Meat & Seafood Strategy Leader — Growth & Innovation

Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Vacation accrual plan

401(K) with company match

Flexible schedules

DailyPay

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Sprouts Farmers Market in Phoenix is seeking a senior leader to own the Meat & Seafood category strategy and drive growth across stores. You will influence merchandising priorities, optimize pricing and promotions, and partner with suppliers to deliver exclusive opportunities.

We value deep category expertise, strong supplier relations, and the ability to translate analytics into actionable plans that improve sales, margin, and customer experience across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 10+ years of progressive retail merchandising, category management, buying, or fresh food leadership experience; meat and/or seafood experience strongly preferred.
• Strong commercial leadership translating strategy into executable plans delivering sales, margin, shrink, and customer experience results.
• Ability to lead a fresh business with multiple operational touchpoints including sourcing, replenishment, distribution, store execution, quality, and food safety.
• Proven ability to build differentiated category strategies, simplify assortments, improve item productivity, and create a stronger customer reason to choose Sprouts.
• Strong understanding of meat and seafood categories, protein commodities, product specifications, quality standards, supplier capabilities, and seasonal demand.
• Strong analytical skills connecting financial, customer, competitive, commodity, and store-level insights into clear actions.
• Demonstrated strength in supplier strategy, negotiations, vendor accountability, cost management, and service-level improvement.
• Ability to influence across merchandising, sourcing, supply chain, operations, finance, marketing, ecommerce, analytics, and field leadership.
• Leadership style: direct, accountable, collaborative, and action-oriented, with ability to raise issues early and drive resolution.
• Proven ability to develop talent, build team capability, clarify ownership, and hold teams accountable to results.
• Strong communication skills with ability to simplify complex topics and make clear recommendations to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the 3-5 year Meat & Seafood strategy to advance Sprouts' fresh differentiation, growth, and customer value proposition.
• Act as the senior business leader for Meat & Seafood, influencing enterprise merchandising priorities and operating strategies.
• Own overall category performance including sales, margin, shrink, inventory productivity, customer experience, and financial objectives.
• Establish category vision, assortment architecture, pricing, promotions, and innovation strategies.
• Leverage insights and analytics to identify opportunities and make strategic commercial decisions.
• Build and lead supplier partnerships that enhance quality, cost competitiveness, and exclusive opportunities.
• Collaborate across Sourcing, Supply Chain, Replenishment, Planning, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Ecommerce, and Field Leadership for alignment.
• Champion product quality, food safety, supplier compliance, and operational standards to protect trust and brand integrity.
• Lead cross-functional responses for significant quality, supply, or customer-impacting issues and drive improvements.
• Maintain strong field and supplier engagement to translate strategies into store execution.
• Develop organizational capability through leadership development, succession planning, and coaching.
• Provide clear communication and strategic recommendations to senior leadership on performance, risks, and opportunities.

Skills

Retail leadership

Merchandising strategy

Category management

Supplier negotiations

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Forecasting software

Job description

Sprouts Farmers Market in Phoenix is seeking a senior leader to own the Meat & Seafood category strategy and drive growth across stores. You will influence merchandising priorities, optimize pricing and promotions, and partner with suppliers to deliver exclusive opportunities.

We value deep category expertise, strong supplier relations, and the ability to translate analytics into actionable plans that improve sales, margin, and customer experience across the enterprise.