Food Co-Op General Manager at The Carlisle Group

Title: General Manager

Location: Albany NY

Salary Range: $120-145K

The Carlisle Group is pleased to partner with the fantastic Honest Weight Food Co-op in Albany, NY to seek their next General Manager/Cooperative Leadership Manager.

The Honest Weight Food Co-op has been serving the community since 1976, providing the area’s largest and best selection of local and organic produce and groceries. HWFC boasts the largest Bulk selection in the Northeast with over 1000 bulk items! Honest Weight is governed as a true democracy, where member-owners vote on the annual budget, major issues, and participate in yearly board elections. The business also depends on the commitment of member-owners to invest time and talent in each of our departments. They strive to keep purchasing as local as possible and adhere to strict buying policies that are developed and voted upon by their membership, ensuring that all products available at Honest Weight are free of artificial preservatives, colors, flavors, growth hormones, high fructose corn syrup, and other harmful ingredients. And, each year, they donate five percent of their net profit to local non-profit organizations. All of this aligns with their mission: to promote more equitable, participatory and ecologically sustainable ways of doing business.

Life in the capital city offers some of the best of New York with easy access to the Adirondack Mountains, Saratoga Springs, and New York City along with plentiful green space, bikeways, farmers markets and a great restaurant scene all located along the beautiful Hudson River. For those who appreciate a balance of nature and culture, Albany is an ideal city to call home.

As the General Manager/Cooperative Leadership Manager, your mission will be to embrace and champion the mission of Honest Weight and the triple bottom line business model that centers people, plant and profit. To ensure smooth daily operations, prompt and friendly customer service, and a well-maintained store. To promote nurturing and equitable relations and practices for all staff, member-owners, and customers with particular attention to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion principles. To develop and implement HWFC’s initiatives and strategies to attract, hire, and retain a diverse workforce.

Key Duties/Responsibilities include: