Murray's Cheese Specialist - Michigan

ADP; Birmingham (MI); On-site; USD 62,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on Murray’s products

401k company match

Weekly pay

3 weeks paid vacation and sick time

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Job summary

Murray’s Cheese is seeking a Cheese Specialist for Michigan to support merchandising, training and operations of Murray’s Cheese shops. The role focuses on enhancing customer experience and achieving sales goals across stores in Michigan, with travel as required.

The position requires strong retail experience, leadership ability, and comfort with analyzing sales data and delivering the brand standards. Travel and relocation may be needed to cover the region.

Qualifications

• 1-4 years of retail experience preferred, preferably in cheese or specialty foods.
• Ability to analyze sales reports and take action based on data.
• Proven track record of meeting sales goals and leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead store teams to execute customer service, merchandising, and sales strategies to Murray’s standard.
• Administer Murray’s Cheese Core Curriculum for onboarding and training of new teams.
• Coach teams to uphold Murray’s Brand Standards during all operations and events.
• Coordinate with division leadership for staff during demos, displays, and engagement events.
• Travel 1–4 days per week to support stores and implement programs.

Skills

Retail experience

Sales analytics

Team leadership

MS Office

Willing to relocate

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Murray's Cheese Specialist - Michigan

Full Time National - Michigan, Birmingham, MI, US 1 Attachments

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1649

Salary Range: $61,800.00 To $69,000.00 Annually

Position Summary:

The primary responsibility of the Murray’s Cheese Specialist is to provide strategic, on-the-ground support for the merchandising, training and operations of Murray’s Cheese shops to enhance customer experience and achieve sales goals.

*This position is located in Michigan.

Responsibilities

General

• Responsible for embodying the Murray’s Cheese mission and enthusiastically representing the brand every day.
• Responsible for leading store teams to execute customer service, merchandising, and sales strategies to Murray’s standard, in order to achieve sales goals.

Training

• Administer Murray’s Cheese Core Curriculum for all new store teams, including hands‑on operational & production training, classroom‑based training and educational product tastings
• Communicate with store teams to identify training needs at existing stores & schedule accordingly.
• Conduct supplemental trainings as needed based on the needs of the business.
• Maintain training records for internal and division teams.

Brand Standards & Program Execution

• Coach, teach and train store teams to understand and uphold Murray’s Brand Standards.
• Champion Murray’s Brand Standards to division & store leadership and ensure compliance at store level via brand standards compliance surveys & follow‑up communication with store leadership.
• Share out Period Execution Materials & communicate to store teams via Period Execution Calls. Follow up during store visits to ensure teams are executing to standard & coach where necessary.
• Assist store teams with responsibilities around Murray’s Cheese Engagement Events including, but not limited to, coordinating with Division Cheese Specialist (DCS) to influence staffing and set up requirements for demos, merchandising displays, POS, product needs, etc.

Territory Management

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with the DCS, and other key players, including but not limited to, Cheese Masters, store teams, store management, DB managers, etc. in order to advance initiatives within the division.
• Influence hiring at store level to shape the caliber of cheesemongers behind our counters.
• Communicate on-the-ground feedback to Murray’s leadership in support of National Program strategies. This can include, but is not limited to, training needs, service needs, merchandising, product strategy, etc.
• Schedule travel and store visits to ensure a strategic balance is met, consisting of new store openings, sales targets, focus stores and overall territory management
• Manage Travel & Entertainment expenses within allocated budget and consistently report any discrepancies or issues via email in a timely fashion.
• Complete administrative duties including but not limited to expense report, territory management sheets, scheduling, and focus store objectives.
• Support training of new MCSs as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 1-4 days of travel per week, pending business needs
• 3-5 years retail experience, preferably in cheese
• Extensive product and industry knowledge, CCP preferred
• Proven track record in meeting sales goals
• Ability to analyze and leverage sales reports to take informed actions
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Team player who enjoys collaborating on all fronts
• Must be willing to relocate to specific region of the country to fulfill the needs of the business
• Weekly pay
• 3 weeks paid vacation and sick time
• 401k company match
• Pretax commuter, healthcare and dependent care benefits
• Discounts on our products and restaurant!

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