Musgrave is one of Europe's most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain. Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 11 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place.
Role Purpose:
Day to day management and continuous development of the foodservice and retail departments. This role is responsible for achieving target sales, margin, range compliance, wholesale excellence standards execution, compliance and replenishment. This role also has responsibility for the profitability of assigned customers in the respective region.
Key Responsibilities:
* Stock management (management of stock-takes), cycle counting and managing of on shelf availability through daily gap analysis
* Ensure sales targets are reached and exceeded for the store
Areas of Responsibilities:
* Customer Service & Sales - Work closely with wider Regional team to develop and implement the growth and profit strategy for the MarketPlace brand across collect, delivered and the online channel for the region. Build strong influential relationships with customers to understand and meet their needs.
* Wholesale Excellence - Consistently achieve and improve all operational KPI`s (Store Costs, store standards, availability, wastage, labour, mystery shopper etc), achieve all H&S, HACCP and SOP audits Lead all colleagues by demonstrating excellence in the consistent delivery of company standards Regularly monitor and evaluate performance and standards and take relevant and necessary actions to achieve results
* Financial - Ensure that all pricing decisions, which contribute to margin, are managed within policy and are accounted for Plan, agree and achieve, department budgetary performance targets i.e sales, margin, costs and profit Manage debtors within debtor policy guidelines and agreed credit terms Manage department resources to ensure maximum efficiencies and within labour budget Maximise branch cash contribtion through effective management of stocks, capital expenditure and debtors
* People - Build and sustain a high performing engaged team by providing clear direction, stretch targets, regular reviews to manage all levels of performance (proactively manage under performance and recognise and encourage high performance) Demonstrate the Musgrave leadership skills and values holding self and others accountable for meeting and exceeding objectives Maximize the potential of team members to encourage and sponsor talent to ensure succession within the branch and across the Group Ensure departments are appropriately resourced to achieve maximum efficiencies and productivity in most cost effective manner Ongoing training and development of all colleagues
* Health & Safety - Ensure total awareness of legislative requirements and company policy and procedure with regard to Health and Safety, Environmental Health and legal considerations of the food environment To make oneself aware of the total layout of the depot including fire / emergency exits To make oneself fully aware of the company handbook, policies and procedures and adhere to all rules at all times To ensure good housekeeping practices are used at all times Maintain all required records
Requirements:
* Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
* Excellent business acumen and numerical ability with an understanding of commercial sensitivities Leadership skills with the ability to lead, direct, develop and manage a team Customer focused Standards and KPI focused Honesty, integrity and openness Strong personality and good degree of resilience Strong problem-solving focus Presentation skills Capacity to manage a varied workload Ability to be flexible and adaptable in management style Diplomacy Proficient in MS Office
We Value Diversity:
Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.