Co-Manager - FOODLAND MARKETS

To assist the Store Manager in general management duties and to share responsibility for the store’s operation and performance. ...Requirements and Conditions (Essential Functions)

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform all of the duties described in the preceding in an efficient and competent manner. The requirements and conditions listed below are representative of the minimum levels of knowledge, skill, experience, and/or ability required. Some requirements may be modified to accommodate individuals with disabilities:

Education and/or Experience

Minimum educational requirement is a high school education with a college background helpful and preferred, but not absolutely required;

Should have at least three years experience in the supermarket industry, with successful participation in a management training program or five years experience coupled with active participation in a concurrent management training program; or equivalent combination of education and experience;

Should have a comprehensive working knowledge of all aspects of store management and operations;

Should have extensive experience in handling personnel relations or human resource management; some academic exposure or background in this area also desirable but not required.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Food handlers permit, health department permits, and training as required.

Mathematical Skills

Must possess the math skills necessary to supervise and handle sales transaction, tender change, verify vendor invoice charges and counts, calculate gross margins, percentages and ad losses, create operating budges, make financial forecasts and projections, calculate productivity yardsticks such as sales per man-hour, evaluate inventory reports to implement corrective measures if required, and analyze receiving logs;

Must be able to read and understand income statements and have the necessary accounting skills and experience to be able to balance cash receipts or vault cash counts, readily detect errors and omissions, and troubleshoot errors or discrepancies in cash or column balances.

Language Skills

Ability to hear, speak and understand the spoken word in order to respond promptly to pages for assistance, to accommodate verbal requests from customers for information or assistance, to answer telephones, and to be able to communicate effectively with department employees, the store’s co-workers and customers;

Ability to read, write, analyze, interpret and understand the English language with sufficient proficiency in order to read and understand;

read and understand instructions for operating electronic cash registers and other equipment

read and understand company handbooks, policies and procedures

be able to instruct, train, counsel and communicate effectively with employees

be able to communicate effectively with customers, visitors and sales representatives

be able to compose and write information and notices or bulletins to staff members as well as maintain written records of corrective interviews in disciplinary proceedings

be able to communicate and respond efficiently, both verbally and in writing, to governmental or insurance-related inquiries or investigations

other written job-related documents including postings on company bulletin boards;

Ability to compose and write reports, procedure manuals, effective departmental memos, employee corrective action notices, and other business correspondence.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in circumstances where only limited standardization may exist;

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in diagram, oral, schedule, or written forms.

Other Skills or Requirements

Be able to perform all of the duties of, and meet the requirements & conditions for, an experienced stocker, produce clerk, cashier, and booth cashier;

Must be familiar with the operation of all other departments in the store;

Be able to pass a standard drug test and qualify as being drug-free under the legal and medical guidelines permitted by the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988;

Be able to perform all duties and responsibilities in an efficient and satisfactory manner that meets the minimum standards for productivity, accuracy, cleanliness, harmony and safety established at the employer’s individual site (normally measured but not necessarily limited to units of one or more of the following: total transaction throughout, unit time per task, sales per man-hour, and/or cases, units, tasks or pounds per man-hour);

Be able to meet or exceed targeted budgets, goals and objectives at an acceptable level or success rate as defined or established by the company’s executive officers.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Some requirements may be modified to accommodate individual with disabilities:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; stand; and use the hands to handle, finger, or feel objects, tools or controls;

The employee must frequently walk, talk or hear, and reach with the hands and arms; occasionally, the employee must crouch or kneel;

The employee must occasionally exert or lift up to 50 pounds carrying boxes of records and forms, bulk food products including dog food and cartons of milk and drinking water, and frequently exert or lift moderate amounts of weight;

Successful performance requires specific vision abilities that include close vision and the ability to adjust focus including sufficient visual acuity to check accounting reports, invoices, customer Ids, contracts, and other written documents;

Be able to climb a ladder to retrieve inaccessible items for customers located above freezer cases or from stockrooms and other storage areas;

Have sufficient physical mobility or agility to be able to respond quickly to fire or other emergencies such as cleanup requests (due to accidental spills or breakage of glass or plastic containers having liquid contents), shoplifting and other security assistance requests, customer accidents, etc.;

Be able to perform all duties and responsibilities in an efficient and satisfactory manner that meets the minimum standards for volume, productivity, accuracy, cleanliness, harmony, safety, and profitability established by the employer.

Work Environment

The work environment conditions described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. It may be possible to modify some circumstances to accommodate individuals with disabilities:

The work environment includes occasional exposure to, in, or around refrigerated storage areas and relatively damp and humid conditions;

Typically, the noise level in the work environment is moderate; however, on occasion, it can be somewhat noisy when power tools and equipment are in use or when duties require a temporary presence in the compressor room;

Access to break rooms, offices and all employee restrooms may require ascending/descending a flight of stairs; there may be no restrooms available at street level nor are there any public restrooms available elsewhere on the premises.

Important Disclaimer Notice

The job duties, elements, responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors, and the requirements and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. The Employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business, competitive considerations, or the work environment change.