Protein Specialist. Fresh Food Specialist

Panda Retail Company – Savola Group; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Jeddah seeks an individual to drive the fresh department initiatives, ensuring compliance and performance improvement. Key responsibilities include monitoring store performance, providing training, and collaborating across teams. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in the Fresh food sector, strong coaching skills, and is skilled in both English and Arabic.

Qualifications

• 5 years of technical experience in relevant Fresh food section with in-depth knowledge.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to lead initiatives effectively.

Responsibilities

• Drive and monitor performance to develop sales and profitability.
• Perform periodical store visits to ensure compliance and identify improvements.
• Provide technical on-job training to enhance staff skills.
• Monitor the store’s Fresh performance and provide action plans.

Skills

Technical experience in Fresh food section

Coaching skills

Team player

Cross-functional team skills

Visual merchandising management

Shrinkage management

Knowledge of Microsoft Office

Analytical skills

Good communication skills

Bilingual (English & Arabic)

Education

High School and above

Job description

Job Purpose

• Drive and monitor performance to develop sales and profitability
• Drive the Defined Fresh strategic initiatives implementations
• Ensure the implementation of good practices and compliance with procedures.

Functional Accountabilities

• Perform periodical store visits to spot all areas of improvement and compliance to standards
• Performed continuous coaching and extend support to stores’ associates
• Provide periodical assessment & technical on job training to enhance stores’ staff skills
• Design the required tools and modules that improving the staff knowledge and awareness, raising their capabilities to meet the company turn around projects
• Act as a Key player for fresh department to bridge the gap between operations, Commercial, Supply chain & Quality
• Product innovation (including conversions, new recipes and adding new products)
• Monitor the store’s Fresh performance including sales, sales mix, margin, waste, days cover and audit scores and provide Guidance, action plans & solutions to improve performance
• Responsible for new initiatives/projects implementations
• Provide weekly insights on competitors’ & Market activities & Prices
• Act as a subject matter expert for new item introduction in term of quality, Plano-Guide/Planogram as well as the implementation plans to ease and lead the execution effectively
• Provide/report feedback on lack of resources as per agreed plan

Education

• High School and above

Experience, Skills & Competencies

• 5 years of technical experience in relevant Fresh food section with in-depth knowledge, product feature
• Coaching skills, Team player, Cross function team skills visual merchanting management, shrinkage management
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Application
• Analytical & Reporting skills
• Good Communication and interpersonal skills
• Communication skills (English & Arabic)
• Ability to take and lead initiatives