Specialty Department Manager

Specialty Department Manager

Be part of something new! Healthy Living is opening a new store in Clifton Park and is seeking a Specialty Department Manager to help launch and lead the Specialty Department team.

Healthy Living is a locally owned, independent chain of supermarkets serving communities in Vermont and New York. Our mission is to fuel a passion for great food, health, and well-being and be the place where people gather to shop, eat, and work. We are committed to providing super healthful, innovative, and delicious food while maintaining exceptional hospitality and creating an inviting place to shop and eat. We also prioritize our relationships with local farmers and producers, and actively contribute to our community.

The Specialty Department Manager leads the daily operations of the Specialty Departments (cheese/bread, housewares and beer/wine), delivering well-merchandised departments, quality products, and outstanding guest service. This role provides leadership, training, coaching, and support to department staff while maintaining company standards and regulatory compliance.

The Specialty Manager oversees inventory management and ordering processes across the department, works with vendors as needed, and provides support for related department functions. They maintain accurate inventory levels, monitor back stock, support sales and financial goals, and lead by example to create an efficient, welcoming, and guest-focused department.

Job Type: Department Manager

Schedule: Full-Time, flexible scheduling, weekend and holiday availability required

Pay: Starting at $26-30.14 /hour (Previous experience will be taken into consideration)

Apply today and become a key leader in a team where growth, excellence, and hospitality are at the heart of everything we do.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of progressive supervisory experience
• At least 3 years' experience working with cheese, wine, beer and/or bread preferably in a retail environment
• Previous purchasing or inventory management experience
• Previous experience working with local products is preferred

Key Responsibilities

• Create schedules, approve timecards, manage staffing needs, and resolve attendance, performance, and workplace concerns.
• Travel to other locations as needed to support training and department operations.
• Manage replenishment ordering, inventory accuracy, cycle counts, shrink reporting, credits, and purchase order maintenance for assigned categories.
• Build strong vendor relationships, coordinate new items, demos, and seasonal ordering, and communicate product performance, trends, and guest feedback to Category Managers.
• Maintain merchandising standards through accurate shelf tags, signage, product presentation, cross merchandising, promotional displays, and well-stocked sales floor and backstock areas.
• Lead the daily operation of the department by maintaining a clean, organized, safe, and fully stocked environment.
• Deliver outstanding guest service through product knowledge, special orders, and sales floor support.
• Execute monthly promotions, maintain merchandising standards, and support department and store operations during peak business periods.
• Partner regularly with Category Managers and store leadership to achieve operational, merchandising, and sales goals while maintaining all company standards and regulatory requirements.

Benefits we're proud of! Staff at Healthy Living enjoy:

• Health Insurance (we pay 75% you pay 25% for single health benefits)
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Short Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Health Spending Accounts
• Paid time off (Full time staff receive 2 weeks, gain additional week on 1st and 4th anniversary)
• Sick time (Part time staff receive 40 hours of sick time a year)
• Paid Maternity/Paternity time, up to 8 weeks paid time off!
• Generous store discount: 20% off grocery, 20% off hot bar/salad bar/coffee and juice bar, 10% off beer, 20% off wine, 30% off vitamins/supplements
• Half price one month bus passes
• 401(k): 100% match of the first 3% of the staff member's contribution. 50% match on the staff member's contribution above 3% and up to 5%. Staff are 100% vested in Healthy Living's contribution from day one
• Income advance program with North Country Federal Credit Union - AKA a loan program, another way we help you get money!
• Free Celtics tickets
• Plus many more!

Healthy Living's Essential Behaviors

Make Someone's Day

You're here because you're a true 51%er and we want you to bring genuine enthusiasm to work daily. You get that warm, fuzzy, tingly-from-head-to-toe feeling when helping others staff and guests! You see getting to "yes" as a super-fun challenge! You readily and freely interact with every guest. There's nothing you like more than seeing guests leave happier than when they arrived. When your teammates are having a tough day, you use positive energy to bring them up. When you smile, everyone smiles.

Move Fast And Be Thorough

You work with a purposeful sense of urgency. You will be trained to achieve excellence in your job to complete tasks quickly, efficiently, and with great skill, and at the same time remembering to look up and connect with each guest. You LOVE getting the job done and doing it well.

Create A Team People Want To Stay On

Your genuine, positive energy contributes to an upbeat, effective team where you and your co-workers thrive and express a desire to stay and to grow together. You treat your teammates with respect and kindness every single day. You offer empathy and an open ear. You bring special skills to the team that are respected by your teammates and in turn you see the value in others' skills and talents.

Show Up

You show up to work. You are fully present for your teammates, our guests, and our trade partners. You're a reliable, invested member of the team. You bring authentic, positive energy to work every day. Deep down you care.

What Can I Do?

The words, "What can I do?" and "How can I help?" fly out of your mouth because you recognize that the collective goal of the team and the store is bigger than the task at hand. You anticipate the needs of your coworkers and the guests and are proactive in helping others.

Come With A Solution

You have a keen eye for identifying pain points in our systems, but you always come to the table with a solution to offer. You think outside the box, you're creative in solving problems, and you adapt to change with grace. You always speak up and let us know what you need!

Own It

You hold yourself accountable and you're accountable to your teammates. When there is an issue, ask yourself, "What can I do to help fix it?" When there is success, you and your team celebrate! The details matter, and you are attentive to all of them.

Seek Knowledge

At Heathy Living we love learning and are naturally curious. We love feedback; it is an opportunity to improve ourselves. You reflect deeply on feedback by frequently looking inward and evaluating your own performance at HL. You are personally fulfilled by helping others grow and love taking on new challenges and new opportunities to learn.

If all of this sounds like you, please apply for a position today and begin your career with our mission, vision, and values driven company. Healthy Living is an equal opportunity employer and we're proud to hire a diverse, inclusive Staff!