Specialty Cheese Department Manager

Specialty Cheese Department Manager

This position starts at $24.00/hour up to $28.00/hour, depending on experience.

Are you passionate about food? Are you excited to learn and share how your favorite foods are created and brought to market? Can you imagine working with cheeses, charcuterie, and accompaniments from around Oregon and around the world? Then we want to meet you!

The Market of Choice Cheese Shops are a high‑energy, team‑oriented environment that create an inviting in‑store experience with friendly, knowledgeable, and customer‑service oriented Specialty Cheese teammates. Prepare for a high‑energy, team‑oriented environment!

• Supervise, schedule, train & evaluate employees
• Manage purchasing, merchandising & expense control
• Assisting customers in selection and recommendations
• Keeping current and continually expanding knowledge of cheese
• Conduct events
• Organizing, stocking and facing of the department
• Monthly & Quarterly inventory
• Checking in deliveries/ logging of all invoices daily
• Enforce company policy & procedures
• General cleaning and maintenance of sales area

Candidates will have an extensive knowledge of a wide variety of hand crafted and artisan cheeses from around the world, superior customer service skills and a strong sales ability including suggestive selling techniques.

Applicants should have open availability and be willing to work evenings and weekends.

To be considered for this position, please complete the online application, including a cover letter and resume, complete all supplemental questions and the online assessment.

Market of Choice is a growing, local company with excellent benefits and opportunity for growth. Our company offers a benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, competitive wages, and a matching 401(k) retirement plan.

A diverse community and workplace benefits us all. Market of Choice is committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified applicants as well as giving people of all backgrounds an opportunity to work and contribute to our company and community. We uphold our tradition of valuing our employees by providing equal opportunities to all applicants.