Center Store Manager - Food Maxx - Monument Blvd., Concord, CA

About Us

We are California’s largest regional, full‑service grocery chain, founded over 70 years ago in Modesto, California, where our headquarters are still located today. With 194 stores across Central and Northern California and Western Nevada, our banners—Save Mart, Lucky, and Food Maxx—are cherished regional brands, serving the unique needs of their communities.

It’s our 12,000 passionate associates who make our company a great place to work and shop. We prioritize investing in our people, stores, and neighborhoods, and work closely with local suppliers to bring fresh, quality products at affordable prices to our customers. Shoppers can access our offerings in‑store, online, or through convenient home delivery and curbside pick‑up. The Save Mart Companies is part of The Jim Pattison Group, a family‑owned, diversified holding company operating primarily in the U.S. and Canada and headquartered in Vancouver, BC.

The Jim Pattison Group has a long‑term strategic focus to see their companies succeed and grow. Together, our dedication to our associates and customers, commitment to growth and innovation, and our family traditions continue to thrive.

The Center Store Manager position at Food Maxx plans and directs the day‑to‑day activities of Center Store operations, overseeing the following assigned areas:
Grocery, General Merchandise, Frozen, Dairy/Deli, and Liquor. The position’s focus is to drive Center Store sales growth, increase profitability, and lead and promote customer service. This role ensures all products and displays are merchandised effectively to maximize sales and profitability.

The Center Store Manager ensures that our customers’ needs are met and exceeded through effective day‑to‑day management of the operations and merchandising functions for the Center Store Department. This position oversees Center Store product and conditions to optimize sales, profits, and customer satisfaction; and manages in‑store product staging and flow from the time the produce is received to customer product selection and all points in the process.

This position has direct oversight of all Center Store backroom storage and product staging areas, sales floor steel/shelving conditions and steel product staging, inventory control, schematic maintenance, and price integrity.

The Center Store Manager provides leadership and direction to Center Store team members to promote a culture reflective of the company’s mission, values, and commitment to a quality workplace. This position trains and develops team members to enable their success and career advancement, and manages their assigned departments’ performance and productivity to optimize store overall performance.

This position oversees Front‑End operations and total store staff in the absence of the Store Manager and the Assistant Store Manager.

• Responsible for their departments’ overall condition, including visual merchandising and plan implementation
• Analyzes and manages product performance
• Manages sign and price integrity
• Manages schematics and new items
• Accountable for achieving department financials (sales, profit and loss, projections, metrics, and analysis) by identifying, defining, and implementing best store practices and optimization strategies utilizing innovative solutions
• Manages product for sales and profit (orders, order/inventory system usage, pre‑orders, promotion/seasonal planning)
• Manages product rotation, spoils, shrink, and markdowns
• Oversees backroom and steel management
• Responsible for Center Store inventory accuracy; prepares and oversees inventory process
• Develops Assistant Center Store Managers (coaching, annual appraisal discussions, supervision reports, annual goals/performance review, quarterly progress reviews, employee surveys, etc.)
• Effectively utilizes resources to improve productivity, flexibility, and efficiencies of labor and quality of shopping experience
• Provides customers with a remarkable shopping experience by demonstrating, training, and holding store team members accountable for excellent customer service
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