Field Merchandisesr - Full-time

THE JOB
The Prepared Foods Field Merchandiser will be the in-store trainer for prepared foods, bakery, beverage bar and cheese programs.  This position will spend the majority of their time focused on Store support, associate training, plus additional culinary project development.  A successful candidate must be versatile, self-motivated and driven with a desire to teach others what they know and have learned in the food service industry. They must be experienced in a broad range of retail skill sets including cooking, merchandising and financial knowledge. Priorities in this position include but are not limited to ensuring stores are taught and given all tools necessary to be successful and ensure programs are executed and exceed company standards.  The Field Merchandiser will be an active participant in the prepared Fods Merchandiser team.
 
 
 
THE SKILLS THAT ARE NEEDED.
 

• Roll up sleeves and maintain a highly visible store presence
• Be a part of developing and maintaining training tools that are up to date, user friendly, and actively utilized by prepared foods associates. 
• Help to identify and troubleshoot margin and labor problems and provide analytical support and expertise as necessary.
• Work with individual stores to improve merchandising of Prepared Foods departments (bakery, cheese, deli beverage bar).
• Work with Prepared Foods Director as well as store Managers on ongoing projects.
• Assist on R&D of new concepts.
• Participate in new store openings, training of associates, department setup and follow up to ensure team and stores are given tools to be successful.
• Establish and maintain the highest possible quality standards and deliver stellar customer service.
• Assists in the hiring and training of department level leadership; managers.
• Assists in special projects as defined by their Director of Prepared Foods.
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THE EXPERIENCES
Natural/organic grocery management experience preferred.
Product knowledge required. 
Exceptional organization and attention to detail.
Strong financial analysis skills.
Strong decision-making, negotiation, and leadership skills.
Ability to multi-task and succeed in a fast-paced environment.
Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.
Must have prior experience with product purchasing, negotiating, financial analysis, and inventory control. 
Previous P&L management required.
Previous experience with planogram execution required.
Culinary training or multiple years in restaurant/food retail experience required.
Proficient using MS Office, Excel, database and word processing programs.
 
The knowledge, skills and abilities listed above may be acquired through levels of education and experience, however, any equivalent combination of education and/or experience, which provide an applicant with the listed knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job, is acceptable.
 

KEY COMPETENCIES
 

• Transformational Leader
  • Owner, thinks like its “their company”, loves this lifestyle
  • Leads Change through process, communication and most importantly by example
  • Evangelist – speaks the vision, to everyone and very often
• Builds and Leads Great Teams
  • Attracts great people, spots the best easily, people want to work for them
  • Develops the bench
  • Raises the bar on performance and celebrates the wins
• Figures It Out
  • Always learning, loves getting smart on a topic, intellectually curious
  • Proven technical/functional leader, can crack the code quickly
  • Strategic Visionary, obsessed with trend, detail and what it “could be”
• Gets It Done
  • Fast answer, right answer
  • Prioritizes to win, knows the “need” to do’s vs the “nice” to do’s
  • Understands the ROI and makes decisions using analytics and financial data

 
WORK WITH US TO SHARE THE GOOD
If the prospect of helping to create an exceptional customer experience while improving your knowledge on healthy living, you will love us! We are obsessed with our products, our customers and the benefits that organic foods deliver to the earth, our communities and the planet. Why we do what we do:
 
Love the Lifestyle
 

• We are consumed with our products: the taste, the benefits to ourselves and to the earth
• We choose to work at Mrs. Green’s because it is part of our lifestyle, not just a job
• We apply what we learn about our products each day to ourselves as well as our customers

Learn & Teach
 

• As associates we learn new things about our products and we teach our customers not only “what” we sell but “why” we sell it
• Our favorite thing to say is, “Did you know that..?
• We commit to learning new things every day to make ourselves and our customers better at making healthy choices for themselves and their families

Laugh & Live Healthy
 

• Our commitment to our customers is to make every visit to Mrs. Green’s an awesome one, every time
• We strive to make our customers smile (or even laugh) and truly be glad they came
• Have fun