Department Manager - Fruit & Veg

About Us:
Spudshed Fresh Food Market is an independent, proudly West Australian owned, family run business. Being WA farmers for the past 50 years, we strive to provide grower direct product at farm gate prices to our stores. Spudshed is passionate about produce and providing our customers with an excellent shopping experience!

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Fruit & Veg Department Manager to join our Spudshed team located at our Morley Store.

As a Fruit & Veg Department Manager, you will bring strong leadership skills, a focus on driving operational excellence, and the ability to lead and develop a high performing team.  

Our aim is to make our Customers and Employees experience at Spudshed a welcoming and engaging one!

Responsibilities:

Fruit & Veg Department Manager responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Meet rostering requirements, daily sales targets, and expense controls.

• Monitor quality control, wastage, and shrinkage.

• Bringing awareness to the team about seasonal, environmental, or current quality-related issues.

• Stock management, checking deliveries to ensure store requirements are fulfilled.

• Proactively meeting, improving, and engaging the team on store presentation standards.

• Supporting customers’ needs through excellent service.

• Support Fruit & Veg department as required.

About you:

• Extensive knowledge of Fruits and Vegetables is a must!

• Available early mornings and weekends

• Experience with direct suppliers and purchase orders, essential.

• Physically fit - regular heavy lifting/bending.

• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and be prepared to work hands on within our Fruit and Veg sections

• Strong analytical and problem solving.

• Strong leadership skills.

• Weekend availability.

Salary: $85,000-$100,000, depending on experience.

To be successful in this role you must be Customer focused and passionate about maintaining an excellent Department standard. If this sounds like you, we would like to hear from you!

Only successful applicants will be contacted and only applicants with the appropriate visa to indefinitely live and work in Australia or permanent residents of Australia will be considered.