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At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise "a helpful smile in every aisle" and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.

Job Title:Fast & Fresh Manager

Department: Fast & Fresh

FLSA:Exempt

General Function:

Sets the department standards for customer service, employee relations, cleanliness, sanitation, professional appearance and overall profitability. Presents the best quality product at a competitive retail price to customers.

Core Competencies

• Partnerships
• Growth mindset
• Results oriented
• Customer focused
• Professionalism

Reporting Relations:

Accountable and Reports to: District Store Director, Store Manager, Assistant Manager of; Store Operations, Perishables, and Health Wellness Home

Positions that Report to you: Fast & Fresh Employees

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains a positive attitude; creates an atmosphere of friendliness and fun through flexibility and teamwork.
• Generates a friendly atmosphere by encouraging employees to greet and speak to customers; providing prompt, courteous, and efficient service to customers and sets a good example.
• Sets the department standards for customer service, employee relations, cleanliness, sanitation, professional appearance and overall profitability.
• Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store.
• Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner.
• Makes an effort to learn customers' names and to address them by name whenever possible.
• Assists customers by: (examples include): escorting them to the products they're looking for, securing products that are out of reach, loading or unloading heavy item, making note of and passing along customer suggestions or requests; performing other tasks in every way possible to enhance the shopping experience.
• Answers the telephone promptly and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call.
• Recruits, hires, trains, supervises, disciplines, and evaluates all department employees.
• Determines department goals with store director.
• Writes department work schedule and establishes a daily work plan for the department.
• Inspects signage and displays for quality and quantity of merchandise and orders product for replenishment.
• Communicates with employees regarding sales and ideas. Handles and satisfies customer issues.
• Figures retail pricing and ensures correct pricing.
• Extends invoices, posts invoices, and oversees department bookkeeping procedures.
• Analyzes weekly and monthly sales and trends and compares to actuals, prepares ad projections, and writes ads.
• Conducts inventory of the department.
• Plans displays, promotions, and determines pre-orders.
• Ensures proper temperatures and storage procedures are maintained to guarantee freshness and control shrink of product.
• Understands and troubleshoots equipment and ensures maintenance is performed.
• Maintains strict adherence to department and company guidelines related to personal hygiene and dress.
• Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.
• Reports to work when scheduled and works expected number of hours.

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures pricing is competitive in the market area.
• Attends meetings and seminars and participates in continuing education.
• Fills displays and works in the sales area.
• Unloads trucks, checks in delivered merchandise and places product in appropriate storage area.
• Performs departmental duties as needed.
• Assists in other areas of the store as needed.
• Performs other job related duties and special projects as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Instructs, assigns, reviews and plans work of others.
• Maintains standards, coordinates activities, allocates personnel, acts on employee problems, and selects new employees.
• Has the authority to approve employee discipline.
• Has the authority to recommend employee transfer, discharge, and salary increases.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Worker Characteristics:

• Must have the ability to solve practical problems; variety of variables with limited standardization; interpret instructions.
• Ability to do arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals, and percentages.
• Must have the ability to file, post, and mail materials; copy data from one record to another; interview to obtain basic information; guide people and provide basic direction.

Education and Experience:

High School or over one year of related work experience.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to physically perform medium work: exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and 20 pounds of force frequently, and 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Visual requirements include vision from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet with or without correction, depth perception, color vision, and field of vision.
• Must be able to perform the following physical activities: Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.

Working Conditions:

This position is frequently exposed to temperature extremes and dampness. There are possible equipment movement hazards, electrical shock, and exposure to cleaning chemicals and solvents. This is a fast paced work environment.

Equipment Used to Perform Job:

Telephone, fax, copier, pallet jacks, garbage disposal, trash compactor, cardboard compactor, box cutter, knives, computer, calculator, frozen juice machine, coffee maker, cash register, C.A.R.S. reordering system, and gas pumps.

Financial Responsibility:

Responsible for company assets, including equipment and merchandise.

Contacts:

Daily contact with customers, employees, suppliers/vendors, and the general public. Occasional contact with local, federal or state regulatory agencies regarding inspections.

Confidentiality:

Has access to confidential information including, employee compensation, monthly results, quarterly inventory reports, sales and profit sheets, and warehouse pricing.

For information on company benefits visit Benefits | Hy-Vee.

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen.