Farm Store Manager #688315344

Cal Poly Pomona Enterprises Employment Services

ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION VACANCY

SUMMARY: The Manager is responsible for the overall store management. The individual in this position will be able to enhance customer satisfaction, meet sales and profitability goals and manage staff effectively.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop business strategies to raise our customers’ pool, expand store traffic and optimize profitability.
• Meet sales goals by training, motivating, mentoring, and providing feedback to staff.
• Ensure high levels of customers satisfaction through excellent service.
• Complete store administration and ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
• Maintain outstanding store condition and visual merchandising standards.
• Report on buying trends, customer needs, profits etc.
• Develop and propose innovative ideas to increase market share and visibility.
• Ensure adequate levels of supplies and goods including grocery, frozen foods, produce, dairy, and deli items.
• Maintains a safe and healthy working and shopping environment in compliance with the L.A. County Health Department regulations.
• Assists in creating a sampling program to increase sales of products, securing sampling items.
• Assists in coordinating an on-campus sales program for weekly sales in Quad, CLA Building and other on-campus events.
• Assists in coordinating off-campus festivals, events, and special events.
• Ensure that the website is current, monitor and ensure maintenance of web site.
• Coordinates movement of product from on-campus farm and packing house to the store.
• Ensures the expediency of service lines and monitors peak services times.
• Ensures that the store is open and closed daily based on current policies and procedures.
• Work closely with the Huntley College Dean’s Office, academic departments and faculty to support integration of student experiential learning opportunities with Farm Store operations.
• Other related duties as assigned.
• Ability to adhere to a regular work schedule, which will include evenings and weekends.

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Directly supervise full-time and student employees. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• High School diploma, Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Good leading skills and business orientation
• Customer management skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills

Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc. offers a rich benefits package that constitutes a major portion of total compensation (paid medical/dental/vision, retirement, educational reimbursement, etc.).

CSU along with Cal Poly Pomona Foundation strongly recommend faculty, staff, and students who are accessing campus facilities to be immunized against COVID-19 or declare an exemption from doing so. The systemwide policy can be found at COVID-19 Vaccination Interim Policy and any questions may be sent to fdnhr@cpp.edu.

Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc. may provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodation with the employer.

BACKGROUND CHECK POLICY:
Cal Poly Pomona Enterprises is committed to protecting the health, well-being, and safety of its campus community and assets. In furtherance of these goals, Cal Poly Pomona Enterprises will make a conditional offer of employment to final job candidates, pending the satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check).

The conditional offer of employment may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information.

In determining the suitability of the candidate for the position, Cal Poly Pomona Enterprises will give an individualized assessment to any information regarding the criminal conviction history that the applicant submits for consideration such as the nature, gravity and recency of the conviction, the candidate’s conduct, performance or rehabilitation efforts since the conviction and the nature of the job applied for.