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Stew Leonard’s, a family-owned and operated fresh food store founded in 1969, has locations in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. Stew’s earned its nickname, the “Disneyland of Dairy Stores” because of its country-fair atmosphere, with costumed characters and animated entertainment throughout the store that keep children entertained while parents shop.

Grocery Manager

Directly Supervises: Assistant Manager, Team Leaders, (Indirectly 21-43 Team Members)

FLSA Status: Exempt

Full Time- Salary Range: $75,056-$85,000 /year depending on qualifications and experience

Job Summary:

Stew Leonard’s is seeking an experienced, driven, and customer-focused Grocery Manager to lead and oversee our high-volume Grocery Department, which generates between $25M–$34M in annual sales. In this role, you will be responsible for the department’s sales, gross profit, operations, product selection, merchandising, team development, and customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with a passion for people, products, and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

+ Utilize “The Round-Up” to make informed and insightful decisions

+ Review daily sales

+ Responsible for weekly store floor moves due to sales.

+ Schedule vendor demos weekly.

+ Product knowledge both dairy and dry goods.

+ Organize and conduct one idea trips

+ Create weekly sale items for flyer.

+ Identify and develop new products and trends.

+ Merchandising of product through signs, packaging, show & sell.

+ Creating our own signs for merchandise.

+ Motivate and support Team Members by parties and appreciation.

+ Ordering product.

+ Set retail pricing and price surveys locally.

+ Maintain price book and make any necessary changes.

+ Ensure proper labeled/dated product.

+ Review all “top 20’s” and “hit list” year-round.

+ Rotation of all products on floor and warehouse.

+ Work with demo manager and provide high sales and gross profit items for demos.

+ Equipment knowledge and maintenance.

+ Attend all department bash meetings and strategy meetings and accomplish all agreed goals.

+ Holiday planning/strategies

+ Review returns and customer comments and act on them.

+ Handle customer complaints.

+ Comply with all health code regulations.

+ Comply with all safety procedures.

+ Hire, coach, develop, and motivate the Grocery Team

+ Labor management.

+ Communication meetings.

+ Performance reviews- Annual and Chats and 90 days reviews

+ Keep item count under a certain goal.

+ Monitor returned items and examine reason it was returned.

Gross Profit

+ Conduct monthly price surveys/review competitors’ ads and react as needed to remain competitive

+ Find and react to “buy-ins” for profitability

+ Control inventory levels to ensure turnover and less waste

+ Knowledge of hourly and daily sales.

+ Weekly Inventory

+ Evaluate merchandising opportunities daily to maximize GP

+ Review open-key to ensure proper ringing and speedy customer service

Labor

+ Review daily punches

+ Write weekly schedules

+ React to sales trends vs. labor

+ Transfer hours for Team members

Expenses

+ Review all monthly financial results and look for opportunities.

+ Conduct monthly inventory

+ Waste control

+ Monitor transfers between departments and stores

+ Reporting items to big foot when needed.

Vendor Shows and Food Shows – identify and bring back new products

+ Bozzutos

+ Fancy Food Show

+ Candy Show

+ Toy Show

+ UNFI Shows

Education and Experience:

+ HS diploma plus 5 – 10 years of experience; Associates Degree preferred

+ Above average math and computer skills

+ Great negotiating and purchasing skills

+ Merchandising ability

+ Ability to delegate, prioritize and juggle many tasks

+ Great communication skills

+ Organizational skills

Personal Characteristics:

+ Good people relations (with team members, vendors, and customers)

+ Firm but fair

+ Results-oriented

+ Sales-driven and problem solver

+ Approachable and ability to welcome changes

Working Conditions:

+ Time split between office work and on store floor.

+ Occasional standing, walking and lifting.

Satisfy:

+ Greet customers with a friendly smile and positive attitude, ensuring that each customer feels welcome and appreciated.

Teamwork:

+ Collaborate with team members to ensure the smooth operation of the store, offering assistance and support where needed.

Excellence:

+ Improve and maintain the efficiency of the store in order to reach success.

Wow:

+ Be a positive ambassador for the store, representing our S.T.E.W. values in all interactions with customers and team members. You are the biggest WOW!

Why you’ll love working here!

Family Oriented: We respect the personal balance between work and family with career opportunity and growth- over 80% of our managers have been promoted from within.

Benefits: High value, high quality Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, 401K plan, family & personal time, life insurance, and more!

Environment: Have you seen the Avocado Girls? Chiquita Banana? Or the singing Parrot?

Pay Day: We’re thrilled to offer our team members Dayforce Wallet – a new way to get paid. Say bye-bye to pay day and hello to pay your way. Get your pay as soon as you earn it, at no cost to you – It’s your money, why should you have to wait? Request your pay as you earn it.

In addition to top-tier pay, we offer a comprehensive total compensation package that includes:

+ Significant Bonus Potential: Earn a substantial annual bonus based on your performance and the company's success

+ Exceptional Insurance Benefits : Access affordable and comprehensive insurance coverage for yourself and your family.

+ Secure Your Future: Plan for retirement with our robust 401(k) savings plan, featuring a generous company match to help your investments grow.

+ Dedicated Management Retirement Plan: Benefit from our exclusive Management Retirement Plan, which includes both profit-sharing and a company match, further enhancing your long-term financial security.

+ Supporting Your Life Outside of Work: Enjoy paid time off to help you achieve a healthy and fulfilling work-life balance.

+ Empowering your Growth: We are committed to your professional growth through our educational assistance program, and we provide ongoing training initiatives to support your further development and advancement within the company.

We take pride in the power of diversity, inclusion, and being socially responsible to the communities which we live and do business

Apply today and start as soon as 1 week!

For more information on working at Stew Leonard’s click on the link below!

http://www.stewleonards.com/work-at-stews/

Stew Leonard's is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.

Job Details

Job Family Food

Job Function Full Time

Pay Type Salary

Employment Indicator Full Time