Market Manager

Greers Market; Fairhope (AL); On-site; USD 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Greers Market seeks a Market Manager to lead the department by implementing and maintaining order controls, and monitoring gross margins while evaluating performance. You will train staff on product knowledge and presentation, manage promotions, and ensure pricing integrity for ad and sale items, while driving inventory turnover and customer relations.

This role emphasizes cost control, hands-on supervision, and collaboration with store leadership to optimize daily operations and in-store

Qualifications

• Experience managing retail department budgets and margins.
• Ability to evaluate departmental performance and solve problems.
• Experience handling promotions, seasonal items, and special bookings.
• Experience training staff in product knowledge and presentation.
• Strong focus on inventory turnover and cost control.
• Ability to maintain pricing integrity for ads and sale items.
• Develops customer relationships through staff training.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain order controls for the department.
• Responsible for gross margin controls.
• Evaluate department performance and solve problems as they arise.
• Handle or assist in special bookings and orders of promotional and seasonal items.
• Train personnel in product knowledge and presentation.
• Ensure guaranteed pricing of ad items or special sale items is received.
• Develop customer relationships and confidence through employee training.
• Responsible for inventory turnover within the department.
• Apply technical knowledge when product integrity is in question.
• Assist in special in-store promotions as needed.
• Ensure productivity levels and control expenses meet requirements.
• Oversee APC (ad profit controls) and daily duties of department staff.

Skills

Order controls

Gross margin controls

Problem solving

Promotions management

Product knowledge training

Inventory management

Customer relationships

Job description

Market Manager

• DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN ORDER CONTROLS FOR THE DEPARTMENT

• RESPONSIBLE FOR GROSS MARGIN CONTROLS

• RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING DEPARTMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVING

• HANDLES OR ASSISTS IN SPECIAL BOOKINGS AND ORDERS OF PROMOTIONAL AND SEASONAL ITEMS

• TRAINS PERSONELL IN THE AREAS OF PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE AND PRESENTATION

• ACTS TO ENSURE THAT ALL GUARANTEED PRICING OF AD ITEMS OR SPECIAL SALE ITEMS ARE RECEIVED

• DEVELOPS CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS AND CONFIDENCE THROUGH PROPER EMPLOYEE TRAINING

• RESPONSIBLE FOR REQUIRED INVENTORY TURN WITHIN THE DEPT.

• EXERCISES TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE WHEN PRODUCT INTEGRITY IS IN QUESTION

• ASSISTS IN SPECIAL IN-STORE PROMOTIONS AS NEEDED

• INSURES PERFORMANCE LEVEL REQUIREMENTS (PRODUCTIVITY)

• INSURES THAT CONTROLABLE EXPENSES ARE WITIN THE REQUIRED LEVEL

• RESPONSIBLE FOR APC (AD PROFIT CONTROLS)

• RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAINING AND COORDINATION OF ALL DAILY DUTIES OF OTHER MET DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES EITHER PERSONALLY OR BY MAKING SURE TECH HELP IS PROVIDED.