Ops Specialist - Center Store, District

Ops Specialist - Center Store, District 1

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We are California’s largest regional, full‑service grocery chain, founded over 70 years ago in Modesto, California, where our headquarters are still located today. With 194 stores across Central and Northern California and Western Nevada, our banners—Save Mart, Lucky, and Food Maxx—are cherished regional brands, serving the unique needs of their communities.

It’s our 12,000 passionate associates who make our company a great place to work and shop. We prioritize investing in our people, stores, and neighborhoods, and work closely with local suppliers to bring fresh, quality products at affordable prices to our customers. Shoppers can access our offerings in‑store, online, or through convenient home delivery and curbside pick‑up.

The Save Mart Companies is part of The Jim Pattison Group, a family‑owned, diversified holding company operating primarily in the U.S. and Canada and headquartered in Vancouver, BC. The Jim Pattison Group has a long‑term strategic focus to see their companies succeed and grow. Together, our dedication to our associates and customers, commitment to growth and innovation, and our family traditions continue to thrive.

The Center Store (CS) Operations Specialist is responsible for leading and executing the Fresh operation and merchandising initiatives of assigned district to increase sales, ensure progressive growth profitability, foster continuous productivity improvement, and enhance the customer experience in alignment with overall Company objectives and goals. The Operations Specialist will work directly with Store Manager, Assistant Store Manager, and Fresh teams to develop, model, and mentor their Fresh teams and provide leadership, merchandising expertise, and guidance to deliver on the Company’s growth objectives.

This role is directly responsible to support and execute on all financial district CS goals and provide expert financial counsel to stores and district leadership.

The Operations Specialist supports district CS teams on succession planning, diversity, performance and change management, and team member recognition. The role is a servant‑leader for their district CS Teams providing and encouraging an open‑door two‑way communication with all store teams. This role encourages and fosters a collaborative environment for open dialogue and sharing of ideas to improve stores and CS operations.

The Operations Specialist works closely with the District Manager, Store Teams, Merchandising, Central Operations, Brand and Supply Chain teams to identify key customer building and product solution opportunities by store, to ensure relevance to the communities we serve. Position delivers profitability and growth within assigned district while networking with other Operations Specialists across the banner to drive positive results. The Operations Specialist monitors the marketplace, including competition, consumer demands and demographics to pivot on opportunities that are advantageous to the district and Banner.

The role ensures CS department adherence to legal, governmental regulations, and company compliance standards.

• Supports, and develops Center Store teams within assigned district
• Executes on the district’s Center Store operational, merchandising and brand initiatives
• Supports Center Stores to achieve operating results, growth objectives, and overall customer experience while maintaining district and banner financial targets
• Supports and encourages strong and diverse community involvement within the district
• Leads and encourages innovation from team members to grow the business within the district
• Supports achievement of key performance metrics such as customer feedback results, labor, team member engagement, front‑end productivity, work safety, food safety compliance, cleanliness and sanitation, asset protection, etc.
• Works collaboratively with District Manager, Merchandising, and Brand teams to execute on merchandising, brand, and store…