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Lead, Center Store

SpartanNash
Northfield, United Statespart_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Sept 2025
💰 $36,000/yr($28,000/yr$36,000/yr)

About the role

At SpartanNash, we deliver the ingredients for a better life through customer-focused innovation. We do this for our supply chain customers and U.S. military commissaries, retail store guests and, most importantly, our Associates. In fact, we see a day when each will say, “I can’t live without them.”

Our SpartanNash family of Associates is 20,000 strong, ranging from bakery managers to order selectors; from IT developers to vice presidents of finance; from HR Business Partners to export specialists. Each of them plays an integral role in SpartanNash’s People First culture, Operational Excellence and Insights that Drive Solutions. Ready to contribute to the success of our food solutions company? Apply now!

Location:

601 Division Street South - Northfield, Minnesota 55057

Job Description:

COMPENSATION: Hourly rate $14.00 - $18.50 depending on experience.
 
BENEFITS:
Full Time Benefits
Excellent benefits package, including PTO and 7 paid holidays. Eligible for healthcare (single and family) first of the month following date of hire. 401(k) plan with employer match available. Employer paid Life Insurance, Short Term and Long-Term Disability. Paid Parental Leave after six months.
 
Starting Part Time Benefits 
Excellent benefits package, eligible to participate in 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan and work life resources.  Eligibility for paid holidays and additional benefits is based on meeting working hours requirements post hire. 

Position Summary:

This role is responsible to lead the day-to-day activities of the department operations in a retail store, ensuring the associates are trained, the department is fully staffed, operating at company standards, and meeting all company goals and key performance indicators.

Here’s what you’ll do:

  • Be responsible to order and maintain inventory in your department, including proper markdown procedures to minimize known loss while utilizing inventory control procedures to ensure product freshness and quality.

  • Review and validate received orders for amount, quality, count or weight, condition, and ensure all product is stored in appropriate areas.

  • Manage a team that completes all stocking, production, and additional tasks to ensure product quality, production planning, accuracy, and date sensitive rotation, as well as ensure all spoiled/damaged products are handled per established guidelines.

  • Maintain familiarity with all products carried in the department as well as throughout the store.

  • Know the ad items, special prices, coupon deals or other features, that apply to the store's sales and rewards programs.

  • Assure that the weekly and period Flight Plan are communicated and executed to company expectations and timeline.

  • Follow company policies and timelines using the required tools and software to manage scheduling, according to forecasted guidelines.

  • Support the department manager in implementing and maintaining work schedules, labor control, overtime control, and payroll expense for the department.

  • Implement Our Winning Recipe and model our core values and competencies.

  • Support the department manager in being responsible for department management including staffing, training, performance management, and career development of associates.

  • Support the department manager in developing and monitoring department goals.

  • Support the department manager in developing and monitoring department forecasts, as required.

  • Attend and participate in daily huddles, manager meetings, as well as district and company level meetings via phone, online, or in person, as required.

  • Maintain a clean, attractive, and well stocked department, by using structure of the day guidelines, as well as executing “Prime Time” standards.

  • Assure that all food safety guidelines and requirements are always followed and maintained throughout the entire store. Take immediate corrective action if not followed.

  • Assure that all safety guidelines and requirements are always followed and maintained throughout the entire store. Take immediate corrective action if not followed.

  • Support the department manager in developing and implementing a plan that results in meeting company goals and key performance indicators.

  • Perform daily cycle count

  • Monitor daily, weekly and monthly programs for date checking and shelf cleaning

  • Follow all PPE and Safety Guidelines

  • Follow all Food Safety and Cleaning Expectations

  • Follow Guest Experience Guidelines

  • May be assigned tasks in other depar

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