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Retail Fresh Food Regional Advisor Midlands

Posted 4 hours 29 minutes ago by Blue Forge Recruitment

Permanent

Full Time

Other

Not Specified, Ireland

Job Description

Retail Fresh Food Regional Advisor Midlands Package

Base salary €50,000
Yearly Bonus
Daily food allowance of €13.50 per day
Company phone
Company laptop
Company car
Monday - Friday business hours

Responsibilities

Assist and advise on all categories within the fresh food departments focusing on driving performance within your assigned region, while training and developing teams across various sites to deliver a best-in-class fresh food experience.
Support your retailers and work with the fresh food teams by identifying any issues in underperforming fresh food areas and support the store to ensure they are resolved in accordance with company practices and guidelines.
Build strong relationships with store managers and their teams and work to achieve a successful retailing environment that exceeds expectations.
Assist stores by providing profitability and stocktaking procedures and address non-performing areas effectively, ensuring that issues are resolved in accordance with company guidelines.
Deliver ongoing hands on practical fresh food training and develop stores to continually improve on their fresh food range standards.
Organise and manage training in respect of the certified food safety management system for stores and their staff.
Advise stores and staff on improvements that can be made to achieve the food safety audits specific to the store brand.
Identify areas of stock leakage and ensure effective systems are in place to minimise stock loss through inadequate portion control, wastage, damage, or out-of-date stock.
Utilise stock effectively and efficiently to minimise and control fresh food waste, ensuring that waste is accurately recorded and discarded appropriately.
Assist in the creation and delivery of relevant training course material to our client customers and staff.

Qualifications

A clean Irish driving licence.
Flexible to work core business hours; this is a field based role that requires regular driving to various counties across the Midlands and occasionally beyond.
HACCP trainer qualified, ideally level 2 or above.
Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to both motivate and influence store operators and fresh food teams in store.
Ability to think strategically.
Excellent administration skills, ability to access reports and metrics on various tools.
Self motivated and able to manage a busy weekly schedule, prioritising over 20+ different locations in different parts of the country.
See operations and business strategically.
Demonstrated expertise in multi site fresh food retail operations, with a proven track record in driving operational change, leading strategic projects, and building high performing teams.
Must have a successful track record as a manager in a high profile retail fresh food environment; proven hands on deli and bakery management experience is a must.