Grocery Manager Level V

Lowes Foods, LLC; Mount Pleasant (SC); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowes Foods, LLC is seeking a Grocery Department Supervisor to oversee guest service, merchandising, and daily operations. You will lead staff, ensure high service standards, manage inventory, and support pricing accuracy.

Responsibilities include supervising the department, achieving sales targets, maintaining safety and sanitation, and coordinating with store leadership to optimize product levels and vendor relationships. This role requires physical stamina and strong teamwork.

Qualifications

• Friendly, approachable demeanor.
• Ability to work well with others and contribute to a team.
• Strong communication and guest service skills.
• Experience supervising people including training and development.

Responsibilities

• Ensure guests receive polite, friendly service from the grocery department staff.
• Achieve budgeted sales, wage percent, and profits for the grocery department.
• Maintain inventory and supplies to maximize sales and minimize excess stock.
• Operate the department according to merchandising and operating guidelines.
• Ensure product quality meets Lowes Foods standards.
• Maintain sanitation and safety throughout the department and backroom.
• Provide guidance and training to grocery hosts for satisfactory performance.
• Stock shelves and assist guests to meet standards.
• Maintain staffing and scheduling of the department.
• Control shrink through stock loss program implementation.
• Ensure proper pricing and scanning through audits.
• Keep backroom in good order and clean.
• Ensure advertised items are available, signed, and scanning correctly.
• Prepare grocery inventory for counts.
• Collaborate with Store Manager and Receiver on product levels and conditions.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Friendly personality

Teamwork

Communication/Guest service

Supervisory capability

Physical stamina

Job description

Overview

It's an exciting time to join Lowes Foods! In addition to being part of a family-owned and growing company, we offer great pay and excellent benefits including Medical, Dental, and Vision, 401K and Pension Plan, a discount for shopping, paid time off, weekly pay, and more!

To supervise and ensure that Lowes Foods guest service, merchandising programs, and departmental operation is maintained in the grocery department.

Responsibilities

1. Ensure guests receive polite, friendly service from the grocery department staff.

2. Achieve budgeted sales, wage percent, and profits for the grocery department.

3. Maintain desired level of inventory and supplies to maximize sales and minimize excessive inventory.

4. Operate the department according to merchandising and operational guidelines and programs.

5. Ensure the quality of product for sale meets Lowes Foods standards.

6. Maintain sanitation and safety throughout the department including the backroom according to Lowes Foods standards.

7. Provide guidance, orientation, training and feedback to ensure grocery department hosts achieve satisfactory performance standards.

8. Perform product stocking and guest service as necessary to achieve standards.

9. Maintain department’s staffing and scheduling standards.

10. Control grocery shrink through proper implementation of the stock loss program.

11. Ensure proper pricing and item scanning through price audits and proper scanning procedures.

12. Ensure backroom is properly maintained.

13. Ensure advertised items are available, signed and are scanning correctly.

14. Help prepare grocery department for grocery inventory.

15. Works with Store Manager and Receiver to maintain product level and conditions associated with vendor product.

16. Perform all other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

1. Friendly, outgoing personality.

2. Ability to work well with others.

3. Ability to lift 40 lbs. consistently and 60 lbs. occasionally.

4. Ability to read and understand information and direction.

5. 1-3 years of supermarket knowledge.

6. Ability to supervise people including training and development.

7. Demonstrated ability and willingness to learn multiple tasks and technical requirements of the job.

8. Effective communication, guest service and selling skills.

9. Ability to bend, kneel, stand, push/pull stock carts and operate pallet jack for extended periods of time.

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