferred Qualifications

• Satisfactory performance reviews.
• Strong communication skills.
• High School Degree or equivalent.
• 3 years of related experience.

Physical Requirements

• Frequent standing, walking, bending, reaching and climbing.
• Unload trucks.
• Occasional repetitive motion of hands, wrists, arms and shoulders.
• Ability to work in a store environment.