Fruit And Vegetable Manager

Drake Supermarkets Pty Ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salary

Incentives

Career growth

Job summary

Drakes Supermarkets is seeking a dedicated Fruit and Vegetable Manager to lead the Sydney, NSW department. You will drive fresh produce performance, train staff, and tailor the store's service and product offering to local customers.

With a hands-on leadership style, you will manage ordering, rostering, merchandising and cost control while maintaining superior customer service and safety standards in a dynamic, growth-focused environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead the Fruit and Vegetable department in Sydney, ensuring high service standards.
• Motivate and coach the team to achieve sales targets.
• Oversee ordering, stock levels and cost control.
• Merchandise effectively to meet local customer needs.
• Maintain strong customer service and health and safety practices.

Skills

Fresh food retail

Fruit & Veg management

Staff leadership

Cost control

Gross margin

Roster planning

Merchandising

Coaching

Communication

WHS

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 effective with management, employees, customers and external stakeholders

Fruit and Vegetable Manager • Sydney, NSW, AU