Description:
GreenStar offers excellent time off benefits & flexible and affordable health care options!
Purpose: To ensure visual merchandising, pricing, and sales of Grocery products; and to create pricing strategies and product displays in order to effectively market and promote them. To manage relationships with vendors by negotiating pricing, delivery, and payment terms. To create a hospitable environment that welcomes coworkers, customers, owners, and members of the community.
Commitment: GreenStar Co-op is committed to being an organization free from discrimination. We seek out, welcome and celebrate people with diverse identities to participate in our community-owned cooperative business structure.
Status: Level V, Management Staff, Supervised by Store Manager
Responsibilities:
MERCHANDISING
- Plan and design all sale and seasonal displays across multiple departments and throughout the store
- Coordinate large scale cross merchandising throughout the store using the NCG promotions calendar as a guideline
- Communicate sales plans thoroughly with Marketing
- Ensure all end-caps are planned and merchandised for all sales periods, and help facilitate the stocking and filling of said end-caps
- Coordinate special sales and promotions with reps, smaller distributors, small vendors, and local vendors through regular meetings
- Keep budget guidelines for merchandising fixtures
- Communicate directly with NCG and UNFI concerning action items
- Attend NCG meetings / conferences yearly as needed
- Guarantee that the above is happening at our other locations through effective communication and regular visits
CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
- Develop and implement margin and pricing strategies for Grocery categories
- Develop and implement a rotating schedule for category clean up and new item additions using SPINS, sales data, NCG programs, rep meetings, and natural foods trend following
- Ensure product selection is on trend and in demand for all categories
- Effectively communicate changes in product selection with Grocery Manager as well as take feedback from department employees about customer requests and responses to product selection
- Track sales, margins, and performance for all items in order to effectively control Grocery bottom line
- Guarantee that the above is happening at our other locations through effective communication and regular visits
CUSTOMER SERVICE
- Assist customers with product questions in a prompt, and courteous manner, referring them to other staff when necessary.
- Work as part of a team to develop a hospitable department space that feels welcoming to all.
- Knowledgeable about all products.
- Help customers place special orders.
DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE
- See that unsaleable items are properly disposed of.
- Ensure that work environments are clean, orderly, and meet health standards.
- Remove trash promptly; sweep floor as needed.
- Ensure maintenance of department equipment and notify Store Manager in a timely manner if equipment breaks.
SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Follow GreenStar's safety rules.
- Assist other employees in safety needs.
- Report unsafe equipment and conditions.
- Participate in safety training programs, assist with accident investigation.
- Perform other tasks as assigned to ensure a safe and healthy work environment.
STOREWIDE AND OTHER DUTIES
- Attend Human Resources trainings, all-staff meetings, department meetings, and OBM Huddles to stay informed.
- Read GreenStar publications to stay informed.
- Be knowledgeable, respect and comply with storewide personnel policies.
- Describe membership benefits, and how membership investment is made.
- Participate in training new colleagues as assigned.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
- Communication – effective interpersonal communication with staff and vendors.
- Experience negotiating with vendors.
- Experience with retail categories and merchandising.
- Demonstrated ability to follow through on commitments.
- Open to input/feedback on work performance.
- Open to giving input/feedback on GreenStar.
- Self-Driven/Motivated throughout shift.
- Knowledge or interest in learning about natural foods, produce, local vendors.
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple demands, stay calm, and prioritize.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds.
Compensation details: 23-25 Hourly Wage
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