CHEESE SHOP/MURRAY'S CHEESE MASTER

Smith's Food & Drug Centers; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Murray's Cheese Shop is seeking a leader to deliver an exceptional cheese retail experience within the Kroger store environment. You will model proactive selling, product knowledge, and strong team leadership to engage customers daily.

The role requires creating an engaging Murray's Cheese experience, training staff, managing orders and inventory, and organizing in-store selling events to drive sales and profit.

Qualifications

• Minimum: management or food retail 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 tasks are completed.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Strong desire to learn and try new approaches.

Responsibilities

• Create Murray's Cheese experience: interactive customer service, ongoing product education, merchandising.
• Lead and train staff; schedule and coach direct reports; performance reviews.
• Place orders and maintain inventory.
• Set up weekly in-store selling events.
• Contribute to store goals for increasing sales and improving profit.
• Control shrink and waste; follow Best Practices.
• Manage labor expenses through scheduling.
• Meet and/or exceed budgetary goals for the Murray's Cheese Shop.

Skills

Management experience

Food retail experience

Excel

Word

Education

Culinary degree (2-year)

Job description

Responsible for creating a unique customer cheese experience that will embody the food passion, cheese knowledge, interactive customer service, team leadership and industry leading merchandising that is uniquely Murray's Cheese. Work closely with Deli Merchandising and District Staff, as well as the direct reports to create an environment of outgoing, personal, 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.

Minimum

• Management experience or Food Retail 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 Excel and Word.
• 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.
• Supervisory skills.
• Create and maintain the Murray's Cheese experience: interactive customer service, ongoing product education,, effective cross-selling, merchandising, pushing and promoting designated products.
• Maintain knowledgeable, efficient, friendly staff fully trained in Murray's operations and products.
• Ensure all Kroger and Murray's policies, operating standards, and procedures are communicated effectively, maintained, and followed at all times.
• Ensure that staff adheres to all Food Safety, Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point, and Sanitation Procedures.
• Place orders and maintain inventory.
• Responsible for setting up weekly in store selling events.
• Contribute to store goals for increasing sales and improving profit.
• Effectively control shrink and waste by following Murray's and Kroger's 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.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.