Supermarket Manager (Assistant GM) Freerange Market
- Date Posted October 18, 2018
- Location Medford, MA
- Category Business
- Job type Full-Time
The company has a couple of simple yet important values:
1. Do the right thing for the public even though that means less short term profits for the company
2. Find the most interesting and healthier products that exist
3. Support small scale manufacturers that have great products but not enough marketing muscle
4. Present a limited but essential assortment of products and simplify grocery shopping for our customers
5. Be affordable without sacrificing quality
6. Provide our customers with the best service experience of their lives
7. Employ the smartest people, pay them top salaries, and have fun serving our customers
8. Be fair, honest and transparent unlike anyone has ever been in this space
9. Do not be fake, do not jump on trends for the sake of it, do things only if they make sense
10. Do not accept industry norms, question everything, always learn and share our knowledge with our customers
In other words make a genuine positive impact on our society. Job description
The ideal candidate will be responsible for running the store jointly with the company GM and other Supermarket Managers (AGMs):
Responsibilities
We are creating an innovative way to run a grocery store. We have no departmental silos and rely on our Managers to run every aspect of our business including:
- Customer service management
- Portfolio management
- Supply chain management
- Staff management
- Financial management
We will help you get the most out of your potential and we will turn you into a leader that will be part of our executive team.
Qualifications
- We do not require any grocery or retail experience, but it would be great if you have some
- We do require you to be a dedicated, joyful and honest individual who is full of life
- Having management experience in the responsibility areas mentioned above is important, the more the better
- Ideally someone with a couple of years of solid retail experience but we will not pass up someone with a great talent in one of our focus areas in a completely different field
- College degree is preferred but we will not pass up an industry warrior without a college degree
What we offer
- You are the second in command i.e. full management authority and direct involvement in all aspects of business operations
- Performance driven yet fun and collaborative start-up culture
- Very exciting and innovative work environment that brings out the best in you
- Work with the smartest and the happiest people in the industry
- Tremendous growth potential (your next job is a GM)
- Work-life balance (yes it exists)
- Great compensation (quite likely the best in our industry)
Compensation this position is : salaried Application instructions