Temporary Grocery Assistant Manager

Job Details

Job location:

Hillside - Duluth, MN 55805. Position type:
Full Time. Salary Range: $22.95 - $22.95 Hourly. Temporary Assistant Manager position available July through mid-November 2026.

Ensures cooperation and coordination with department management to achieve department goals for purchasing, receiving, storage, stocking, rotating, and merchandising of all Grocery Department products. Ensure hiring, training, and supervision of designated staff to meet department goals for sales, margin, inventory turns, local and regional purchases, labor expense, safety, sanitation and customer service in compliance with established practice and WFC policies and practices, National Organic Program (NOP) and applicable insurance and regulatory agencies.

• Ensure timely and accurate ordering of adequate quantity of designated products for shelf sales, demos, special orders, and promotions systems.
• Ensure products are stocked, rotated, and handled within WFC policies. Ensure all products and displays are attractively and appropriately merchandised to maximize sales.
• Ensure maintenance of ordering history from all vendors including, but not limited to, consistent and prompt follow-up on vendor issues including, but not limited to, out-of-stocks, timely deliveries, delivery of damaged or compromised products.
• Promptly coordinate Point of Sale/POS maintenance information with IT Department including, but not limited to, price changes, entry of new products/sale batches and deleting products/sale batches; coordinate with IT Department to ensure appropriate and accurate shelf signs/price tags for all designated products.
• Ensure processing, monitoring and documentation of special orders, credits, out-of-stocks, miss-picks, and dented/damaged/discontinued products.
• As directed, hire, train, coach, develop, and assist in evaluating designated employees in compliance with established practices, policies, and budget restrictions to support day-to-day operations and to achieve department operational and financial goals.
• Ensure department accountability for maintaining performance standards, provide daily supervision and leadership to designated employees and follow through promptly on documentation, coaching and corrective actions in compliance with WFC policies and practices.
• Direct, prioritize tasks and, as needed, fill-in for designated department staff.
• Ensure cooperation and coordination with Grocery Manager to achieve department goals for purchasing, receiving, storage, stocking, rotating and merchandising of all Grocery Department products.
• Achieve WFC customer service standards for internal and external customers.
• Contribute to an inclusive, respectful, and welcoming environment to support WFC’s ENDS.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by Department management.

• Abide by all WFC policies and procedures.
• Engage in creating and maintaining a positive, ethical, and productive workplace that contributes to achieving progress on WFC’s ENDS.
• Follow and ensure compliance with all safety practices and policies.
• Maintain compliance with all regulatory guidance including but not limited to Minnesota Department of Agriculture and National Organic Standards.
• Uphold all personnel and operational policies, giving correction to staff and feedback to management as needed.

• Achieve daily operational goals as directed by your supervisor.
• Maintain cleanliness of department areas and equipment and communicate and document any equipment maintenance and/or safety concerns to department management.
• Report any problems with systems, tools and/or products to department management.
• Promote ownership and owner benefits consistently and positively.

• Experience in grocery purchasing, merchandising, and pricing.
• Experience supervising employees and/or project teams including, but not limited to, interviewing, training, coaching, and evaluating.
• Experience in retail, grocery, natural foods and/or cooperative management.
• Available to work evenings, weekends, holidays.