Temporary Inventory Jobs in Minnesota (NOW HIRING)

We're hiring a Temporary Assistant Manager to support the Hillside Grocery team. This position is available July through mid-November 2026.

Job Summary: 

Ensures cooperation and coordination with department management to achieve department goals for purchasing, receiving, storage, stocking, rotating, and merchandising of all Grocery Department products. Ensure hiring, training, and supervision of designated staff to meet department goals for sales, margin, inventory turns, local and regional purchases, labor expense, safety, sanitation and customer service in compliance with established practice and WFC policies and practices, National Organic Program (NOP) and applicable insurance and regulatory agencies.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Job Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure timely and accurate ordering of adequate quantity of designated products for shelf sales, demos, special orders, and promotions systems.
• Ensure products are stocked, rotated, and handled within WFC policies. Ensure all products and displays are attractively and appropriately merchandised to maximize sales.
• Ensure maintenance of ordering history from all vendors including, but not limited to, consistent and prompt follow-up on vendor issues including, but not limited to, out-of-stocks, timely deliveries, delivery of damaged or compromised products.
• Promptly coordinate Point of Sale/POS maintenance information with IT Department including, but not limited to, price changes, entry of new products/sale batches and deleting products/sale batches; coordinate with IT Department to ensure appropriate and accurate shelf signs/price tags for all designated products.
• Ensure processing, monitoring and documentation of special orders, credits, out-of-stocks, miss-picks, and dented/damaged/discontinued products.
• As directed, hire, train, coach, develop, and assist in evaluating designated employees in compliance with established practices, policies, and budget restrictions to support day-to-day operations and to achieve department operational and financial goals.
• Ensure department accountability for maintaining performance standards, provide daily supervision and leadership to designated employees and follow through promptly on documentation, coaching and corrective actions in compliance with WFC policies and practices.
• Direct, prioritize tasks and, as needed, fill-in for designated department staff.
• Ensure cooperation and coordination with Grocery Manager to achieve department goals for purchasing, receiving, storage, stocking, rotating and merchandising of all Grocery Department products.
• Achieve WFC customer service standards for internal and external customers.
• Contribute to an inclusive, respectful, and welcoming environment to support WFC’s ENDS
• Perform other tasks as assigned by Department management

Essential Organization Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Abide by all WFC policies and procedures.
• Engage in creating and maintaining a positive, ethical, and productive workplace that contributes to achieving progress on WFC’s ENDS.
• Follow and ensure compliance with all safety practices and policies.
• Maintain compliance with all regulatory guidance including but not limited to Minnesota Department of Agriculture and National Organic Standards.
• Uphold all personnel and operational policies, giving correction to staff and feedback to management as needed

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

• Achieve daily operational goals as directed by your supervisor
• Maintain cleanliness of department areas and equipment and communicate and document any equipment maintenance and/or safety concerns to department management.
• Report any problems with systems, tools and/or products to department management.
• Promote ownership and owner benefits consistently and positively

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Experience in grocery purchasing, merchandising, and pricing
• Experience supervising employees and/or project teams including, but not limited to, interviewing, training, coaching, and evaluating
• Experience in retail, grocery, natural foods and/or cooperative management
• Available to work evenings, weekends, holidays

Essential Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• 18 Years of Age
• Leadership experience
• Basic computer literacy including effective keyboard skills, familiarity with using a web browser and email
• Ability to operate effectively within established systems and procedures
• Attention to detail and good organizational skills
• Ability to handle multiple demands, work under time pressures and meet department work objectives
• Ability to handle confidential information
• Willingness to learn and perform all aspects of the position
• Ability to be flexible and to adapt to changing conditions
• Demonstrate objectivity and neutrality under pressure
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to effectively convey information
• Regular, predictable attendance

Essential Physical Requirements:

• Ability to occasionally move up to 50 lbs. or more throughout shift
• Ability to repetitively move objects up to 15 lbs. throughout shift
• Ability to remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time
• Ability to move around the premises throughout shift
• Ability to operate position-required machinery
• Ability to do repetitive office tasks including, but not limited to, filing, using a computer keyboard, understanding information from a computer screen/LCD monitor and written materials for the entirety of shift
• Ability to safely use sharp cutting instruments

Work Environment:

Occasional Exposure

• Outdoor weather conditions (carry-outs, cart retrievals, snow removal)

Frequent Exposure

• Handling wet, hot, cold, and/or frozen products
• Wet and/or humid conditions
• Change in room temperature
• Carts, pallets and hand-trucks moving in and out of storage/retail areas

Constant Exposure

• Background music and in-store pages
• Food odors, grain and spice dust, food allergens

The essential duties and responsibilities and knowledge, skills and abilities listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. The employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business, competitive considerations or the work environment change.

Employees must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of this position, with or without reasonable accommodation. Any questions regarding accommodations should be directed to the Human Resources Manager.