Manager, Fresh Market- SaveMart- Oakdale Road, Modesto, CA

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 Fresh Market Manager will enthusiastically lead and develop a highly motivated team focused on passionately serving guests with a primary emphasis on the overall Fresh Store guest experience and team member engagement to consistently meet or exceed guest expectations and "Voice of the Customer” Metrics.

Purposefully drives knowledge and understanding of Fresh department and local products through interaction and communication that inspires Fresh store team members to enthusiastically educate and serve guests.

Maintain positive relationships and nurture mutually beneficial and profitable connections with local vendor communities.

The Fresh Market Manager ensures execution of fresh department’s demos by identifying qualified team members that exemplify a valley proud culture to conduct authentic and engaging guest demos.

The Fresh Market Manager is responsible for proactively driving fresh department sales, profits and shrink identification opportunities while meeting or exceeding budgets and goals for the Fresh Store departments. The Fresh Market Manager collaborates with fresh department leaders to devise and implement strategies that control labor, utilities and other operating expenses.

The Fresh Market Manager is assigned additional areas within the store as needed and manage the total store during the Store Director’s absence.

The Fresh Market Manager also has direct responsibility for selecting, interviewing, hiring and developing team members. The role is responsible for all facets of team member performance management, including evaluating performance, preparing and issuing performance reviews, coaching team members’ performance on an on-going basis, discipline, and making or providing significant input on terminations, promotions and other decisions pertaining to team member’s performance and advancement.

• Responsible for fresh department’s conditions, product quality, and inventory at all times.
• Supervises, develops and inspires fresh store team members to promote an environment that exemplifies Save Mart’s valley proud and people first culture.
• Manages all fresh store operations, oversees and directs team members to meet or exceed expected service levels.
• Ensures compliance with company sanitation, safety, security and other policies, and directs action plans to keep the fresh store in compliance with company and regulatory requirements.
• Accountable for achieving fresh store financials (sales, profit and loss, projections, metrics, and analysis) by identifying, defining, and implementing best store practices and optimization strategies utilizing innovative solutions.
• In collaboration with the Store Business Partner, The Fresh Store Manager manages and directs the in-store training for all fresh store team members and is responsible for the professional development of all fresh store team members.
• Supervises, coaches and mentors all Fresh Store team members in the performance of their duties; completes…