Department Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Sunflower Market is seeking Department Managers for our natural foods store in Woodstock, NY. As a Department Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring staffing is adequate for job tasks and essential retail times and ensuring your department is operating as efficiently as possible. You will supervise buying, receiving, and stocking by department staff to meet objectives for sales, margin, labor, and customer service.  

Departments include: Produce, Wellness, Grocery, Meat, Seafood, Deli, Bakery, Frozen, Front-End, and Maintenance

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, pride yourself on your organizational skills and exceptional customer service, and can handle multiple demands while remaining calm under pressure, we want to talk to you!

Schedule: Full-time (37.5+ hours / week) between the hours of 8am – 7:30pm; must have flexible availability, including at least one evening and one weekend shift per week.

Perks & Benefits:

• Opportunities for growth and advancement
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 401K with company match
• Profit Sharing
• Employee discount, and more!

What You’ll Do as a Department Manager (Responsibilities):

• Provide prompt, friendly, and courteous customer service; respond to and resolve customer suggestions, comments, and complaints
• Purchasing:
  • Supervise and ensure department goals and margins are being met
  • Ensure accurate, up-to-date prices in POS system
  • Coordinate inventory counts for department
• Merchandising & Marketing:
  • Attend marketing meetings to plan promotions, storewide merchandising, and advertising
  • Stay abreast of latest developments and trends in department products
• Department Maintenance:
  • Mark down items as needed to reduce losses
  • Ensure maintenance of department equipment; advise Store Manager of problems or needs
  • Maintain cleanliness of sales floor and back-room areas
  • Assign tasks to staff members
  • Plan department resets for seasonal changes
• Supervision:
  • Create staff schedule based on customer demand and labor budget goals
  • Interview, hire, and train employees
  • Conduct performance evaluations with store manager and take disciplinary action as needed
  • Organize department meetings and ensure staff are aware of price changes, specials, and all changes in store policies and procedures
• General Management:
  • Participate in development of operating and capital budgets for store and setting sales and margin goals for department
  • Review financial reports of department performance and take corrective action as needed
  • With Purchasing Manager, set sales, margin and inventory turn goals for sub-departments; review monthly and quarterly reports with department buyers

What We’re Looking For (Qualifications):

• At least one year of purchasing and merchandising for a department in a natural food store
• Familiarity with retail
• Knowledge of current trends in natural foods industry and experience with organic, natural and NON GMO is desired
• Experience developing systems and procedures
• Supervisory experience, including hiring, training, directing, evaluating, disciplining
• Ability to read financial statements, including a firm grasp of margin and pricing
• Experience serving the public and providing exceptional customer service
• Flexible availability, including at least one evening and one weekend shift per week
• Ability to stand for long periods and lift 50 lbs. without limitations

Pay: $18+ / hour, based on experience

Apply NOW for immediate consideration!

About Sunflower Market
Since 1978, we’ve dedicated ourselves to bringing our customers whole-health products they can feel good serving to the people they love. We work with local farmers & businesses to support our community & ensure we always know where our food comes from. When we do well, our community does well. So, let’s grow together. Check out our website to learn more:

Equal Opportunity Employer