Fruit and Vegetable Manager

Drake Supermarkets Pty Ltd; Queensland; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salary package and incent

Potential for promotion

Dynamic growing company

Job summary

Drakes Supermarkets is seeking an experienced candidate to lead the Fresh Food department, focusing on Fruit & Veg management, staff leadership, and cost control in a dynamic Queensland store. You will drive merchandising, rostering, and customer service excellence, partnering with management to tailor offerings to local customers.

The ideal candidate will bring hands-on leadership, a passion for fresh produce, and a proven ability to motivate teams while maintaining safety and quality

Qualifications

• Significant fresh food retail knowledge.
• Experience in Fruit & Vegetable Management is essential.
• Expertise in leading and managing staff.
• Ordering and cost control expertise.
• An excellent understanding of gross profit calculations.
• Accurate staff rostering.
• Hands-on approach.
• Unparalleled commitment to customer service.
• Ability to liaise with both staff and management.
• A flair for merchandising.
• Strong leadership and delegation skills.
• Ability to coach, train and performance manage staff.
• Commitment to work health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the department as if it were your own business and tailor the store's service and product offering to the local area.
• Demonstrate leadership to coach and develop staff and optimise rostering and scheduling.
• Oversee ordering, stock control and cost management to protect gross margins.
• Maintain high standards of customer service and merchandising across the department.
• Collaborate with store management and other departments to meet customer needs.

Skills

Fresh food retail

Fruit & Veg management

Staff leadership

Ordering & cost control

Profit awareness

Staff rostering

Merchandising

Coaching & training

Health & safety

Customer service excellence

Job description

Queensland - Central Queensland - Central

This job is open for expressions of interest only

• Attractive salary package and incentives
• Dynamic growing company
• Potential for promotion

Drakes Supermarkets is a Retail industry success story. A family owned and operated private company, we are Australia's largest independently-owned supermarket chain. Due to our unprecedented growth, we provide excellent career opportunities within our company.
The successful applicant will be given the opportunity to treat the department as if it were their own business. They will be given the flexibility to tailor the stores service and products offering to meet the specific needs of the customers within the local area.

Working as a part of an enthusiastic team, in a highly competitive supermarket environment, applicants will be expected to demonstrate:

• Significant fresh food retail knowledge
• Experience in Fruit and Vegetable Management is essential
• Expertise in leading and managing staff
• Ordering and cost control expertise
• An excellent understanding of gross profit calculations
• Accurate staff rostering
• Passion and enthusiasm, with a very "hands on" approach
• Unparalleled commitment to customer service
• Ability to liaise with both staff and management
• A flair for merchandising
• Strong leadership and delegation skills
• Ability to coach, train and performance manage staff
• Commitment towork health and safety standards

To succeed within our organisation, applicants must be able to:

• Display a passion for fresh food within the grocery retail industry
• Express a positive "can do" attitude
• Lead by example
• Motivate a team
• Communicate effectively with management, employees, customers and external stakeholders