CHEESE SHOP​/DEPT LEADER

CHEESE SHOP / DEPT LEADER

Join Kroger Mountain View Foods as a Cheeze Shop/Dept Leader.

Create a unique customer cheese experience that embodies food passion, cheese knowledge, interactive customer service, team leadership, and industry‑leading merchandising. Work closely with Deli Merchandising, district staff, and direct reports to create an environment of outgoing, personal, and theatrical cheese retailing within the store environment. Role model proactive selling and superior product knowledge to drive sales in a targeted manner. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

• Create and maintain Murray’s Cheese experience through interactive customer service, ongoing product education, effective cross‑selling, merchandising, pushing and promoting designated products
• Maintain knowledgeable, efficient and friendly staff fully trained in Murray’s operations and products
• Ensure all company policies, operating standards and procedures are communicated effectively, maintained and followed at all times
• Ensure staff adheres to all food safety, hazard analysis critical control point, and sanitation procedures
• Place orders and maintain inventory
• Set up weekly in‑store selling events
• Contribute to store goals for increasing sales and improving profitability
• Effectively control shrink and waste by following company best practices
• Control labor expenses through appropriate scheduling
• Meet and/or exceed budgetary goals for the Murray’s Cheese Shop
• Supervise and coach direct reports on the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports
• Ability to work cooperatively in high‑paced and sometimes stressful environment
• Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational and cooperative manner
• Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information
• Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues
• Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Minimum

• Management experience or retail food experience or two‑year culinary degree
• Willing to taste cheese daily
• Supportive of cheese business initiatives
• Able to inspire, motivate and train staff while ensuring successful completion of all tasks
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to multi‑task
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Strong desire to learn, enthusiasm for the product and an interest and willingness to try new and innovative approaches

Desired

• Past work record reflects dependability and integrity
• Prior food handling experience
• Supervisory skills

From one tiny Cincinnati grocery store more than a century ago, we’ve grown into the nation’s largest grocer with nearly 2,800 stores in 35 states operating under 28 different names. As America’s grocer, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose:
To Feed the Human Spirit. We work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities, and each other, with food at the heart of it all. Here, people matter. That’s why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life.

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans
• Flexible scheduling in full‑and part‑time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry‑leading Continuing Education program
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry‑leading training programs and diverse career pathways