Category Manager, Prepared Foods

Category Manager – Prepared Foods

New Seasons Market began in 2000 as a neighborhood market, a place where local communities can come together to connect with where their food comes from. A friendly, inviting place that honors its region's farmers, ranchers, growers and makers. Today we are part of Good Food Holdings; a collection of regional specialty grocers committed to serving our communities with the highest quality of products and great service, where our goal remains the same: to build community through good food.

Accordingly, we seek skilled team members who share the same commitments and who appreciate the fact that New Seasons Market celebrates diverse backgrounds and experiences.

About the role:

Responsible for the overall direction, growth, and execution of the Prepared Foods program. Provides leadership, direction, and drives sales for our Prepared Foods departments. Manages and develops Assistant Category Manager of Sushi (Future). Accountable for financial performance of all areas of Prepared Foods program, including achieving sales, margin, and waste goals. Creates an inspiring customer experience in our Prepared Foods / Deli departments.

Provides leadership in line with company values and promotes a positive and progressive work environment. This is a management / leadership position. This position is responsible for providing leadership in line with company values and promoting a positive and progressive work environment in alignment with our company mission, vision values and policies.

Position Responsibilities:

• Manages and provides oversight to all areas of the team. Directly manages Assistant Category Manager of Sushi (Future), including review writing, scheduling and providing ongoing coaching, development and feedback. Assesses, prioritizes and delegates tasks and workflow.
• Leads the Prepared Foods (Deli / Kitchen) program to ensure that the overall company's objectives are being met regarding financial objectives, vendor partnerships, product assortment, and supply-chain.
• Develops a menu mix that meets company goals of variety, innovation and margin targets.
• Builds a culture of quality products and selection that is best in the industry, tailored to meet the needs of each of the neighborhoods we serve.
• Consistently reviews assortment and product selection to ensure we are meeting our company objective to be the "ultimate neighborhood grocery store."
• Works with Merchandising leadership to identify and implement efficiencies and strategic innovations. Communicates program expectations to ensure successful store execution.
• Maximizes sales and margin potential for Prepared Foods department. Communicates a clear vision on financial priorities.
• Firmly establishes the Prepared Foods merchandising strategy allowing for some "freedom within a framework".
• Designs programs and develops strategies that assist stores in achieving financial goals, including sales goals, margin targets and waste improvement.
• Creates user-friendly programs that are clearly communicated, easily understood and executed by stores.
• Partners with store department managers and merchandising team to quickly resolve issues impacting store operations, in stock conditions, inventory, margin, waste and store conditions. Identifies and communicates best practices, with support of store leadership teams.
• Monitors and performs routine analysis of categories, individual menu items and program performance, making recommendations and changes that keep us relevant and financially sound.
• Completes period end financial reporting and development of proposed action items.
• Develops and champions programs that support our local food economy. Helps to build and nurture local supplier relationships.
• Ensures the cultivation of strong relationships with our vendor partners, upholding our Pledge to Vendors and ensuring we are the "best place to do business". Ensures our vendors grow as we grow and provides appropriate assistance so they can achieve their full potential.
• Provides guidance to the Prepared Foods team about changing customer trends. Gathers insights from internal and external resources to enable fact-based decision making
• Drives…