Senior Director, Meat & Seafood

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

15% family discount at Sprouts

401(K) Retirement plan with match

Company paid life insurance

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. seeks a Senior Director of Meat & Seafood Merchandising to own the strategy and execution for a premier fresh category.

You will guide category performance, pricing, promotions, and supplier partnerships while leading a high‑performing team across store operations and finance. You will translate customer insights and commodity trends into actionable plans that boost sales, margin, availability, and item productivity, while ensuring quality and food safety across all

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 with experience translating strategy into executable plans.
• Ability to lead a fresh business with multiple operational touchpoints.
• Proven ability to build differentiated category strategies and improve item productivity.
• Strong understanding of meat and seafood categories, protein commodities, and supplier capabilities.
• Strong analytical skills connecting financial, customer, and store-level insights into actions.
• Experience in supplier strategy, negotiations, and service-level improvements.
• Ability to influence across merchandising, sourcing, supply chain, operations, finance, and marketing.
• Direct, accountable, collaborative leadership style and talent development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the 3-5 year Meat & Seafood strategy to differentiate Sprouts’ fresh offer.
• Serve as the senior business leader for Meat & Seafood, guiding priorities and investments.
• Own overall category performance including sales, margin, shrink, and inventory productivity.
• Establish vision for assortment, pricing, promotions, and innovation to drive profitable growth.
• Leverage insights and trends to identify opportunities and inform strategic decisions.
• Build strategic supplier partnerships to enhance quality, cost, and exclusives.
• Collaborate across Sourcing, Supply Chain, Replenishment, Planning, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Ecommerce, and Field Leadership.
• Champion product quality, food safety, supplier compliance, and operational standards.
• Lead cross-functional issue resolution and drive sustainable improvements.
• Develop organizational capability through leadership development and coaching.
• Provide clear communication and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.

Skills

Analytical skills

Supplier management

Category management

Leadership

Cross-functional influence

Communication

Meat & seafood knowledge

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Overview

The Senior Director of Meat & Seafood Merchandising leads the strategy and execution for one of Sprouts' most important fresh destination businesses. This leader is accountable for building a meat and seafood experience that reflects Sprouts' brand promise: fresh, differentiated, quality-driven, and customer-led. The role owns category strategy, financial performance, assortment architecture, pricing and promotion strategy, supplier partnerships, innovation, and store execution readiness. This leader must be able to connect the big picture to the details—turning customer insights, commodity trends, vendor opportunities, and store feedback into clear plans that drive sales, margin, freshness, availability, shrink improvement, and stronger item productivity. The Senior Director will lead with urgency, accountability, and cross-functional influence while developing a high-performing team that can simplify the business, strengthen execution, and make Sprouts a more compelling destination for meat and seafood.

Overview of Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the 3-5 year Meat & Seafood strategy, advancing Sprouts' fresh differentiation, growth, and customer value proposition.
• Serve as the senior business leader for Meat & Seafood, influencing enterprise merchandising priorities, investment decisions, and operating strategies.
• Own overall category performance, including sales, margin, shrink, inventory productivity, customer experience, and achievement of financial objectives.
• Establish category vision, assortment architecture, pricing, promotional, and innovation strategies that strengthen differentiation and drive profitable growth.
• Leverage customer insights, competitive intelligence, commodity trends, and business analytics to identify opportunities and make strategic commercial decisions.
• Build and lead strategic supplier partnerships that enhance quality, innovation, cost competitiveness, service levels, and exclusive product opportunities.
• Partner across Sourcing, Supply Chain, Replenishment, Planning, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Ecommerce, and Field Leadership to drive enterprise alignment and execution excellence.
• Champion product quality, food safety, supplier compliance, and operational standards that protect customer trust and brand integrity.
• Lead cross-functional response and resolution efforts for significant quality, supply, service, or customer-impacting issues while driving sustainable improvements.
• Maintain strong field and supplier engagement to identify trends, remove execution barriers, and ensure strategies translate effectively to stores.
• Build organizational capability through leadership development, succession planning, talent strategies, and coaching that strengthen team performance and bench strength.
• Provide clear communication and strategic recommendations to senior leadership regarding business performance, risks, opportunities, and key decisions.

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 with experience translating strategy into executable plans that deliver measurable 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 customer demand.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to connect financial, customer, competitive, commodity, and store-level insights into clear business actions.
• Demonstrated strength in supplier strategy, negotiations, vendor accountability, cost management, funding, innovation development, and service-level improvement.
• Ability to influence across merchandising, sourcing, supply chain, operations, finance, marketing, ecommerce, analytics, and field leadership.
• Leadership style that is direct, accountable, collaborative, and action-oriented, with the 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 the ability to simplify complex topics and make clear recommendations to senior leadership.

Benefits

In addition to a rewarding career, Sprouts offers a comprehensive program to help support you and your family. These programs include:

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health
• Vacation accrual plan
• Opportunities for career growth
• 15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts
• Flexible schedules
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
• Company paid life insurance
• Contests and appreciation events throughout the year full of prizes, food and fun!

Eligibility requirements may apply for the following benefits:

• Bonus based on company and/or individual performance
• Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental and vision
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
• Company paid short-term disability coverage
• Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers
• Paid holidays

Get Paid Every Day!

Sprouts Farmers Market offers DailyPay - if you're hired as an eligible employee, you'll be able to transfer the money you've already earned at no extra cost, and get it the next business day, for free. We offer DailyPay so you don't have to wait for payday to access the money you've already worked for. With DailyPay, you can see how much you've made every day and you can transfer your money any time before payday.

You can learn more by visiting https://www.dailypay.com/partners/sprouts-farmers-market/

Why Sprouts

Grow with us!

If you have a passion for inspiring people and a flair for fresh food, consider applying for a job at Sprouts! With a focus on customer service, our neighborhood grocery stores offer high-quality, farm fresh produce, natural meats, plenty of scoop-your-own bulk goods and much more in a fun, friendly, old-fashioned farmer's market setting. Come grow your career in healthy living with a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and teams that pride themselves on empowering others along their journey.

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