VALLEY FRESH LEAD Atherton Dr, Manteca, CA

The Save Mart Companies is one of the largest food and drug retailers in California and Nevada. It is home to several well-known brands in food retailing. You might have seen our stores that include Save Mart, Lucky, Lucky California, and Food Maxx. We also have 3 distribution centers and our SMART Transportation trucking firm that transports dry groceries, frozen foods, ice, and novelties to all of The Save Mart Companies stores.

We are a California grown business, headquartered in the heart of one of the greatest agricultural areas of our nation – Stanislaus County.

The Modesto community is vibrant with great traditions, educational opportunities, and multi-cultural lifestyles. Aside from mild weather year-round, Modesto allows for easy access to many major tourist attractions in California. To the west lies the San Francisco Bay Area (90-miles) and the Santa Cruz Beach (115-miles). To the east is the famed Gold Country “Mother Lode” (50-miles) and a little farther you can find the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountain range, Lake Tahoe (180-miles) and Yosemite National Park (110-miles).

Some of our competitive benefits include
exceptionally generous benefits package
(Health, Dental, Vision, Life, 401K), Lifelong Learning Educational opportunities, Employee Association (discounted and free tuition options, contests, and support services).

We are currently recruiting for the position of:

VALLEY FRESH LEAD - 212 W. Atherton Dr, Manteca, CA 95337.

The Valley Fresh Lead will lead and develop a highly motivated team focused on serving guests with a primary emphasis on the overall Valley Fresh department and Fresh Store guest experience and team member engagement to consistently meet or exceed guest expectations.

Purposefully drives knowledge and understanding of the Valley Fresh department and local products through interaction and communication that inspires Valley Fresh department team members to educate and serve guests.

The Valley Fresh Lead provides leadership, direction, and oversees all Valley Fresh operations and staffing for the department. The Lead coordinates activities of team members in the Valley Fresh department as well as assigns job tasks, scheduling, company policy & food safety compliance, training, merchandising, department planning and production. This position leads and inspires team members to maintain our high-quality standards in beverage infusion and creative produce cutting that our guests expect.

Manages product quality standards, produce production, cutting standards, beverage infusion guidelines, merchandising and sales functions, inventory optimization and pricing accuracy. The Lead trains and develops employees to enable their success and the ability to advance in their careers.

• Providesguestswith a remarkable shopping experience by demonstrating, training, and holding storeteam members accountable for excellentguestservice.
• Manages cut produce quality, visual presentation standards, and beverage infused excellence guidelinesanddepartment’s overall cleanliness/conditions
• Achieves department financials (sales, profit and loss) by implementing best practices and optimization strategies.
• Is responsible for Co-Planning annual performance reviews/goals, quarterlybusinessreviews.
• Oversees schematic implementation, display standards, item to tag integrity, back room organization,product rotation, spoils, shrink, and markdowns
• Ensures fruit and vegetable products are prepared for display according to company guidelines
• Contributes to overall store conditions (to include store safety, food safety, sanitation, hazardous waste, protection of company assets, etc.) ensuring a safe working…