Fresh Food Area Manager

Fresh Food Area Manager

As a Fresh Food Area Manager, you will manage and assume overall responsibility for the success of the stores by overseeing all operational aspects of Fresh Food for each store, driving sales, and minimising costs.

• Building relationships with suppliers, store managers, and key fresh personnel in designated stores and working closely with them to deliver the fresh offer in-store.

• Working with suppliers, store managers and fresh teams to optimize sales, margin, participation, and profitability across the fresh areas.

• Supporting stores with the implementation of best practices through store visits, monitoring, observation, and in-store training of key fresh staff.

• Ensuring all customer service initiatives are in place, handling any issues efficiently and professionally.

• Training, challenging, motivating, encouraging, and providing constructive guidance to store managers and the team related to all fresh departments.

• Ensuring stores are in compliance with food hygiene legal requirements.

• Ensuring stores achieve the highest standards in external audits.

• Managing product range and quality in each store.

• Developing and promoting new and innovative fresh food concepts.

• Developing and driving sales and margins across each fresh food department.

• Analysing and reporting department margins and weekly targets.

• Overseeing waste control systems to ensure they run optimally in each store.

• Overseeing Digitally and Kelsius operations in each store.

• Managing marketing and P.O.S material, including menus, offers, and product range.

• Training (with store managers) all fresh food staff in HACCP and ensuring files are kept up to date.

• Holding training workshops to promote a culture of high performance and standards.

• Assisting each store manager in some daily hands-on management duties.

• Assisting in any other duties assigned by the Managing Director or Head of Retail.

• Informing Management or the Directors of the Company of any suspicions of pilferage or fraud in each store.

• Informing the Directors of any improvements or cost savings that can be made to the business.

• Attending any relevant meetings.

• Please note: Additional tasks may be required from time to time, and your cooperation is expected.

Requirements:

• Previous experience in senior fresh food management or fresh food regional management would be ideal.

• A thorough understanding of budget management, sales, margins, and profits.

• Career focused, driven and passionate about driving sales.

• Food preparation/food service experience would be an advantage.

• Excellent knowledge of HACCP and food safety requirements.

• Excellent communication and people skills.

• Experience with Kelsius and Digitally will be an advantage.

• Strong IT skills including an excellent knowledge and practical experience of MS Office programs.

• Full driver's license necessary.

Offer: The successful candidate will be rewarded with an excellent package including:

• Attractive base salary

• Performance bonus

• Company Car and Fuel Card,

• Laptop,

• Mobile Phone

Qualifications, Experience & Skills:

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in the retail sector.

• Proven ability to manage, motivate, and inspire teams.

• Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to lead transformational change across complex topics.

• Experience in calculating and managing operational budgets, staffing, and targets.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• High proficiency in Microsoft Office software, including Excel and PowerPoint.

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to engage and build relationships with individuals at all organisational levels.

• Resilient and calm under pressure.

• Must have an excellent people skill.

• Must hold a full, clean driver’s licence.