Retail Manager 1 – Sodexo – Powell, WY

Do you have a passion for customer service and experience with dining services? Sodexo is seeking a Retail Manager for the Northwest College in Powell, WY! Extensive benefits and major holidays and campus breaks OFF. As a natural problem-solver, you thrive on challenges. You’re also an expert at implementing solutions. As our Retail Manager, you will have oversight of Starbucks We Proudly Serve, and assist with other food preparation and catering as needed. We are looking for an innovative leader who is comfortable with technology advances and learning new retail programs.

The successful candidate will:

• Partner with department staff to establish strategic plans and long-term goals for all retail operations
• Identify areas of opportunity for operational process improvement. Design solutions that solve operational problems or improve current processes
• Serve as the voice of retail operations and share expertise with others
• Pro-actively plan to ensure alignment and resource availability for retail initiatives
• Ensure company food and physical safety programs and standards are followed
• Lead, coach and develop direct and indirect reports
• Empower team members with accountability and ownership
• Achieve success through developing professional skills in others
• Conduct retail brand standard audits (in-house and national brands)
• Maintain integrity of retail branded concept standards (national and in-house brands)
• Manage the opening and closing the operation as well daily retail food service operations
• Maintain all product merchandising, marketing and ordering standards are in place
• Ensure all needed signage (including digital) is in place
• Manage vendor relationships and compliance
• Provide clarity around priorities and goals
• Identify and resolve conflicting priorities
• Provide stellar customer service
• Oversee implementation of new technology systems (mobile ordering) programming and maintenance
• Train and develop frontline hourly staff to prepare them for promotion

Is this opportunity right for you? We are looking for candidates who:

• Have a work history demonstrating strong leadership skills and the ability to work collaboratively with all levels of the organization
• Possess the ability to manage multiple priorities, demonstrate professional communication skills, and exhibit a passion for a high-level of customer service
• Exhibit flexibility to take on additional responsibilities as needed
• Demonstrate working knowledge of automated food inventory, ordering, production and management systems as well as menu graphics programs
• Are able to drive results while managing changes in priorities
• Can quickly adapt to evolving business needs
• Can anticipate future trends and consequences, is future oriented, can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods
• Make good decisions based on a mixture of analysis, experience and judgment.
• Are effective in a variety of settings and with a range of audiences – one on one, small and large groups, peers, leadership, client partners
• Can juggle multiple competing deadlines and objectives. Focused to ensure critical tasks are prioritized appropriately

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At Sodexo, we believe every employee should have the resources to be their best. As part of our overall rewards, we offer benefits programs designed to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle including health, dental and vision insurance. We also offer other benefits like paid time off, financial and savings programs, 401k, and access to our employee assistance program and other discounts. Click here for more information about Sodexo’s Benefits.

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Position Summary:

Maintains food quality and customer service in a cash handling retail food operation that includes branded concepts, in-house formats and signature designs. Assists in maintenance of cash control and payroll records. Assists in supporting the financial/HR functions. Maintains customer satisfaction and good public relations. May supervise less than two full time employees.

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