Grocery Shift Lead

Grocery Shift Lead

The Belfast Community Co-op is looking for an experienced Grocery Shift Lead to be part of our Grocery Leadership Team! The ideal candidate is skilled at implementing and maintaining systems, is solution-oriented, and is an effective communicator and leader. Belfast Community Co-op's mission is to bring locally sourced, reasonably priced, organic and natural products to all while fostering an environment where everyone is truly welcome.

This is a full-time position (30+ hours weekly) requiring evening availability with a starting wage of $18.00 per hour.

The Grocery Shift Leader is responsible for sales floor outcomes including the daily completion of task lists, fully-stocked shelves, excellent customer service, and any tasks assigned by department management. The Shift Leader position delegates tasks to the grocery clerks and monitors efficiency. This role provides feedback to department management about personnel and process and ensures the smooth operation of all aspects of the Grocery Department, particularly during management absence.

Essential Functions

• Reviews daily schedule and organizes workflow in order to accomplish tasks as set by management
• With input from management, delegates tasks in order of importance and supervises the successful achievement of daily goals and objectives
• Communicates effectively to leadership to ensure a smoothly run department
• Works with management to review workflow goals that maximize outcomes

Provides Daily Leadership to Grocery Department

• In absence of management, holds workers accountable to expectations by providing in-the-moment redirection and feedback
• Serves as point person for customer questions or concerns and relays them to appropriate parties
• Leads by example and works alongside grocery department clerks to accomplish stated goals
• Provides feedback to management for appropriate training opportunities and workflow adjustments, works with management to provide training

Belfast Community Co-op Worker Benefits Include:

• Sponsored Co-op Ownership/ Equity Share
• Generous Store Discount
• In-Store Charge Account
• Paid Sick Time
• Paid/Earned Vacation Time
• Retirement Account with Employer Matching
• Regular Free-to-Staff Food and Wellness Items
• CSA/Farmers Market Reimbursement
• Education Credits (PTO for exploring interests related to work)
• Professional Development & Continual Training Opportunities

Full Time Workers (30 hours or more) are also eligible for insurance benefits including:

• Co-op Subsidized Health Insurance Plans
• HSA plans with Matching
• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Fully Paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability

Requirements

Preferred:

• Experience in a warehouse/stocking environment
• Experience working with ECRS Catapult
• Supervisory experience

Minimum:

• Ability to communicate effectively in a high-volume work environment
• Ability to learn to safely operate a forklift and powerjack
• Basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication)
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions
• Ability to manage multiple time-sensitive tasks

Physical Demands and Work Environment (in a usual workday)

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle, feel, and for fine manipulation. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. This job requires work in a kitchen environment, including the use of knives, cleaning chemicals such as bleach, and exposure to varied temperatures such as walk-in cooler, walk-in freezer, proximity to dish sanitizer, and proximity to commercial oven. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. The noise level of the work environment is usually moderate. The employee must be able to maintain focus in an environment that has multiple levels of noise, and the need to prioritize demands for attention.

Note:

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than the "at will" relationship.

The Belfast Community Co-op is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.