Company description The Roots Farm Market is a farmer-owned store located in Middlesex, VT. The store features Bear Roots Farm's certified-organic produce with the addition of other local farmers, producers, makers, and crafters. We are open year-round and sell a wide variety of products including beer & wine, meat & cheese, bedding plants, year-round local vegetables, and value-added products.  Job description

Management Duties

• Manage the store: both front of house and behind the scenes
• Recruiting, interviewing, hiring, developing, and managing staff
• Creating employee schedules, assigning schedules and responsibilities to employees, checking to see if these responsibilities and assignments are carried through in the store
• Training new employees and providing ongoing education for employees
• Evaluating staff based on performance-based metrics
• Setting criteria for staff, such as sales performance and customer approval or complaints
• Giving staff financial goals and sales targets to meet on a scheduled basis
• Helping to create advertising campaigns for attracting new customers and retaining current customers and helping to create both in and outside store promotions for attracting customers
• Assist in the implementation of new systems

 

Retail Duties

• Complete customer transactions quickly and efficiently using a POS system
• Display market goods, including a wide array of fresh produce, in an attractive and creative manner
• Receive deliveries of inventory and price, merchandise, and restock
• Order from specific distributors on a weekly basis
• Research new products, makers, farmers, etc., to keep our store filled with the best local products
• Open and close register independently
• Marketing via social media, signage, and event planning
• Maintain a clean and welcoming interior and exterior of the market
• Strive to build knowledge of products in each department of the store
• Assist in the implementation of new systems

 

Qualifications: 

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in food/grocery related retail and customer service
• Minimum of 2 years of experience managing staff
• Experience & knowledge with handling produce, foods, plants, and beverages
• Knowledge and experience with local food system, agriculture, and food seasonality
• Ability to self-manage as well as manage others on a daily basis
• Desire to interact with the public and create relationships
• Ability to manage time efficiently
• Positive attitude, excellent communication skills
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to quickly evolving systems
• Attention to passion for details and aesthetic
• Ability to move quickly during peak hours
• Must be willing to work one weekend day

 

Compensation: 

$15.50/hour for the first two months. Negotiable yearly salary $33,280-$37,000 (depending on experience) after 2-month intro period. One-week paid vacation per year. Employee discount & vegetable seconds. Start date no later than March 20th, 2020.

Compensation this position is : salaried Application instructions DeadlineMarch 20, 2020